Re: [orca-list] making orca quiet during long operations

[Mike Pedersen <Michael Pedersen Sun COM>]

Hello Brent,
On Wed, 2007-04-18 at 10:37 -0500, Brent Harding wrote:
> 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.
You can press the orca modifier with the letter "s" to temperarily turn
off speech.  When you press orca+s again speech will be turned back on
and if things are still scrolling you will hear this otherwise you can
just use the flat review keys to exam in the current window.  I think
you would be better off running feisty though as orca and the whole
desktop are much newer.  
Hope this helps.  
Mike