ChromeVox not working on Linux

[gkzsolt]

Hi all,

I just installed ChromeVox on my Ubuntu 14.04 workstation, where I am developing a website used by thousands of customers. Now I am investigating accessibility, as our clients want to use this.

While the app is speaking when I am navigating between tabs, I don't get basically any other sound feedback.

I was trying to complete the ChromeVox tutorial,  when discovered that even the basic Ctrl + Alt  ChromeVox key combination does not work.

It *is able* (or would be able) to run, as it is speaking when I navigate between tabs on Chrome, telling what it should when it goes to a new page. It "just" cannot be controlled by any key combination, as the basic ChromeVox modifier key (Ctrl + Alt) does not work. It interferes with the Gnome Unity key shortcuts, I guess. I tried to fiddle a lot around, changing the ChromeVox modifier key, then trying to change Unity shortcuts, but no success.

I've seen "

instructions for doing an eyes-free install of chromevox on Linux

" and a few other posts here, but could not make the key combination working. I don't have any issues with the speech synthetyzer, as some had, this is working. It is a question of integrating ChromeVox with Unity. Does anyone had solved this?

Thanks for help,
   Zsolt

[Christopher Chaltain]

I thought the default ChromeVox key combination was changed to shift+alt
a while ago. Maybe trying that will help.

On 18/11/16 05:03, gkzsolt wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I just installed ChromeVox on my Ubuntu 14.04 workstation, where I am
> developing a website used by thousands of customers. Now I am
> investigating accessibility, as our clients want to use this.
>
> While the app is speaking when I am navigating between tabs, I don't get
> basically any other sound feedback.
>
> I was trying to complete the ChromeVox tutorial

> <http://www.chromevox.com/tutorial/index.html>, when discovered that

> even the basic Ctrl + Alt ChromeVox key combination does not work.
>
> It *is able* (or would be able) to run, as it is speaking when I
> navigate between tabs on Chrome, telling what it should when it goes to
> a new page. It "just" cannot be controlled by any key combination, as
> the basic ChromeVox modifier key (Ctrl + Alt) does not work. It
> interferes with the Gnome Unity key shortcuts, I guess. I tried to
> fiddle a lot around, changing the ChromeVox modifier key, then trying to
> change Unity shortcuts, but no success.
>
> I've seen "
>
>
> instructions for doing an eyes-free install of chromevox on Linux

> <https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21searchin/axs-chrome-discuss/Linux%7Csort:relevance/axs-chrome-discuss/L-LNWAssRM4/HKUi3a-kTnMJ>

>
> " and a few other posts here, but could not make the key combination
> working. I don't have any issues with the speech synthetyzer, as some
> had, this is working. It is a question of integrating ChromeVox with
> Unity. Does anyone had solved this?
>
> Thanks for help,
> Zsolt
>

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[gkzsolt]

Hi, no, it was not changed. I tried it - and many other key combinations, to no avail.

The solution was to update Chrome to version 54.0 *and* change the key to Alt + Shift. The update was not trivial, because the official Google PPA has some issues. But that's another story. Thank you very much for the info.

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[B. Henry]

Maybe I changeda long time ago and do not remember, but I certainly have shift alt as my chromevox mod combo on Linuix.
I had experimented changing chromevox keyu quite a while back but had isues.
One can certainly check in official documentation if it is important to them.


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gkzsolt wrote:
Mon, Nov 21, 2016 at 03:24:33AM -0800

> Hi, no, it was not changed. I tried it - and many other key combinations,
> to no avail.
>
> The solution was to update Chrome to version 54.0 *and* change the key to
> Alt + Shift. The update was not trivial, because the official Google PPA
> has some issues. But that's another story. Thank you very much for the
> info.
>
> On Saturday, 19 November 2016 00:25:16 UTC, CJ wrote:
>
> I thought the default ChromeVox key combination was changed to shift+alt
> a while ago. Maybe trying that will help.
>
> On 18/11/16 05:03, gkzsolt wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I just installed ChromeVox on my Ubuntu 14.04 workstation, where I am
> > developing a website used by thousands of customers. Now I am
> > investigating accessibility, as our clients want to use this.
> >
> > While the app is speaking when I am navigating between tabs, I don't
> get
> > basically any other sound feedback.
> >
> > I was trying to complete the ChromeVox tutorial

> > <[1]http://www.chromevox.com/tutorial/index.html>,  when discovered

> that
> > even the basic Ctrl + Alt  ChromeVox key combination does not work.
> >
> > It *is able* (or would be able) to run, as it is speaking when I
> > navigate between tabs on Chrome, telling what it should when it goes
> to
> > a new page. It "just" cannot be controlled by any key combination, as
> > the basic ChromeVox modifier key (Ctrl + Alt) does not work. It
> > interferes with the Gnome Unity key shortcuts, I guess. I tried to
> > fiddle a lot around, changing the ChromeVox modifier key, then trying
> to
> > change Unity shortcuts, but no success.
> >
> > I've seen "
> >
> >
> >       instructions for doing an eyes-free install of chromevox on
> Linux
> >      

> <[2]https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21searchin/axs-chrome-discuss/Linux%7Csort:relevance/axs-chrome-discuss/L-LNWAssRM4/HKUi3a-kTnMJ>

> >
> > " and a few other posts here, but could not make the key combination
> > working. I don't have any issues with the speech synthetyzer, as some
> > had, this is working. It is a question of integrating ChromeVox with
> > Unity. Does anyone had solved this?
> >
> > Thanks for help,
> >    Zsolt
> >
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