[orca-list] Hello

[Austin Seraphin <austin austinseraphin com>]

Hi everyone! I've used the Linux console for years with Speakup, but 
recently I became so fed up with the lack of progress with VoiceOver on 
the Mac that I decided to give the Linux desktop a try. I made an 
attempt ten or so years ago, but things have gotten much snappier. I use 
Arch Linux and Mate, perhaps a reason for this. I tried getting Gnome 
talking, but I just couldn't, but Mate came right up, so I've gone with it.


I have a few basic questions for now.


I use the orca package, should I switch to the orca-git package in the AUR?


The help viewer often becomes unresponsive. I can't seem to read 
anything. Does it have some trick to it?


I got Thunderbird working for email. IMAP took a little tweaking but I 
got it. Can anyone recommend a good calendar, especially one with CALDAP 
so I can use my iCloud shared calendars? I started trying the Lightning 
add on for Thunderbird. I also wouldn't mind finding an Emacs solution. 
Speaking of, I plan to use Org Mode a lot. I welcome any tips about 
Emacs and Orca, though so far running it in mate-terminal works well enough.


I can't seem to figure out the spell checker in Thunderbird. It brings 
up the dialog with a misspelled word, but doesn't seem to display the word.


Does Orca have something like the item chooser in VoiceOver? I know that 
you can bring up a list of different types of items, headings for 
example, but in the Item Chooser you can start typing to narrow the 
selection.


Hm, as I write this email I notice problems navigating through the 
entirity line by line. Strange. Do I need to customize the view or 
screen layout in the composer a little more? Hmm.






That should do it for now, I'll likely think of more. So far things have 
gone quite well. Thanks for everyone's help. I feel very excited to use 
Orca.









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Austin Seraphin: https://AustinSeraphin.com