Firefox and Thunderbird no longer work with Orca on my system

Hi everyone.  I wonder if anyone could advise on the following.  Firefox 
and Thunderbird used to work very well on my Gentoo system. I recently 
had to re-install everything from scratch, however and now, neither 
Firefox (now known as 'Aurora') nor Thunderbird (now known as 
'Earlybird') work with Orca at all.  In both programs, Orca only speaks 
the title bar, followed by the word 'Inaccessible'.  
Apart from this, my Gnome-light desktop appears to be working as it 
should.  My version of Firefox is 17.0.3.  My version of Thunderbird is 
also 17.0.3 and my version of Orca is 2.32.1.  My Gentoo kernel is 
3.7.10 and my system's architecture is x86_64.  If you need any more 
information to enable you to help, please let me know.

Many thanks for any advice you can offer.

Yours faithfully,

John Robinson

Accessibility topic of LSM 2013

                                   
LSM/RMLL 2013
                 14th Libre Software Meeting
                      July 6-11, 2013
                     Brussels, BELGIUM
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Access to LSM is free of charge and open to everyone. The conference
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Is speechd-up available for a new installation

Dear, is it currently possible to use Speech-dispatcher plus speechd-up 
to speech-enable a new Gentoo installation before booting into it? If 
so, how is it done exactly?

Thank you,
Cleverson

Numeric keypad causes machine to freeze when using Speakup under Gentoo 3.4.9

Hi everyone. Apologies if this is a bit off topic, but I can't tell if
the problem I'm having is related to Speakup itself or the way I've
compiled my kernel.

Until very recently, I used Gentoo version 3.3.8 and compiled the
Speakup staging driver as a module. I used this with the Espeak
softsynth and the Espeakup connector.  My numeric keypad worked exactly
as it should do under Speakup.

I have now upgraded to Gentoo 3.4.9 and recompiled my kernel.  I still
use its Speakup staging driver built as a module, along with Espeak and
Espeakup.  My problem now is that, whenever Speakup is running and I
press any key on my numeric keypad, my whole computer freezes. I can't
reboot it with CTRL+ALT+Delete and have to turn it off by holding the
power button in for a few seconds.

I have no idea what is causing this and can find no clues in the Speakup
user guide or the Speakup FAQs.  I would very much appreciate any advice
anyone has as to how to get my numeric keypad to work as it should under
Speakup.  It works perfectly under Gnome and Orca, but freezes the
machine whenever it is used under Speakup.

Any advice would be very much appreciated.

Regards,

John

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LSM/RMLL 2012
                 13th Libre Software Meeting
                      July 7-12, 2012
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The 13th Libre Software Meeting (LSM) takes place in Geneva,
Switzerland, July 7-12 2012 (http://2012.rmll.info/).

LSM is an annual non-commercial conference on Libre Softwares that
includes round tables and practical workshops. The objective is
to provide a place where users, developers and promoters of Libre
Software can exchange ideas and information. Attendance is free and
open to everyone. 

Each year the health & accessibility workshop is held as part of
this broader meeting.  This year, it will be organized around 3
major fields:

- Accessibility, autonomy and dependency management (mobile/web
accessibility, accessible desktop applications, usability, ...)

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- Imaging & visualization of medical data (CAS, CAD, bio-imaging,

speakup won't compile with kernel 3.1.1 and 2.6.36 isn't available.

no speech in GDM even after enabling related variables

Hello,

I installed the stable Gnome 2.32 as found in the current portage tree, 
then I followed along the instructions in the accessible login page of 
the Orca wiki, but no success. Here are the commands I have echoed at 
gnome-terminal, in this order:

su
chsh -s /bin/bash gdm
su - gdm
gconftool-2 --set --type bool  /desktop/gnome/interface/accessibility true
gconftool-2 --set --type bool 
/desktop/gnome/applications/at/screen_reader_enabled true
exit
chsh -s /sbin/nologin gdm

Then I added the gdm user to the audiio group in /etc/group.

After verifying that Orca was still not speaking, I went to 
gnome-terminal again and ran as root gdmsetup, then enabled 
accessibility in its respective tab, yet Orca remains silent at gdm. Any 
tip please?

Thank you,
Cleverson

Unable to open the soft_synth device

Hello all:

After upgrading my kernel from 2.6.34-gentoo-r12 to 2.6.38-gentoo-r6, 
Espeakup complains it's unable to find and open the soft_synth device at 
boot. In order to upgrade the kernel, I used the .config file from the 
older kernel, however I made sure to enter the device drivers/staging 
drivers and select the speakup core and soft_synth options. I made both 
built-in to the kernel. Do you have any hint what's happening?

Thanks,
Cleverson

LSM from 9th to 14th july 2011

Hello,

The Libre Software Meeting (LSM, RMLL) will take place from 9th to 14th
july 2011 in Strasbourg. All the information are available on
http://rmll.info

For people who would like lost-cost accomodation, reservations are now
open.

Reservation is recommended anyway, to get a badge and Internet access.

Samuel

brltty

I try to load brltty on the gentoo 2011 minimal cd
Not work
Are brltty removed?

it works! Mostly

Hi all,

First, thanks to the devs for getting this all working! I installed
Gentoo using the live cd from March 8 a couple weeks ago (speakup and
espeakup work!). Had some initial issues (I forgot to put the
filesystem type for /dev/sda5 in /etc/fstab for my root partition!),
but it's been up for about a week now. I tried emerging gnome and
xorg-server a couple days ago, and am having this weird problem. After
I start gnome, I get orca's welcome message, but nothing else. I tried
logging into a console as my normal user, and setting DISPLAY to :0.
When I tried loading orca from there, I got an error saying it
couldn't find or activate the at-spi-registry daemon. So, I tried
starting /usr/libexec/at-spi-registryd manually. It gave me several
assertion errors, and segfaulted. Out of curiosity, I tried starting
at-spi-registryd from my debian filesystem copy. That ran ok (it did
throw a couple errors, but it stayed running), so I started orca. It
came up fine, and that's where I am now. I can start apps from my
normal user's console, but can't access the panels, run apps, or get
to the app menu in gnome. This makes me think I forgot a use flag or
something when I emerged gnome or one of it's deps. Has anyone else
had this problem and if so, what did you do to fix it?

Thanks,
KJ4UFX
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