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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
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password. But, Orca isn't speaking at this point. To turn it on, press Alt +
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Windows + S. The Windows key, from now on, will be called the Super key. This
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keyboard command is the usual command for turning on Orca. Orca will say "screen
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reader on." Now, enter your password, and press Enter.
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Nothing will happen, but you've been logged in. To start Orca here, you'll need
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to press Alt + F2, type in "orca" all lowercase, and press Enter. You'll hear
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"screen reader on" again. Now, you won't have to turn on Orca again during
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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,
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sorted into categories. To get to it, press Alt + F1. Now, arrow to the left to
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the System menu. Then, arrow down to Preferences, and then right arrow. Now,
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arrow down to Personal, right arrow, then arrow down to Assistive Technologies,
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and press Enter.
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Here, we can set preferred technologies, and turn on and off Assistive
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Technologies support. First, let's turn on Assistive Technologies. Press Tab,
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and check the box. Now, Shift+Tab back to the preferred applications button, and
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press that. In this dialog, tab to the Orca combo box, and one more time to the
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Turn on at Startup check box, and press Space to check it. Now, you can close
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the dialogs.
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Now, let's turn on a few more accessibility options. The text editor on the Mate
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desktop is Pluma. Open a Run dialog with Alt + F2, type mate-terminal, which has
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a dash between the two words, and press Enter. Now, in the terminal, type
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pluma .bash_profile
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and press Enter. You'll be in a text area. Press Control + End to go to the
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bottom of the file, and add the following lines.
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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. Restart the computer, and Orca should come up
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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. This will bring up a window with
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several tabs. Spend some time configuring Orca, then you can apply the changes
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to see how they work, before you close the window. If you want to learn Orca's
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keyboard commands, press Insert + H for "help." Then, you can press keys to see
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what they do, or press F2 to get a list of global commands, or F3 to get a list
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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
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Shortcuts preferences under Hardware preferences. You can also set the capslock,
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Windows, Alt, and other keys to act as other keys, like having the Capslock as
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an additional control. If you close a program, like VLC, and accessibility seems
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to freeze, press Insert + H, then F2 to bring up an accessible window. You may
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close the screen reader shortcuts afterwards. If Orca becomes unresponsive,
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restart it by opening the Run dialog, typing "orca -r", and pressing Enter. |