orca don't read text on Xubuntu

[Paolo Rotolo]

Binary package hint: gnome-orca

Orca does not read anything on the screen in Xubuntu 10.10. It will not even read it's own preferences dialog.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: gnome-orca 2.32.0-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-23.41-generic 2.6.35.7
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-23-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Dec 19 11:33:23 2010
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101008.1)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=it_IT.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-orca
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Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101008.1)
Package: gnome-orca 2.32.0-0ubuntu1
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=it_IT.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-23.41-generic 2.6.35.7
Tags: maverick
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-23-generic i686
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare

[Paolo Rotolo (paolorotolo)]

apport information

[Charlie Kravetz (cjkgeek)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Please answer these questions:

* Is this reproducible?
* If so, what specific steps should we take to recreate this bug?

This will help us to find and resolve the problem.

Please be specific as possible. Where are the folders it won't read? Which application is the text document in that is not being read?

[Paolo Rotolo (paolorotolo)]

* yes, it happens every time you start orca
* Orca does not read anything, she simply says "Welcome"and "bye" ...
Orca also doesn't read its settings...

The Pc is very old. It was bought with Windows 98. I formatted the hard drive and I put Xubuntu. My father, visually impaired, has discovered the bug...

[Charlie Kravetz (cjkgeek)]

Thanks for reporting this bug and any supporting documentation. Since this bug has enough information provided for a developer to begin work, I'm going to mark it as confirmed and let them handle it from here.

I can confirm this issue using Xubuntu 10.10. I installed Xubuntu, updated, restarted, installed "gnome-orca", and restarted. Starting orca in terminal allowed me to set up preferences in it. Adding orca to sessions and startup allows orca to start on login. The only thing orca is doing is giving "welcome to orca" after login. It does not read anything on the screen.

Thanks for taking the time to make Ubuntu better!

[Austin S. Hemmelgarn (ahferroin7)]

I can confirm this for both Xubuntu 11.04 and 11.10 as well.