ORCA

[Joseph Loo]

Charlie Dorff wrote:
> Hi, what I do is put the cd in and wait for it to go into live mode.
> Then open up the terminal and type orca. Then it goes into setup. When
> you are in setup mode the directions are very good so I do not think
> you will have any problems. After setup is complete then you will need
> to log out. After logging out the computer should should log you back
> in automaticly after several seconds. Then orca should work for you.
> Then you can continue using ubuntu in live mode or install it
> permantly on your computer using the install icon on the desktop. The
> important thing to remember is that orca will not start speaking
> unless you log out first. In the future you might want to send orca
> related questions to the orca mailing list. The orca mailing list is
> Orca-list at gnome.org. You'll receive much better information regarding
> orca there. I hope this helps.
> Charlie
>
>
> --- On *Sun, 5/24/09, Joseph Loo /<joseph.loo at dslextreme.com>/* wrote:
>
>
>     From: Joseph Loo <joseph.loo at dslextreme.com>
>     Subject: ORCA
>     To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
>     Date: Sunday, May 24, 2009, 11:49 PM
>
>     I am trying to help some blind people to install Ubuntu 9.04 by
>     writing
>     a small cheat sheet for them to use. Using the installation CD, I have
>     it booted as try Ubuntu setup. I have Orca turned on but when I try to
>     start the installation program, Orca does not seem to output any voice
>     during the installation process.
>
>     Does anyone have any suggestion to help me setup ORCA to work
>     during the
>     installation process.
>
>     -- 
>
>     Joseph Loo
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I did log out and ORCA was running and speaking properly. When you start
the installation setup from the liveCD, that is where ORCA stops
working. This seems to me an Installation issue.

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Joseph Loo
jloo at acm.org