Ah, okay. When you log in, try pressing Alt + F2, typing orca, and pressing Enter. Then go into the menus with Alt + F1, left arrow to administration I think, arrow to personalization, right arrow, down arrow to "assistive technologies", press Enter, check that box, and somewhere in that system of dialogs is a way to have it turn on at startup. Devin Prater r.d.t.prater@xxxxxxxxx gemini://tilde.pink/~devinprater/ On Tue, Oct 12, 2021 at 5:30 PM Linux for blind general discussion < blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > This was fedora 34 mate. > > > On Oct 12, 2021, at 5:19 PM, Linux for blind general discussion < > blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > What distribution is this on? > > Devin Prater > > r.d.t.prater@xxxxxxxxx > > gemini://tilde.pink/~devinprater/ > > > > > > > > On Tue, Oct 12, 2021 at 4:16 PM Linux for blind general discussion < > > blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > >> After installing, I heard ’screen-reader off’, so I turned orca on. > >> Then I was told to reboot. > >> After rebooting, I turned orca on, then logged in. > >> Then, no speech. > >> Could not get orca working. > >> > >>> On Oct 12, 2021, at 7:12 AM, Linux for blind general discussion < > >> blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >>> > >>> A huge +1 for Fedora MATE. I have it running on two computers here, one > >> is not mine, and it works great. Orca comes with it, and you can run a > full > >> install after pressing alt+f2 to open the run window and then entering > the > >> word orca. Wifi generally works out of the box, though the > NetworkManager > >> applet that controls it doesn't tell you what it is. Still, you can just > >> hold the alt and control keys and double tap the tab key to get to the > top > >> panel, then shift tab past the toggle button and press the enter key to > >> bring up the menu that has your wifi connections. There's not much more > to > >> tell other than it's a great OS, not just for learning, but for daily > use, > >> and one of the computers in the house that is running it is even being > used > >> for gaming and live streaming. If you need to dig deeper into the guts > of > >> the system, it allows for that as well. I for one highly recommend the > >> Fedora MATE spin. > >>> > >>> ~Kyle > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Blinux-list mailing list > >>> Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >>> https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > >>> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Blinux-list mailing list > >> Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >> https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list mailing list > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list