Re: [orca-list] installing orca with debian

[Doug Smith <savant-technopath cyber-wizard com>]

There is.  You can either go to the debian wheezy page and get an installer from there, which includes a 
text-based installer that will talk with 
speakup.  To use this install, boot the disk and wait for it to stop spinning, or wait for the system beep if 
you are using a USB drive.  Then press 
lowercase s and return.  The installer will come up talking and you can do an install over the network which 
will include orca.  

Now, when you boot into the graphical desktop for the first time, it gets a little tricky.  If you do not 
have any light perception, when you boot 
into the new system, press the enter key on the keypad or the caps loc-enter combination to stop speakup from 
talking.  Then you might need a little 
sighted help to do this.  I did for the first time, but I can do it well now.  

When the login screen for gnome comes up, press return, enter your password, then tab once.  You will be in a 
combo box to set up your session type.  
You can have either gnome shell or gnome classic.  I set mine to classic.  

When you have done this, hit space to close the combo box and then shift tab back up to where you have 
entered your password.  Then hit return.  When 
you have waited a few seconds, depending on the speed of your machine, press alt-f2 and then key in orca.  
You should hear orca talking after this.  
Now you can set up all your configurations including adding orca to your startup applications.  



Hope this helps. 




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