Re: [orca-list] orca -s not working in Ubuntu 16.04

[Luke Yelavich <luke yelavich canonical com>]

On Fri, Apr 22, 2016 at 11:58:09AM AEST, Cameron Wong wrote:
> Thank you for the reply!
>
> I download gnome version today from
> http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-gnome/daily-live/pending/
> It has the same issue to standard version.
> Here is the procedure:
> 1. boot i386 LiveCD in Virtualbox in Mac.
> 2. Choose "Try Ubuntu"
> 3. CTRL+ALT+T to open a terminal
> 4. run `orca -s`. It speaks "screen reader on ... (another sentense) ...
> screen reader off". No setup window is launched.

Ok you are starting Orca incorrectly, or rather, you are starting Orca in a way that is not going to give you 
best results for the install process and the installed system.

Firstly, the GNOME version of Ubuntu does not properly work with what I am about to explain, and thats 
because I just didn't have time to implement this properly for the GNOME flavour, and the Mate version also 
appears to be misbehaving, again no idea, it was working when I tested it and uploaded relevant changes for 
Mate to work. So if you want to use either GNOME shell or Mate, I advise to install from the main ubuntu 
release, and then install your desktop environment of choice.

1. Boot into Ubuntu as usual.
2. When you hear the drums sound, you press and hold the super key + alt key + S, to start Orca. This is the 
same keystroke you would use to launch Orca either in GNOME shell, Unity, or Mate. Orca should then start 
speaking. You can then open Orca's preferences window to adjust the settings to you rliking.

At that point you can install the system as usual.

P.S. I am sorry if your particular desired flavour of Ubuntu can't be installed with Orca properly. I am only 
one person, and trying to get this all working with 3 different Ubuntu flavours, all of which have their own 
quirks that need to be taken into consideration takes time and effort. I will try to do what I can to make 
sure that things are better for the 16.04.1 release, but for now as above, install ubuntu proper, and then 
install your preferred desktop environment of choice.

Luke