I wonder if lightdm could be causing problems. I know when I had orca running in mate on archlinux I used gdm and disabled lightdm. To have gdm, you'll need to install the gdm package. The canonical graphical user interface tutorial podcast for archlinux hasn't been done yet for some reason. It was something that was going to be done by the person who did the original talkingarch install tutorial podcast but hasn't been done yet. We haven't got a similar podcast for an accessible install of gentoo even just to the command line interface environment yet either. On Sun, 13 Jan 2019, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2019 07:32:05 > From: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > To: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: Orca does not speak > > Interesting, What does: > > screen-reader --replace > > do? Please explain. > > Linux for blind general discussion writes: > > First install the mate-extra group. Next after you start mate, hit f4 > > just once. Then try running screen-reader --replace <enter> and see > > what happens. That f4 key toggles accessibility on and off so only hit > > it once and that should help. > > > > On Fri, 11 Jan 2019, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > > > > > Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2019 19:09:04 > > > From: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > > > To: blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > > Subject: Orca does not speak > > > > > > Hello everyone,. I finally have maid installed on my arch system. It looks different than ubuntu Nate because it does not have many applications on it. The major problem I am having is that orca does not speak. Espeakup in the command line works but as soon as I go into Nate orca although turned on does not work. Anyone have ideas in how to fix it. > > > > > > An help would be appreciated. > > > > > > > > > > > > Sincerely, > > > > > > Michael maslo > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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 > > -- _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list