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   5 <span class="application">Universal access</span> utilities
   6 ===========================================================
   7
   8 The GNOME desktop provides many accessibility features as documented in the
   9 [GNOME Universal access](https://help.gnome.org/users/gnome-help/stable/a11y.html)
  10 guide.
  11
  12 To access those utilities choose
  13 <span class="menuchoice">
  14   <span class="guimenu">Applications</span>&nbsp;▸
  15   <span class="guisubmenu">System Tools</span>&nbsp;▸
  16   <span class="guisubmenu">Preferences</span>&nbsp;▸
  17   <span class="guimenuitem">System Settings</span>&nbsp;▸
  18   <span class="guimenuitem">Universal Access</span></span>.
  19
  20 <span class="application">Orca</span> screen reader
  21 ===================================================
  22
  23 To **hear screen elements spoken to you** use the <span
  24 class="application">ORCA</span> screen reader.
  25
  26 <span class="application">ORCA</span> is available from
  27 <span class="menuchoice">
  28   <span class="guimenu">Applications</span>&nbsp;▸
  29   <span class="guisubmenu">Universal Access</span>&nbsp;▸
  30   <span class="guimenuitem">Orca Screen Reader</span></span>.
  31
  32 For more detailed documentation refer to the official [<span
  33 class="application">Orca</span>
  34 documentation](https://help.gnome.org/users/orca/stable/).
  35
  36 <div class="bug">
  37
  38 The screen reading functionality of <span class="application">GNOME
  39 Orca</span> works neither with <span
  40 class="application">Tor Browser</span> nor with the <span
  41 class="application">Unsafe Web Browser</span>.
  42
  43 </div>
  44
  45 <span class="application">Florence</span> virtual keyboard
  46 ==========================================================
  47
  48 If you **prefer a pointing device over the keyboard**, you can use the
  49 [[<span class="application">Florence</span> virtual
  50 keyboard|first_steps/introduction_to_gnome_and_the_tails_desktop#florence]].
  51
  52 <span class="application">Dasher</span> graphical text entry application
  53 ========================================================================
  54
  55 If you **are operating a computer one-handed** (by joystick, touchscreen,
  56 or mouse) or **zero-handed** (by head-mouse or eyetracker), you can use the <span
  57 class="application">[Dasher](http://www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/dasher/)</span> graphical predictive text
  58 entry application.
  59
  60 <span class="application">Dasher</span> is available from
  61 <span class="menuchoice">
  62   <span class="guimenu">Applications</span>&nbsp;▸
  63   <span class="guisubmenu">Universal Access</span>&nbsp;▸
  64   <span class="guimenuitem">Dasher</span></span>.