Re: ubuntu mait help

Have you tried hitting control-s once and waiting for disk action?  If 
orca is going to come up on a livecd you should hear disk being read 
first.On Thu, 17 Sep 2015, Hank Smith, and Seeing-eye dog Iona wrote:

> Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2015 13:59:15
> From: "Hank Smith, and Seeing-eye dog Iona" <[email protected]>
> Reply-To: Linux for blind general discussion <[email protected]>
> To: Linux for blind general discussion <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: ubuntu mait help
> 
> sound is working perfictly
> and just to make sure I did crank it all the way up but orca still refuses to 
> run.
>
>
> On 9/14/2015 11:38 AM, Jude DaShiell wrote:
>> The volume is low after the drum sound, so take that volume knob to the 
>> max. On Fri, 11 Sep 2015, Hank Smith, and Seeing-eye dog Iona wrote:
>> 
>>> Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2015 23:34:14
>>> From: "Hank Smith, and Seeing-eye dog Iona" <[email protected]>
>>> Reply-To: Linux for blind general discussion <[email protected]>
>>> To: Linux for blind general discussion <[email protected]>
>>> Subject: Re: ubuntu mait help
>>> 
>>> Hello I tried that.
>>> as well as all of the instructions people have been suggesting
>>> and I still can't get it to talk once the drum sound happens.
>>> it is unmuted as well so sound is working.
>>> should I look in to yet another distro?
>>> I really want to use ubuntu mait.
>>> sense sonar and my machine don't play nice.
>>> Hank
>>> 
>>> On 9/11/2015 7:52 PM, Christopher Chaltain wrote:
>>>> Super+alt+s means hold down the super key, the alt key and the s key all 
>>>> at the same time. The super key is also known as the Windows key.
>>>> 
>>>> On 09/11/2015 08:09 PM, Cheryl Homiak wrote:
>>>>> Hmmm, maybe I was confused about the installer you are using or perhaps
>>>>> what I found was too old. In looking at debian accessibility there is
>>>>> reference to the gnome live cd and it does talk about starting orca. I'm
>>>>> pasting what it says (can't figure out what super-alt-s is!) and paste
>>>>> the link.
>>>>> 
>>>>> The gnome liveCD has screen reader support. At the boot menu, one has to
>>>>> type enter (TODO: add beep). Then the desktop launches up (TODO: add
>>>>> beep), and one can press super-alt-s to start Orca.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> https://wiki.debian.org/accessibility
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Sep 11, 2015, at 7:54 PM, Cheryl Homiak <[email protected]
>>>>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Well, I went looking for this, partly because it seems you've gotten
>>>>>> no answer and partly because I have a frustrating situation with two
>>>>>> old computers with different wifi cards that can respond to a scan but
>>>>>> don't connect. I was thinking about trying the live cd in them to see
>>>>>> whether that would do wifi for either of these machines but frankly
>>>>>> this link below looks rather confusing so I don't know whether or not
>>>>>> I'll try it. I imagine you have already read this so it's probably not
>>>>>> helpful but it's all I've found so far.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Accessibility/doc/StartGuide
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> -- 
>>>>>> Cheryl
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Sep 10, 2015, at 10:54 PM, Hank Smith, and Seeing-eye dog Iona
>>>>>>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> xHello when launching the live cd
>>>>>>> when the drum sounds what is the proper command to turn orca on?
>>>>>>> tried control s
>>>>>>> tried
>>>>>>> alt control s
>>>>>>> also tried alt windows s
>>>>>>> nothing will turn it on.
>>>>>>> is there a trick to getthing this talking?
>>>>>>> I want to give ubuntu a try
>>>>>>> I gave up on sonar for the moment.
>>>>>>> Hank
>>>>>>> 
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