Re: [orca-list] Getting orca to speak using mate desktop in arch?

[Jude DaShiell <jdashiel panix com>]

That was removed from mate, since the computer I installed mate on for 
archlinux is too under-powered to run gnome well.



On Sat, 27 Mar 2021, Kyle via orca-list wrote:

> This is the screen reader package I have. ArchLinuxARM and x86_64 Arch
> Linux both call it orca, and it shows that it is in only the gnome
> package group.
>
> Repository      : extra
> Name            : orca
> Version         : 40.0-1
> Description     : Screen reader for individuals who are blind or
> visually impaired
> Architecture    : any
> URL             : https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Orca
> Licenses        : LGPL
> Groups          : gnome
> Provides        : None
> Depends On      : gtk3  at-spi2-atk  python-atspi  python-dbus  python-
> xdg  speech-dispatcher  liblouis  brltty  xorg-xmodmap  gsettings-
> desktop-schemas  gst-plugins-base  gst-plugins-good
> Optional Deps   : None
> Conflicts With  : None
> Replaces        : None
> Download Size   : 1973.39 KiB
> Installed Size  : 15624.90 KiB
> Packager        : Arch Linux ARM Build System
> <builder+seattle archlinuxarm org>
> Build Date      : Wed 24 Mar 2021 06:40:08 PM EDT
> Validated By    : MD5 Sum  SHA-256 Sum  Signature
>
> So I was wrong about having to explicitly specify that speech-
> dispatcher be installed, because orca does pull it in as a dependency.
> But there is no other screen reader package for the MATE desktop other
> than Orca, and it does need to be explicitly specified to be installed
> alongside the mate and mate-extra package groups, as it is not listed
> as a member of either group. A speech synthesizer also must be
> installed explicitly, as these are all optional dependencies, not
> required dependencies, so speech-dispatcher will not get them
> automatically.
>
> It is also worth noting that the accessibility toggle shortcut is
> disabled in MATE's keyboard shortcuts by default, meaning that it is
> unbound. I set mine to alt+super+s, because that matches GNOME's
> default, and I recently discovered that the KDE Plasma desktop also
> enables the screen reader toggle and binds it to the same key
> combination by default. As long as there is no conflict, F4 could
> toggle accessibility, but this is not a default in MATE nor anywhere
> else that I am aware of, although I believe lightdm-gtk-greeter mapped
> the screen reader to one of the function keys some years back.
> ~Kyle
>
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