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= Getting Started After Installing with Orca
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Now that the system is installed, you'll need to log in with your user account password.
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But, Orca isn't speaking at this point.
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To turn it on, press Alt + Windows + S.
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The Windows key, from now on, will be called the "Super" key.
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This keyboard command is the usual command for turning on Orca.
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Orca will say "screen reader on." Now, enter your password, and press Enter.
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Nothing will happen, but you've been logged in.
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To start Orca here, you'll need to press Alt + F2, type in "orca" all lowercase, and press Enter.
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You'll hear "screen reader on" again.
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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.
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Now, Mate has an applications menu, which lists all applications in a menu, sorted into categories.
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To get to it, press Alt + F1.
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Now, arrow to the left to the System menu.
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Then, arrow down to Preferences, and then right arrow.
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Now, arrow down to Personal, right arrow, then arrow down to Assistive Technologies, and press Enter.
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Here, we can set preferred technologies, and turn on and off Assistive Technologies support.
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First, let's turn on Assistive Technologies.
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Press Tab, and check the box.
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Now, Shift+Tab back to the preferred applications button, and press that.
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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.
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Now, you can close the dialogs.
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Now, let's turn on a few more accessibility options.
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The text editor on the Mate desktop is Pluma.
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Open a Run dialog with Alt + F2, type mate-terminal, which has a dash between the two words, and press Enter.
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Now, in the terminal, type
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[source, bash]
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pluma .bash_profile
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and press Enter.
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You'll be in a text area.
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Press Control + End to go to the bottom of the file, and add the following lines.
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[source, bash]
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export ACCESSIBILITY_ENABLED=1
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export GTK_MODULES=gail:atk-bridge
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export GNOME_ACCESSIBILITY=1
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export QT_ACCESSIBILITY=1
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export QT_LINUX_ACCESSIBILITY_ALWAYS_ON=1
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Now, save the file, and close it.
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Restart the computer, and Orca should come up automatically, and all apps that are accessible will be accessible.
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== Configuring Orca
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To configure Orca, press Insert + Space.
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This will bring up a window with several tabs.
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Spend some time configuring Orca, then you can apply the changes to see how they work, before you close the window.
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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.
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== Other options and notes
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To set a keyboard command for turning off and on Orca, go to the Keyboard Shortcuts preferences under Hardware preferences.
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You can also set the capslock, Windows, Alt, and other keys to act as other keys, like having the Capslock as an additional control.
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If you close a program, like VLC, and accessibility seems to freeze, press Insert + H, then F2 to bring up an accessible window.
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You may close the screen reader shortcuts afterwards.
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If Orca becomes unresponsive, restart it by opening the Run dialog, typing "orca -r", and pressing Enter.
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