From f154baae40c799696217cf5167f01ec2b0e85d01 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Devin Prater Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2022 15:23:25 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] completed after installing with orca --- .../after-installing-with-orca.adoc | 60 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+) diff --git a/modules/ROOT/pages/accessibility/after-installing-with-orca.adoc b/modules/ROOT/pages/accessibility/after-installing-with-orca.adoc index 7bf0011..5371560 100644 --- a/modules/ROOT/pages/accessibility/after-installing-with-orca.adoc +++ b/modules/ROOT/pages/accessibility/after-installing-with-orca.adoc @@ -1,2 +1,62 @@ = Getting Started After Installing with Orca +Now that the system is installed, you'll need to log in with your user account +password. But, Orca isn't speaking at this point. To turn it on, press Alt + +Windows + S. The Windows key, from now on, will be called the Super key. This +keyboard command is the usual command for turning on Orca. Orca will say "screen +reader on." Now, enter your password, and press Enter. + +Nothing will happen, but you've been logged in. To start Orca here, you'll need +to press Alt + F2, type in "orca" all lowercase, and press Enter. You'll hear +"screen reader on" again. Now, you won't have to turn on Orca again during +logging in, and we'll set Orca to turn up automatically after log in as well. + +Now, Mate has an applications menu, which lists all applications in a menu, +sorted into categories. To get to it, press Alt + F1. Now, arrow to the left to +the System menu. Then, arrow down to Preferences, and then right arrow. Now, +arrow down to Personal, right arrow, then arrow down to Assistive Technologies, +and press Enter. + +Here, we can set preferred technologies, and turn on and off Assistive +Technologies support. First, let's turn on Assistive Technologies. Press Tab, +and check the box. Now, Shift+Tab back to the preferred applications button, and +press that. In this dialog, tab to the Orca combo box, and one more time to the +Turn on at Startup check box, and press Space to check it. Now, you can close +the dialogs. + +Now, let's turn on a few more accessibility options. The text editor on the Mate +desktop is Pluma. Open a Run dialog with Alt + F2, type mate-terminal, which has +a dash between the two words, and press Enter. Now, in the terminal, type + +pluma .bash_profile + +and press Enter. You'll be in a text area. Press Control + End to go to the +bottom of the file, and add the following lines. + +export ACCESSIBILITY_ENABLED=1 +export GTK_MODULES=gail:atk-bridge +export GNOME_ACCESSIBILITY=1 +export QT_ACCESSIBILITY=1 +export QT_LINUX_ACCESSIBILITY_ALWAYS_ON=1 + +Now, save the file, and close it. Restart the computer, and Orca should come up +automatically, and all apps that are accessible will be accessible. + +== Configuring Orca + +To configure Orca, press Insert + Space. This will bring up a window with +several tabs. Spend some time configuring Orca, then you can apply the changes +to see how they work, before you close the window. If you want to learn Orca's +keyboard commands, press Insert + H for "help." Then, you can press keys to see +what they do, or press F2 to get a list of global commands, or F3 to get a list +of application-specific commands. + +== Other options and notes + +To set a keyboard command for turning off and on Orca, go to the Keyboard +Shortcuts preferences under Hardware preferences. You can also set the capslock, +Windows, Alt, and other keys to act as other keys, like having the Capslock as +an additional control. If you close a program, like VLC, and accessibility seems +to freeze, press Insert + H, then F2 to bring up an accessible window. You may +close the screen reader shortcuts afterwards. If Orca becomes unresponsive, +restart it by opening the Run dialog, typing "orca -r", and pressing Enter. \ No newline at end of file