Re: [orca-list] Linux and Orca Newbie.

[Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis <bhawkeslewis googlemail com>]

Hi Amy.

Welcome to the wonderful world of Linux. I suggest you make the Orca 
wiki your first port of call before raising issues here:

http://live.gnome.org/Orca

The wiki includes instructions on how to install the latest version of 
Firefox:

http://live.gnome.org/Orca/Firefox

and a list of other programs known to work with Orca:

http://live.gnome.org/Orca/AccessibleApps

I can't replicate your problem with Orca reading the entire sentence 
every time you type a word in OpenOffice.org, nor do I know what you 
meant by "lists". You might try getting the latest development version, 
building from source, and seeing if that fixes your issue:

http://urlx.org/live.gnome.org/fe7d8

--
Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis

Amy Mason wrote:
> Dear list,
>
> Hello, my name is Amy Mason, and I am a legally blind computer user.  I
> joined this list because I really want to see Orca succeed, but to be
> honest, I haven't had much luck in getting it running on my own system.  It
> is probably because I am very new to Linux as well as Orca, and am 
> unsure as
> to how to begin.  To give you a little background, I am running Ubuntu
> 7.04pretty much as is.  I want to use Orca's speech package, as
> software
> magnification is not an option for me.  I was told in the ubuntu help 
> forums
> how to update orca to the latest build, and followed the instructions to 
> the
> letter.   The updates appear to be successful, and I can run orca, but I
> have several issues I am unsure how to resolve.
>
> 1.  I have read that to use the internet with orca, I need to install
> firefox 3.0.  The only 3.0 I have seen is the alpha development version. Is
> this what I should be running, and if so, how do I  install it?
>
> 2.  Is there a way to make orca stop reading after I have gotten the
> information I want or need?  For example, In lists, or when I type in open
> office, it keeps rereading the sentence thus far, plus the new information
> each time I type.  in a manner where I would hear- s so som some somet all
> the way through until my sentence is complete.  I am hopeful that there 
> is a
> way to stop orca from doing this as it cannot keep up with my typing or
> navigation and I am left with it talking the entire time but not telling me
> what I am doing on the screen.
>
> If I could get far enough along to handle these issues, I believe that I
> could start to use orca and Ubuntu for some of my daily tasks.  As it is, I
> dual boot into windows, and it is sadly getting most of my attention.
>
> I apologize if my questions sound inane, but this is my first linux
> experience, and I really would like to learn.
>
> Also, in a slightly unrelated topic, what other programs should I look into
> getting to make my ubuntu more useful.   Are there other accessibility
> programs I should look at using in tandem with orca?  I would appreciate 
> any
> help you can give me.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Amy Mason
>
>
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