Accessible Coconut speech at startup

Sat Oct 30 22:09:36 UTC 2021

Thanks man. That works. I read the entire manual and I could not find a 
shortcut to do that.

Thanks a million for your patience.

Ibrahim

On 10/31/21 1:00 AM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
> 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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