cthulhu(1)

NAME
cthulhu - a scriptable screen reader

SYNOPSIS
cthulhu [option...]

DESCRIPTION
cthulhu is a screen reader for people with visual impairments, it provides alternative access to the desktop by using speech synthesis and braille.

cthulhu works with applications and toolkits that support the Assistive Technology Service Provider Interface (AT-SPI), which is the primary assistive technology infrastructure for Linux and Solaris. Applications and toolkits supporting the AT-SPI include the GNOME Gtk+ toolkit, the Java platform's Swing toolkit, LibreOffice, Gecko, and WebKitGtk. AT-SPI support for the KDE Qt toolkit is being pursued.

OPTIONS

-s, --setup
    When starting cthulhu, initiate the GUI-based configuration.

-u, --user-prefs-dir=dirname
    When starting cthulhu, use dirname as an alternate directory for the user preferences.

-e, --enable=speech|braille|braille-monitor
    When starting cthulhu, force the enabling of the supplied options.

-d, --disable=speech|braille|braille-monitor
    When starting cthulhu, force the disabling of the supplied options.

-l, --list-apps
    Prints the names of all the currently running applications. This is used primarily for debugging purposes to see if cthulhu can talk to the accessibility infrastructure. Note that if cthulhu is already running, this will not kill the other cthulhu process. It will just list the currently running applications, and you will see cthulhu listed twice: once for the existing cthulhu and once for this instance.

--debug
    Enables debug output for cthulhu and sends all debug output to a file with a name of the form 'debug-YYYY-MM-DD-HH:MM:SS.out' in the current directory. The YYYY-MM-DD-HH:MM:SS portion will be replaced with the current date and time.

--debug-file=filename
    Enables debug output for cthulhu and sends all debug output to the given filename.

-v, --version
    outputs cthulhu version number and exits.

-h, --help
    displays cthulhu help and exits.

--replace
    Replace a currently running cthulhu process. By default, if cthulhu detects an existing cthulhu process for the same session, it will not start a new cthulhu process. This option will kill and cleanup after any existing cthulhu process and then start a new cthulhu in its place.

KEYBOARD SETTINGS
Cthulhu provides two keyboard modes, Desktop and Laptop keyboard layout. The
    Cthulhu_Modifier key is Insert in desktop keyboard layout and Caps_Lock in laptop keyboard layout. Cthulhu uses default GNOME keyboard shortcuts to navigate the desktop and interact with various applications. The flat review commands provide an alternative method of interaction in certain inaccessible applications. It should not be confused with flat review functionality provided by other screen readers.

Desktop Mode
Flat review commands Numpad-7 move the flat review cursor to the previous line and read it. Numpad-8 read the current line. Numpad-9 move the flat review cursor to the next line and read it. Numpad-4 move the flat review cursor to the previous word and read it. Numpad-5 read the current word. Numpad-6 move the flat review cursor to the next word and read it. Numpad-1 move the flat review cursor to the previous character and read it. Numpad-2 read the current character. Numpad-3 move the flat review cursor to the next character and read it. Numpad-slash perform a left mouse click at the location of the flat review cursor. Numpad-star perform a right mouse click at the location of the flat review cursor. Bookmark commands Alt+Insert+[1-6] assign a bookmark to a numbered slot. If a bookmark already exists in the slot it will be replaced with the new one. Insert+[1-6] go to the position pointed to by the bookmark bound to this numbered slot. Insert+B and Insert+Shift+B move between the given bookmarks for the given application or page. Alt+Insert+B save the defined bookmarks for the current application or page. Miscellaneous functions Numpad+Plus
 'say all' command; reads from the current position of the caret to the end of the document. Numpad+Enter
 'Where am I' command; speaks information such as the title of the current application window, as well as the name of the control that currently has focus. Insert+H enter into cthulhu's 'learn mode'; press Escape to exit. Insert+Shift+Backslash toggle live regions monitoring on and off. Insert+F speak font and attribute information for the current character. Insert+Space Launch the cthulhu Configuration dialog. Insert+Ctrl+Space reload user settings and reinitialize services as necessary. Also launches the cthulhu Configuration dialog for the current application. Insert+S toggle speech on and off. Insert+F11 toggle the reading of tables, either by single cell or whole row.

Laptop Mode
Flat review commands Caps_Lock+U move the flat review cursor to the previous line and read it. Double-click to move flat review to the top of the current window. Caps_Lock+I read the current line. Double-click to read the current line along with formatting and capitalization details. Caps_Lock+O move the flat review cursor to the next line and read it. Double- click to move flat review to the bottom of the current window. Caps_Lock+J move the flat review cursor to the previous word and read it. Double-click to move flat review to the word above the current word. Caps_Lock+K read the current word. Double-click to spell the word. Triple-click to hear the word spelled phonetically. Caps_Lock+L move the flat review cursor to the next word and read it. Double- click to move flat review to the word below the current word. Caps_Lock+M move the flat review cursor to the previous character and read it. Double-click to move flat review to the end of the current line. Caps_Lock+Comma read the current character. Double-click to pronounce the character phonetically if it is a letter. Caps_Lock+Period move the flat review cursor to the next character and read it. Caps_Lock+7 perform a left mouse click at the location of the flat review cursor. Caps_Lock+8 perform a right mouse click at the location of the flat review cursor. Bookmark commands Alt+Caps_Lock+[1-6] add a bookmark to the numbered slot. If a bookmark already exists for the slot it will be replaced with the new one. Caps_Lock+[1-6] go to the position pointed to by the bookmark bound to this numbered slot. Caps_Lock+Band Caps_Lock+Shift+B move between the given bookmarks for the given application or page. Alt+Caps_Lock+B save the defined bookmarks for the current application or page. Miscellaneous functions Caps_Lock+Semicolon
 'Say all' command; reads from the current position of the caret to the end of the document. Caps_Lock+Enter
 'Where am I' command; speaks information such as the title of the current application window, as well as the name of the control that currently has focus. Caps_Lock+H enter learn mode (press Escape to exit). Caps_Lock+Shift+Backslash toggle live regions monitoring on and off. Caps_Lock+F speak font and attribute information for the current character. Caps_Lock+Space launch the cthulhu Configuration dialog. Caps_Lock+Ctrl+Space reload user settings and reinitialize services as necessary; also launches the cthulhu Configuration dialog for the current application. Caps_Lock+S toggle speech on and off. Caps_Lock+F11 toggle the reading of tables, either by single cell or whole row.

FILES

~/.local/share/cthulhu
    Cthulhu user preferences directory

~/.local/share/cthulhu/user-settings.conf
    Cthulhu user preferences configuration file.

~/.local/share/cthulhu/cthulhu-customizations.py
    Cthulhu user customizations configuration file

~/.local/share/cthulhu/cthulhu-scripts
    Cthulhu user cthulhu scripts directory

~/.local/share/cthulhu/bookmarks
    Cthulhu user bookmarks directory

~/.local/share/cthulhu/app-settings
    Cthulhu user application specific settings directory

AUTHOR
Cthulhu originated as a community effort led by the Sun Microsystems Inc. Accessibility Program Office and with contributions from many community members.

SEE ALSO
For more information please visit cthulhu wiki at <http://live.gnome.org/Cthulhu> (http://live.gnome.org/Cthulhu)

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