Your problem is most likely with speech-dispatcher, not Orca, especially if you're also using gdm. Restart your speech-dispatcher. You may also need to restart Orca, i.e. from an Alt-F2 command prompt, type 'orca -r' . Linux for blind general discussion writes: > I replaced orca with orca-git and have no better performance. > > On Wed, 6 Sep 2017, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > > > Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2017 15:32:34 > > From: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > > To: blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: archlinux gnome and orca package > > > > I have gnome and gnome-extra on the system and removed mate and > > mate-extra by now. I have managed to login with gnome and proved it by > > running gnome-terminal then using the backspace key a few times until I > > heard repeated beeps each time I hit the key. I ran speaker-test inside > > gnome-terminal and heard static on speakers too. > > Unfortunately, orca for archlinux is packaged incorrectly since when > > started even under these conditions orca does not talk at all but only > > shows its setup screen. > > Also, orca.desktop file did not come in the orca package and that may or > > may not contribute to the problems. running orca, orca --replace, and > > alt-super-s in turn failed to bring orca up talking. > > > > > > > > -- > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list mailing list > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > > -- > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list -- Janina Sajka, Phone: +1.443.300.2200 sip:janina@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Email: janina@xxxxxxxxxxx Linux Foundation Fellow Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup: http://a11y.org The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) Chair, Accessible Platform Architectures http://www.w3.org/wai/apa _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list