Screen reader settings Insert plus space Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 29, 2021, at 11:04 PM, Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Thanks a million. I just figured what I was doing worng. I just realized that hitting alt-f1 or alt-f2 does not work on my laptop. I needed to push the function key along with the alt f1 or f2 for it to work. Now I can access the menus just fine. > > I still need to figure out a way of changing the default speech engine, and a way to have it display foreign characters on the Braille display. For example, When I do a youtube search and get a hit in Arabic or Hebrew it displays the Arabic or Hebrew characters as question marks. I am sure there is a way of dealing with this. > > in the next stage, I need to figure a safe way of installing it alongside my windows without screwing u p my windows opperation. > > Thanks a lot again for your help. > > By the way I am now writing this email using the thunderbird that comes with the accessible Coconut > >> On 10/30/21 6:04 AM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: >> super-t may get you a terminal which gives you a command line. You'll >> know if a $ comes up as a prompt or a # comes up. Failing that alt-+f2 >> then type mate-terminal or gnome-terminal and hit enter. >> >> >>> On Fri, 29 Oct 2021, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: >>> >>> Thanks a million for your help. I tried your suggestions to no avail. However, something strange happened, when I connected my braille display it connected to accessible coconut right away. I was able to browse the menus and connect to the internet. During my browsing the speech came on. >>> I have two questions, how can I get a command line prompt? My second question is, what is the command to turn off the computer? Alt f4 did not take me there. >>> Cheers, >>> Ibrahim >>> >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>>> On Oct 29, 2021, at 1:56 PM, Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>> >>>> Press alt plus F1. >>>> Do you hear speech? >>>> If not, press escape. >>>> Press alt plus F2 >>>> Type >>>> orca >>>> Press enter. >>>> This should fix it. >>>> >>>> >>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>> >>>>> On Oct 29, 2021, at 1:25 PM, Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Is there a step by step tutorial on how to start? >>>>> I downloaded the accessible coconut iso and put it on a bootable usb drive. I was able to boot the machine from the usb, but there was no speech to guide me. I was able to confirm that I indeed booted from usb with accessible coconut by using my iPhone camera. I have no idea how to get the speech going. So please if you have a tutorial, send it my way. >>>>> Ibrahim >>>>> >>>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>>> >>>>>>> On Oct 29, 2021, at 10:29 AM, Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>>>> Hello, >>>>>> When using the live CD, The screenreader started at boot. >>>>>> But a after I installed it, I get no screenreader at startup. >>>>>> All settings as far as I know are correct. >>>>>> The only way to get speech is to go to the run window with >>>>>> Alt+F2 >>>>>> Then type >>>>>> orca >>>>>> And press enter. >>>>>> I reinstalled linux and got the same result. >>>>>> As I was doing the install, I checked the box to get updates during the install. Could this be the cause of my trouble? >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>> Rob >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> 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 > > _______________________________________________ > 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