Does rdesktop -r sound=local not work for you? On Wed, May 1, 2019 at 7:31 AM Eric Oyen wrote: > Now, if RDesktop supported screenreader functionality or ported the audio > over to the linux side, then there would be something useful for me. I have > tried virtually every Remote Desktop package out there at some point. If > they cannot port the sound to a local speaker, then the screen reader is > useless to me under those conditions. Now, running a virtual machine on the > desktop with all the devices setup and ported is a different critter. If I > have sound inside the VM and it’s connected to an external audio device, no > problem! > > So, this is one area where access by a blind computer user or even a blind > system admin needs a substantial amount of improvement Believe me, this is > important because the last time I tried to get hired on at a place like > Ebay, I was told that due to technical difficulties, some of my job > accommodations could not be accomplished. Now, if it were windows with jaws > (installed on both windows sessions), then there wouldn’t be much of a > problem. However, using anything else with a Remote Desktop, forget it. > Even Apple fails here as there is no remote linkup to allow voiceover on > the remote session to be forwarded to the actual desktop of the user. > > Now, Linux does have some tools that might work around this, partially. > Using ESD as a network sound device, one could connect to that at the same > time as connecting to the Desktop session and it might work. BTW, I > actually attempted this some time ago and it was hit or miss. Some of the > screen reader packages wouldn’t support connecting to a network sound > device. > > So, in the area of accessibility for the blind, remote desktops and > virtual machines need a lot of work. Until this happens, some viable talent > won’t get hired that could be working, AND CONTRIBUTING! > > -Eric > From the Central Offices of the Technomage Guild, Equal access for all > Dept. > > > On Apr 30, 2019, at 4:04 PM, Kevin Fries wrote: > > One thing every Linux user knows is that not all software is created > equal. While I find some of the standard tools we use (like InkScape, and > Gimp) to be actually better than most paid options in Windows (sure some of > the expensive graphical tools will exceed the Linux tools, but the > mid-range and low cost ones are often better in Linux). > > However there are some tools that really have no replacement. Visio is > one of the best known ones. One trick I have used with great success is > RDesktop with SeamlessRDP. Rather than running windows as a VirtualBox and > trying to move back and forth. You can actually have windows programs > (running in a VM in the background) appear on your desktop like first class > Linux apps. > > Works really, really well if you take the time to set it up right, and > freaks out your windows friends when you show them the new Linux port of > Adobe Photoshop. Watch them Google the heck out of it. LOL. > > Kevin > > Sent from BlueMail > On Apr 30, 2019, at 4:06 PM, David Schwartz > wrote: >> >> I have an odd question … suppose I wanted to take a fairly vanilla >> Windows computer with Win 7 … 10 on it, like your typical Dell or Lenovo or >> Asus laptop or desktop; suck that OS install with all the apps into a >> VirtualBox VM; copy that VM off to a backup drive; fully reformat the HDD >> and install some friendly version of Linux; and finally load up VirtualBox >> and then the VM and make the VM work so it looked and acted virtually >> identical to how it did before. >> >> So, I’m not asking HOW to do this … I wouldn’t have much trouble doing it >> myself. >> >> What I’m wondering is if there are any resources around that would >> explain how an average person could do it without much trouble? Videos, >> books, eBooks, tutorials, whatever. >> >> Also, for anybody who’s been through this process, how long did it take? >> Or how long would you expect it to take based on similar experiences? >> >> -David Schwartz >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen