Booting the FC10 Live CD - orca install

[Jim Cornette]

Christian wrote:
> Hi all, I have just subscribed to this list. I just downloaded and 
> booted the FC 10 Live CD, but have a question. Since I am visually 
> impaired I rely on speech and or braille so I started the screen 
> reader Orca after the CD had finished booting. I pressed Alt-F2 for 
> run application then i typed orca and pressed enter. When 
> accessibility has been enabled one needs to logout and log back in 
> for the changes to take effect. I think I was logged out but i was 
> not able to log back in. I don't know if I was placed in the username
>  field, but I typed linux and th password linux but nothing happened.
>  What is the default username and would anyone be interested in 
> trying this > thing out? I have been looking through the Fedora 
> website, but have not found any instructions for accessibility. Best
> regards and thanks, Christian


As a guess, you may need to be in the GUI screen for the screen reader 
to function, Alt-F7 or Alt-F8.