Reading text in Orca

[Liam Proven]

On Fri, 5 Dec 2025 at 23:59, 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.

The current state of Orca is reportedly not great.

I suggest avoiding Wayland and possibly GNOME altogether.

Elementary OS has Orca built in and enabled.

https://elementary.io/

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