Feature added by: Lukas Ocilka
Feature #305267, revision 1, last change by
Title: Installation using Orca (screen reader) to Improve Accessibility
openSUSE-11.2: New
Priority
Requester: Desirable
Requested by: Darragh Ó Héiligh
Partner organization: openSUSE.org
Description:
Original title: Accessibility for installation could be automated with better results.
Users can currently press F9 at the boot screen to hear the boot options spoken. THis is a fantastic new feature and is one that OpenSuSE is the first to add. For this you should be very proud.
However, I would ask that you further build upon this success by recognising that accessibility at the boot menu has been enabled and automatically start the Orca screen reader with also setting gnome accessibility to enabled.
One further consideration should be taken into account. To enable Orca to access the installation screen, Orca must be run as root. However, if Orca is run as root, the rest of the desktop is not accessible due to permissioning issues. Therefore, the installation should be run automatically if the f9 key si pressed.
Note, a similar feature excluding the accessible boot menu has also been added to Ubuntu 8.04.
Note that they also have a key press (F5) to automatically enable assistive technologies for installation on their live CD.
References:
See bnc #417874 (https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=417874)
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openSUSE Feature:
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