Oh, I was blind. Hm, then it seems pretty strange.
> 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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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!
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
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
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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> 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
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
=D
Remove it
sudo apt remove mate-orca
or turn of autostart
System --> Preferences --> Personal --> Startup Applications
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