Orca droping out.

[Herzog]

REF:  Dear list!
Mike, you wrote:
Hi, I have noticed for several days that many times when orca starts, I 
get the welcome message and then loose speech.
re starting orca usually solves this problem. I have also noticed that 
when in the root account Orca usually starts fine the first time.
Has anyone else noticed this. The last time this happened, I did insert 
q to quit and heard goodbye. So apparently orca is still running, but 
for some
reason stops speaking on the first attempt to start it."
My friend have same problem with orca.    Attila
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I have noticed that Orca quits when I go to standby, or hibernate. So does the volume control.  Both always start fresh.
So Your workaround of just rebooting works every time, except every 22nd reboot takes a long time, as Ubuntu wants to check itself/ or disk.  Orca now works perfect on Open Office Spread sheets.!  Horray.    Will