Reading text in Orca

[Owen Thomas]

Hello Jon.

On Sat, 6 Dec 2025 at 10:59, Jon Cosby via ubuntu-users <
ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:

> I'm configuring Ubuntu on a laptop for someone who's visually impaired. A
> screen reader is very important. On my desktop, Orca reads the selected
> text. It doesn't do this on the laptop and I don't see a setting for this.
> Can anyone point me to it? Thanks.
>

I'm doing this as a community service; I don't know much about your
specific problem.

Which Make/model/version of laptop? Which Ubuntu version? Which "Orca"
version?
Same for your desktop... good for comparison I would guess.

Community service complete,

  Owen.
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