Orca is a free, open source, flexible, extensible, and powerful assistive technology for people with visual impairments.
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How do I stop Orca Screen Reader?
I accidentally opened Orca Screen Reader from the Dash when I was trying to open Screenshot. Now everything I type or click on is spoken out loud.
How do I make it stop?
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No Orca magnification in Ubuntu 12.04
I'm a visually impaired Linux/Ubuntu newbie. I've installed 12.04 from a live CD and have the Orca screen reader running at start up. Speech works fine but there is no magnification. When I open Orca ...
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Python-Speechd?
I just upgraded to Ubuntu 12.10, am fooling around with some Python code. In earlier releases, I used to be able to do:
import speechd
And now I get that the module does not exist. It also tells ...
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how read documents (pdf, docx, etc) using orca in lubuntu 12.10
Hello I had installed Orca in lubuntu 12.10. But when i open it i just get the container box with tabs for preferences, help, about, exit. How do i make it read documents? I want to read a pdf ...
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Orca Magnifier/Screenreader
When I turn on Orca Magnifier / Screenreader, while I am in magnification, I cannot see what is in the menu/panel bar at the bottom of the screen unless I turn off the magnification. Is there a way ...
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Is it possible to have Orca speak the laptop battery status?
I have been studying Ubuntu 12.04 for a while. If everything works fine, I would like to switch to it from Windows 7. I have searched the net on the way to check battery status with Orca but i not yet ...
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How to Improve Accessibility of Orca Screen Reader in Ubuntu 12.04?
I am a visually impaired computer users and would like to switch to Ubuntu 12.04 from Windows 7. However, i noticed that Orca isn't always accessible when using some programmes like Audacity. ...
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How to stop Orca from running when I open sound preferences?
I have this bizarre problem. whenever I open sound preferences from indicator-sound in natty the orca speech-dispatcher runs in a terminal in a loop mode. I cannot close the terminal neither can I ...
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How do I restart Orca?
Orca has been crashing a lot lately.. and I don't know how to restart it. Is there any way to do this from the command line?
I cannot find Orca anywhere in the main menu.
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Linux “Screen-Reader tool Orca” extendable/customizable functionality in Ubuntu?
Here is what i want to do:
01) I want to set Orca as an idle process that runs in the background after i booted into Ubuntu 11.10/Gnome-Shell 3.2. (No problem there so far.)
02) Now when i open up a ...
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How To Set Up Orca Screen Reader?
I'm helping a friend of mine set up an Ubuntu environment for school, but he requires special software that reads things out loud because of his dyslexia. Now, I immediately knew that Orca should do ...
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Orca screen reader
I tried to run 11.10 on my desktop, and couldn't get Orca screen reader to read desktop screen without using the mouse. My wife is totally blind and has trouble using the mouse to find icons.
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On-screen keyboard shows up on resume [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I disable the on-screen keyboard in the unlock screen?
I recently got Ubuntu 11.10 and I was looking through the programs and saw Onboard and didn't know what is ...
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How do I stop orca from starting up on login?
Orca keeps starting up after system starting, and im not able to find it in "Startup Applications".
How to stop it??
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1answer
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Festival on Orca?
I tried installing Festival from Synaptic to use it with Orca, but it did not show up on Orca's speech synthesizer list.
I installed the following packages:
festival
festival-freebsoft-utils
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Does Ocra screen reader come on Edubuntu by default?
I am working with visually impaired children in Kenya and would like to know if Orca screen reader comes with Edubuntu and whether it would work with the various educational packages on Edubuntu.
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