Accessible Coconut speech at startup

Sat Oct 30 03:13:44 UTC 2021

Screen reader settings 
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> On Oct 29, 2021, at 11:04 PM, Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com> 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 at redhat.com> 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 at redhat.com> 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 at redhat.com> 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
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
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