Lanie Carmelo

RareBird_15@tweesecake.social

#Christian woman. #Aroace. Totally #blind and #autistic with a long list of #chronicillnesses. Studying to become a #Braille transcriptionist/proofreader. #disability rights advocate passionate about #accessibility and making things better for people like me. Interests include #technology, #books, and #gaming.

Searchable via tootfinder, #Fedi22
Profile picture: A picture of me I had on hand from my Facebook account. Don't remember exactly what this one shows.
Header photo: A picture of my #dog, Squeaker, a black and brown Miniature Pinscher, wrapped up in a blanket so all you can see is his face.

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Lanie Carmelo

2 weeks ago • •

Lanie Carmelo
2 weeks ago • •

Hi all. Hoping there are some #blind #linux users out there that can help me out. I'm using an old computer, not the one I mentioned in my previous posts, but a different one, and #Orca isn't speaking. I originally installed #Ubuntu Mate, but Orca was freezing a lot, so I switched my #DesktopEnvironment to #KDEPlasma. It seemed like a lot of things were inaccessible, though, so I decided to try #Gnome. I installed Gnome, chose GDM as the display manager, and restarted the computer. Now, Orca works on the login screen but nowhere else. It seems to be running, and when I run "orca --replace" in the terminal, I get an error about something only working with X11. I've been able to tell that by scanning the screen with #SeeingAI on my #iPhone. I need to get Orca up and running again so I can use my computer. What's the best way to do this, preferably without sighted help, as my mom and stepdad aren't good with #technology.
#accessibility #tech @mastoblind @main

in reply to Lanie Carmelo

Billy

in reply to Lanie Carmelo • 2 weeks ago • •

On the login screen there should be a settings button and you can use that to switch to X11. That's the way it works with KDE at least. I haven't used gnome since version 2, so can't say for sure, but it's worth a shot.

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