Re: [Trisquel-users] How to permanently disable/remove Orca Screen Reader?

[intheforest]

Oh, I was blind. Hm, then it seems pretty strange.

Re: [Trisquel-users] How to permanently disable/remove Orca Screen Reader?

[Mason Hock]

> just go to Preferred Applications, choose 'Accessibility' and check out 'run
> at start' under Orca screen reader.

That's always worked for me, but willbprog127 says they've already tried that.


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Re: [Trisquel-users] How to permanently disable/remove Orca Screen Reader?

[intheforest]

Well, yes, disabling Orca in Startup Applications won't stop it from running.  
You don't have to don't have to disable all assistive technologies, just go  
to Preferred Applications, choose 'Accessibility' and check out 'run at  
start' under Orca screen reader.

Have fun!

Re: [Trisquel-users] How to permanently disable/remove Orca Screen Reader?

[Mason Hock]

Thanks for the feedback. Assuming that you have completed every step on the 
documentation page, including logging out and logging in again, can you next 
try the following?

- Go to Control Center -> Startup Applications and see if Orca is in there. If 
so, deselect it, log out, and log in.
- If Orca is not under Startup Applications, or if it is still active after 
deselecting it and logging out/in, go to Control Center -> Assistive 
Technologies, deselect "Enable assistive technologies" and log out/in.


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Re: [Trisquel-users] How to permanently disable/remove Orca Screen Reader?

[will . brokenbourgh2877]

Mason, thanks for those instructions for disabling Orca.  Unfortunately, that  
does not shut Orca off for me.  I have to go into the terminal and kill it to  
shut off the screen reader.  While this is a great feature for the visually  
impaired, it's pretty annoying to listen to when you don't want it, and it  
won't shut off without killing it.


Everything else is pretty cool!  Keep up the good work Trisquel team! :-)

Re: [Trisquel-users] How to permanently disable/remove Orca Screen Reader?

[Mason Hock]

Another solution might be to have two versions of each ISO, one with assistive 
techonlogies enabled by default and another with them disabled. 


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Re: [Trisquel-users] How to permanently disable/remove Orca Screen Reader?

[Mason Hock]

> I think it's great that Trisquel
> supports non-visual users in this way, after all it's much harder for
> them to turn it on, than for the rest of use to turn it off. That
> said, it would also be great if there was a *very* obvious way to
> turn Orca off when beginning installation if it isn't needed.

I agree. The screen reader should definitely be enabled by default, but how to 
disable it is a very common question. I took a stab at writing a wiki page 
explaining how.

https://trisquel.info/en/wiki/disabling-orca-screen-reader


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Re: [Trisquel-users] How to permanently disable/remove Orca Screen Reader?

[strypey]

Orca is turned on by default to make Trisquel more accessible to users who  
cannot see the screen. I think it's great that Trisquel supports non-visual  
users in this way, after all it's much harder for them to turn it on, than  
for the rest of use to turn it off. That said, it would also be great if  
there was a *very* obvious way to turn Orca off when beginning installation  
if it isn't needed. It would be equally great if turning it off during  
installation automatically turned it off in the installed system too.

Re: [Trisquel-users] How to permanently disable/remove Orca Screen Reader?

[svenerik_vn]

=D

Re: [Trisquel-users] How to permanently disable/remove Orca Screen Reader?

[enduzzer]

Remove it

sudo apt remove mate-orca

or turn of autostart

System --> Preferences --> Personal --> Startup Applications