Orca not speaking on new Debian install.

[Linux for blind general discussion]

I would also make sure that pulseaudio is installed had this same prob 
on void witch was why I stuck with arch.

On 4/1/23 12:47, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
> I can confirm the messages are unrelated to the issue. Downloaded the
> latest x64 Seamonkey and tried launching it with the same script, but
> it produces no errors/warnings in-between the normal x started
> normally and x stopped messages.
>
> Will give spdsay a try next time I'm booted into the installed
> Debian(typing this from a Knoppix Live session so I can get web things
> done in-between trying to debug the issue.
>
> Not sure how I can check if at-spi and orca are running as, in
> addition to not getting speech in the GUI, I'm also apparently locked
> from switching to a tty that's at the console, which is also an issue
> since the work flow I'm used to is using tty switching to do web stuff
> in the GUI and everything else in the console, though I thought the
> inability to switch ttys was rather irrelevant if I'm not getting
> speech in the GUI to begin with, though I suppose it is more relevant
> than initially thought since I hadn't considered trying to diagnose
> the running xsession from the console...
>
>
>
> On 4/1/23, Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On Mar 31, 2023, at 16:26, Linux for blind general discussion
>>> <blinux-list at redhat.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I tried running the script I've previously used for launching a stand
>>> alone GUI application with Orca, using Firefox-ESR 102 to test.
>>> Firefox starts as it creates a new Firefox profile in my home
>>> directory and issuing a close window keyboard command spits me back to
>>> the console, but if orca starts, it doesn't talk.
>> Have you tested whether Speech-Dispatcher is working (e.g., with the Spd-say
>> command)?
>> Is at-spi running? Look for at-spi2-registryd with prep?
>> You should also check whether Orca is running.
>> These investigations should narrow down the problem. There’s nothing in the
>> error messages you posted to suggest to me they are more than warnings or
>> that they are Orca-related.
>>
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