Re: [orca-list] would like some very basic help

[Jon <j orcauser googlemail com>]

Hi Beth,

Welcome to the list,
Ubuntu is the right flavour of choice for linux+accessability, or at 
least it is the least intensive to set up for a blind person.

> From the description you have given, it sounds like the accessability 
layer hasnt been loaded, you can load it by pressing f5 then the number 
3 then enter twice at the bootup screen.

Please see proper description here:
http://live.gnome.org/Orca/UbuntuFeisty
under the heading: Taking Orca for a Test Drive

You are probably using Ubuntu Gutsy, but the steps are the same.

Hope this helps.

-Jon

On Thu 15/11/2007 at 18:11:43, Beth Wright wrote:
> Hi, listers.
>
> I downloaded the live CD for Ubuntu 7.10 and am running into trouble.  I got it booted onto my Windows XP 
> computer, and it started talking.  The spoken messages took me a list of choices as to language, keyboard 
> layout, whether I wanted braille enabled, etc.  Then it siad, "Setup complete.  Press return to continue."  
> Well, I hit the Enter key and it went completely dead.  I kept pressing different keys, but no speech.  
> I've looked through all kinds of books, and reviewed some of the documentation on the Orca page, but it's 
> kind of like a puzzle that I can't put together.  Should I have started with another version of Linux?   I 
> thought this would be a good choice because I could explore it before making the commitment to install it, 
> but maybe that was a mistake.  Any help would be greatly appreciated!
>
> Beth Wright
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