[orca-list] making orca quiet during long operations

["Brent Harding" <bharding doorpi net>]

I finally got my Ubuntu Edgy-eft up after requiring sighted help because of 
some unknown issue that made Orca not speak until after I rebooted after 
installation. I now decided I'd run apt-get dist-upgrade. In doing so, I 
can't get it to be quiet. Is there any other way to make Orca quit speaking 
every screen update to the terminal window besides shutting the speaker off 
and letting it speak away with it muted? I know Edgy probably has a real old 
version of Orca in it on the CD. I could've used the & sign to make it go in 
the background, but then I'd never know when it completes if some GUI 
windows don't pop up asking questions.