Orca can be configured to start automatically in the Gnome user session by hand by running these lines as a normal user:Įval $(dbus-launch) export DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS DBUS_SESSION_BUS_PID After this procedure, Orca should start automatically. In the following dialogs, you can select the options you like, including Orca modifier, etc.If you are unable to do so, it is best to enable the autostart of Orca and run the setup with Orca support with the command orca -r -s. In a graphical session, open a terminal or press Alt+F2 and type orca -s to start the setup. If you are using one of GNOME, Mate, Cinnamon or Unity, the next steps should not be required for you.In a terminal, type sudo apt install orca, to install orca. If you installed Debian without accessibility features, you should do the following steps: This only works for GNOME, Mate, Cinnamon and Unity at the moment, but can be activated manually. If you have enabled accessibility during the Debian installation and also installed a desktop system, accessibility is enabled by default and Orca was installed for you automatically.
