If I start VLC to play an audio file and press control-q to quit
the file Marco gets locked up. This renders ORCA useless because it
can't read things properly. The system is useless at that point. A
similar thing happens with MPV. It was happening with Chromium until
version 103 came o
em earlier without a solution so
far. I don't know how to reproduce the problem every time.
to unlock marco and orca, just call the orca preferences with the
shortcut orca + space. once an orca window appears everything
unlocks...until next time...
Jerem
Le 29/06/2022 à 20:48, Chevelle
I was able to install it with speech under QUICK EMU. I notice if
I install BRLTTY, I get this:
update-rc.d: Warning: start and stop actions are no longer supported:
falling back to defaults
Not sure if this is a problem or not, because I haven't gotten the
Braille device working under
instructions.
Thanks.
On 2/23/2023 7:35 PM, Samuel Thibault wrote:
Hello,
Chevelle, le lun. 20 févr. 2023 21:46:46 -0500, a ecrit:
update-rc.d: Warning: start and stop actions are no longer supported: falling
back to defaults
Not sure if this is a problem or not,
That is not a problem.
Sorry, the command was:
quickemu --vm debian.conf --braille --display sdl
On 2/23/2023 8:34 PM, Chevelle wrote:
I was using 'quickemu'. I think I tried
quickemu --vm --braille --display sdl
I'm not sure from the instructions how it is supposed to work. Should
'brltt
I view the system log with 'journalctl -e' there are repeating errors.
Possibly it can't find yxa2.so.
See attached log.
Do others see these errors?
Thanks.
Jun 16 10:43:06 m5 brltty[1496]: cannot load screen driver:
/lib/brltty/libbrlttyxa2.so
Jun 16 10:43:06 m5 brltty[1496]: screen driver
Yes, I use an old Alva. I upgraded from Bullseye with the package
manager.
Installing 'brltty-x11' did stop the errors. Possibly the package was
missing after I installed Bullseye, I don't know for sure.
Thanks!
On 6/16/23 11:13, Samuel Thibault wrote:
Hello,
Cheve
When you are at the Login screen, try pressing the F10 key to get
to the menu. Then use your arrow keys to explore the menu. I don't
have two environments installed, but mine shows Mate currently.
On 7/5/2023 3:19 PM, Al Puzzuoli wrote:
Thanks,
That seems to be the issue though. I ca
; > I guess I'm going to have to dig into the Orca source code to
see if I
> > can figure this out. I see Orca on GitHub. Is that the best repository
> > to clone?
> > > > If I'm using gnome 44.2, are there any other projects I'd need
to build
> >
Not trying to rush you Samuel, just curious.
Thanks for all your effort.
On 7/21/23 12:56, Samuel Thibault wrote:
Chevelle, le ven. 21 juil. 2023 10:51:53 -0400, a ecrit:
Is it possible libatspi2.48.3 or newer will make it to Bookworm or Bookworm
backports any time soon?
bookworm
I have the AMD64 build of bookworm, but I have had it stop
speaking. Sometimes if I have a graphical session running, then switch
to a speakup console, it is very slow to respond. I wrote a simple bash
script like this:
#!/usr/bin/bash
sleep 5
ls
I start that in the terminal with ORC
I'm using AMD64, but sometimes I can find the PID for
pipewire-pulse with 'ps ax'. Then enter
kill -SIGHUP
Suddenly it will start working again.
It might be worth a try.
On 8/28/23 05:46, Geoff Shang wrote:
On Mon, 24 Apr 2023, James Addison wrote:
Working towards a better backtrac
Thanks Samuel. The ORCA Debian package only has xbrlapi as
Reccomends. There doesn't seem to be any warning by ORCA so if xbrlapi
isn't installed the unsuspecting user has a Braille display that doesn't
work properly. Should xbrlapi be a depends instead?
On 9/4/23 18:08, Samuel Thibaul
You can use Rufus to create a bootable USB drive from Windows. I
last installed the Debian Bookworm by downloading it from www.debian.org.
I would use the latest Bookworm installer. If the PC has a speaker, you
should hear a beep. Then you can type 's' to start Speakup.
There is an FAQ a
I just used 'w3m' to do a search on Amazon by typing 'w3m
https://amazon.com'. I didn't go through the buying process. I'm not
sure when you hit the CAPTCHA. Jason makes some good points.
On 11/23/23 12:48, Jason J.G. White wrote:
On 23/11/23 12:16, David J. J. Ring, Jr. wrote:
CAPTC
, Samuel Thibault wrote:
Hello,
Chevelle, le mar. 11 févr. 2025 15:17:14 -0500, a ecrit:
I used the debian-12.9.0-amd64-netinst.iso installer and type 's' at
the
prompt. The talking installe worked fine. After I reboot the
system I hear
'screen reader on, 11 button greyed'
Hello,
I used the debian-12.9.0-amd64-netinst.iso installer and type 's' at the
prompt. The talking installe worked fine. After I reboot the system I hear
'screen reader on, 11 button greyed'. I can't use ORCA at that point,
in other words the ORCA commands don't work. By default the inst
Ok, thanks Samuel, I'll try it again.
On 2/11/25 16:40, Samuel Thibault wrote:
Hello,
Chevelle, le mar. 11 févr. 2025 15:17:14 -0500, a ecrit:
I used the debian-12.9.0-amd64-netinst.iso installer and type 's' at the
prompt. The talking installe worked fine. After I reboot th
Hello, I had one system where this upgrade worked and one that failed.
On the one that failed, some python import statements failed when ORCA
is started. From what I can tell the ORCA package needs
'python3-dbus'. So if your ORCA won't speak, try this:
sudo apt install python3-dbus
I don't
Matthew says:
>think that dirring install, backports should ready be enabled and if
>using accessibility, the accessibility statck should be pulled in by
>default dirring install using the install with speech option anywayy.
It is an interesting idea, but I don't think Debian policy would allo
Mine doesn't have a programming menu, but it does get stuck as you
describe. It seems that pressing escape can get it back to the menu.
On 4/20/25 05:59, Kenneth wrote:
Hi,
I've noticed something odd, that i think is a odd behaviour.
When i log in to my Debian 12.10 bookworm, and press ctrl
If it doesn't detect your sound card, you need to find out if that is a
supported piece of hardware. If it has a driver you may have to install
it manually, which could be difficult unless you have a Braille device
or somebody to help.
Search for your sound hardware and see if somebody alread
Install Mate Desktop, it is currently still the most accessible from
what I can tell.
On 4/17/25 09:52, Cleverson Casarin Uliana wrote:
Hi, I'm thinking of installing Debian for a try. I have read on the
accessibility/orca page at Debian Wiki that Gnome is the only desktop
that comes talking
I installed the image debian-testing-amd64-netinst.iso from
https://www.debian.org/CD/netinst/
This was in a virtual machine, but it seemed to work fine.
On 4/22/25 23:44, Sam Hartman wrote:
"Cleverson" == Cleverson Casarin Uliana writes:
Cleverson> Hi, I've tried to start installi
If you think the audio is muted and amixer is instaled you can try:
amixer sset Master unmute
On 3/2/25 17:46, D.J.J. Ring, Jr. wrote:
Samuel,
I get confused with speakup and
speechd-up.
I've run systemctl status espeakup
And received notice that espeakup is running.
Is there a command to
In my experience the best thing to do is become root and purge the
pulseaudio package. You may want to have braille running or 'ssh' into
the box in case it doesn't work.
apt purge pulseaudio
Debian has a long term plan to get rid of pulseaudio and the pipewire
process is running to handle
talking.
Maybe the sound cards being different has something to do with it, I'm not sure.
On 3/3/25 15:22, Samuel Thibault wrote:
Chevelle, le lun. 03 mars 2025 15:20:14 -0500, a ecrit:
Debian has a long term plan to get rid of pulseaudio and the pipewire
process is running to handle wha
My sound card works fine before logging in. You probably need to check
the logs and find out why it doesn't work. Maybe set the system up to
use backports and get the non-free repository. Then use some commands
like this to get firmware updates.
sudo apt -y install fwupdate
fwupdmgr get-up
Atril Document viewer and some other applications require you to enable
caret navigation. You can press the F7 key to toggle it. After that you
should be able to arrow up and down or use the 'speak entire document'
key. You can press alt-e to get to the Edit menu and try to save your
preferen
When you press the control-alt-tab and you hear it say 'top pannel',
press the left arrow key to move accross the menu. I hear Calendar
first, then WIFI. If I then press enter I can arrow up and down in the
WIFI settings.
On 2/25/25 11:33, Kenneth wrote:
Hello Glenn,
Thanks for sharing t
On my system, it was the same. You gave me an idea, in your previous
message. On this system 'mate-control-center' is missing. Assuming you
are using Mate do:
sudo apt install mate-control-center
Now under Control Center you can find Keyboard Shortcuts and fix it.
On 4/2/25 22:49, Ryan
Thanks, I did a quick search and found the Wiki. I agree, it gives bad
advice. Thanks.
On 4/4/25 13:47, Paul Gevers wrote:
Hi,
On 03-04-2025 23:05, Chevelle wrote:
I was following the instructions at
https://wiki.debian.org/DebianTesting
It is true, I didn't use a 'full-upgrad
Ok, I'm attaching history.log.gz. I did have to force some of the
packages to install, but I'm not the only one who had a missing 'caja'
package.
Thanks.
On 4/3/25 11:31, Paul Gevers wrote:
Hi
On 03-04-2025 17:13, Chevelle wrote:
My original Bookworm system had C
error, you
seem to have to run it again to know if it failed, unless I missed
something.
Sorry, I'm not sure why quickemu. deletes Caja.
Thanks for looking into it.
On 4/3/25 15:36, Paul Gevers wrote:
Hi,
On 03-04-2025 19:14, Chevelle wrote:
Ok, I'm attaching history.log.gz. I
y not be set to American, if you used the right control and
alt.
UK keyboards don't typically use the right control key.
Although it is awkward, try the left control alt and D.
Glenn
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On Apr 2, 2025, at 4:23 PM, Chevelle wrote:
Hello, I upgraded a Mate Bookworm plus Backports to Debian Testing. When I
press alt-control-tab, I cycle between the Top Panel and Bottom Panel, but not
the desktop. On the Bottom Panel is a button that says Sh
Hello, I upgraded a Mate Bookworm plus Backports to Debian Testing.
When I press alt-control-tab, I cycle between the Top Panel and Bottom
Panel, but not the desktop. On the Bottom Panel is a button that says
Show Desktop, I press space on that, but it doesn't make any
difference. Any idea h
I'm not sure I understand what you want, but probably you can replace
the show_menu function with the bash 'select' statement. ORCA should
read that.
See https://linuxize.com/post/bash-select/
On 5/6/25 13:53, K0LNY ?? wrote:
Hello,
I have this police/fire software on a Raspberry PI, which is
On Debian Bookworm, I can get this to work by getting rid of pulseaudio.
/etc/speech-dispatcher/speechd.conf has this line
AudioOutputMethod pulse
Pipewire is running and has a process called 'pipewire-pulse'.
ps -ef|grep pulse
You should find '/usr/bin/pipewire-pulse' running, it emulates wh
I want to be able to do?
Nick Gawronski
On 6/12/2025 8:23 AM, Chevelle wrote:
On Debian Bookworm, I can get this to work by getting rid of pulseaudio.
/etc/speech-dispatcher/speechd.conf has this line
AudioOutputMethod pulse
Pipewire is running and has a process called 'pipewire-pulse
On Debian there is an /etc/group file. The line with the audio group
contains my user ID and 'pulse'. See this:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Audio/TheAudioGroup
On 7/6/25 20:57, K0LNY ?? wrote:
How do I make the audio group open to any user?
Like 775?
I don't know how to do this, if I change /etc
A couple years ago I hade Mate and GNOME on a Ubuntu system. I could
log out of one and then choose the desktop before logging in. I no
longer use Ubuntu, but I assume you can do the same thing on Debian.
I may try it in a few weeks on my test system.
On 7/17/25 17:51, Chime Hart wrote:
Hi
I tried a command like this
gnome-terminal
orca --setup 2>test.txt
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/orca/orca.py", line 1021, in
_showPreferencesConsole
module.showPreferencesUI(_commandLineSettings)
File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/orca/o
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