Yes, I've been using it for over a year now. Speakup is readily available, especially if you use the pre-configured installation media available from Chris Brannon's site; sorry, I don't remember the exact address now. As for Orca, just be sure to install the gnome and gnome-extra packages and I think that should be all you need; then at least for the time being, run 'startx' from a normal user account and turn off speakup before hitting the enter key. After sufficient wait (maybe two minutes or so) press the alt+F2 key to open the run dialog in gnome. Type 'orca' without the tick marks and hit enter. Orca should soon start speaking and prompting you for setup information like which speech engine to use, which language in some cases, etc. Getting through these gnome steps is the trickiest part without speech. The rest has worked fine for me. It's been over a year since my first install of Arch so I might have missed a point but hopefully this will get you on your way. On Mon, Sep 06, 2010 at 10:22:37AM -0400, Christopher Moore wrote: > Hello, > Has anyone attempted to run gnome / orca screen reader on arch linux? > I'm going to give this a go but was looking for advice on > potential pitfalls to avoid. > > Chris > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
