Accessible Coconut speech at startup

Sat Oct 30 19:30:54 UTC 2021

Try getting into a terminal and run nmtui.  Probably a good idea to man
nmtui first though.

On Sat, 30 Oct 2021, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:

> Hi
> Is there a shortcut or a hotkey to show the list of available wi-fi networks in accessible coconut? So far I can only get a list of wi-fi network by pretending to install coconut. When i type network in the search i get options for setting proxy.
> Thanks a lot for your help.
> Ibrahim
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Oct 29, 2021, at 11:14 PM, Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com> wrote:
> >
> > Screen reader settings
> > Insert plus space
> >
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> >> 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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