The desktop is started when Ubuntu boots up. I have no access to it without a screenreader. The solution appears to be to set up Orca to start at boot-up.
John On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 06:00:44PM +1100, Jason White wrote: > John J. Boyer <[email protected]> wrote: > > The screen is displaying the desktop. How do I access it without a > > screenreader? Do I have to ask a sighted person to start Orca? What's > > the point of all this accessibility talk if I can't start the > > screenreader? > > Run orca -t from the console and answer the questions to configure Orca. After > that, you should be able to start it from the desktop by typing Alt-F2 orca > <enter> > > If that works, configure it to start by default (how you do that depends on > which version of Gnome is installed). > > _______________________________________________ > This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. > To post a message, send an e-mail to: [email protected] > For general information, go to: http://mielke.cc/mailman/listinfo/brltty -- John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer Abilitiessoft, Inc. http://www.abilitiessoft.com Madison, Wisconsin USA Developing software for people with disabilities _______________________________________________ This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. To post a message, send an e-mail to: [email protected] For general information, go to: http://mielke.cc/mailman/listinfo/brltty
