Have you tried hitting alt-start-s? That start key is between control and alt on left side. If that doesn't work, try it again but after hitting the f4 key once. The f4 key in mate toggles accessibility on and off but why Jenux ever got to you without accessibility already toggled on is a mystery to me here. On Wed, 24 Nov 2021, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > It's Mate and no, alt+F2 "orca" did nothing. > > > I decided after a few hours to not bother, and installed Fedora Mate-Compiz > 35, which does talk just fine. > > > I may give Jenux another go some time, when I have eyeballs nearby to > troubleshoot. > > > Warm regards, > > Brandt Steenkamp > > Sent from my Fedora Install using Thunderbird > > On 2021/11/23 23:35, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > > This should be a one-time procedure. key in alt-f2 then key in orca > > --setup. > > Does orca start talking? > > I don't know what desktop choice you made mate is a good one and kde last > > time I knew didn't have orca in it so orca would have to be downloaded and > > installed with all dependencies in kde and even kde-accessibility list > > can't provide any guideance for use with orca since that hasn't been > > researched on that list. If you chose a base install, you have no desktop > > and you also have no orca on your system. > > On Tue, 23 Nov 2021, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > > > >> Hi all, > >> > >> I finally had success installing Jenux, however,, now that I have it on the > >> desktop, I cannot get Orca to talk. If anyone knows how to get it going, > >> I'd be happy to keep the system for the time being. > >> > >> Warm regards, > >> > >> Brandt Steenkamp > >> > >> Sent from my MacBook Air > >> > >> Contact: > >> > >> Phone: +27 (0)60 525 9181 <tel://+27605259181> > >> > >> Email: brandt.steenkamp@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:brandt.steenkamp@xxxxxxxxx> > >> > >> Twitter: @brandtsteenkamp <http://www.twitter.com/brandtsteenkamp> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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