Welcome to the F123Light Operating System!

Since this is the first time you start your computer with F123Light, we will share with you introductory information on the screen reader, as well as present a few questions which will help you configure your system.

F123Light has two screen readers, Orca and Fenrir. Fenrir is used most often by those who want to explore the command line, while just about everyone else will be using Orca. Since our objective is for you to feel right at home, we have modified both Orca and Fenrir keyboard commands so that they resemble as much as possible the keyboard shortcuts used by the NVDA screen reader. We have also selected other software, like the text editor and file manager, so that anybody who has used Windows in the past, will have an easy transition to F123Light.

Just like in NVDA, both the Caps Lock and the Insert keys can be used to activate screen reader commands. Also, just like in NVDA, you can get to the settings for the screen reader by pressing Insert or Caps Lock, together with Ctrl+G.

Insert+Ctrl+G is an important command because it lets you access screen reader settings and toggle between laptop and desktop keyboard layout. The default in F123Light is the desktop layout, but if you are using a laptop-style keyboard, which does not have a numeric keypad, then you will need to switch the keyboard mode pressing Caps Lock and Ctrl+G.

Instead of saying Orca or Fenrir key, we will call the screen reader key just reader. So, for example, to get into "learn mode", which lets you hear the name and function of any key you press, just press reader+1. This means that you hold down either the Insert or Caps Lock key, press the number one on your keyboard, and then release all keys.

If you have pressed reader+1, you can hear the name and function of any key or key combination without causing any changes on your computer. When you have learned what you needed, you can press 'ESC' or 'Escape' and the keyboard will be working normally again.

You can start by adjusting speech volume and rate to whatever level you find most comfortable. Just like in NVDA, you can hold "reader+Control" and use the left and right arrow keys to select speech settings such as volume, rate, or pitch. Hold "reader+Control" and use the up and down arrows to adjust the selected speech setting higher or lower.

To read by line, you can use the 7, 8, and 9 keys on your numeric keypad.  Number 7 will read the previous line, 8 the current line, and 9 the next line. For those using a notebook-style keyboard, the same can be achieved holding down the CapsLock and pressing U, I, and O, for previous, current, and next line; and J, K, and L, for previous, current, and next word.

In the event the system stops speaking completely, you can use a special shortcut to reset speech settings to factory-defaults, just press reader+Alt+S.

To move to the next screen, press either the enter or escape key. The "Escape" key or "ESC" key is usually located on the top left corner of the keyboard.

This introduction will now allow you to easily configure your new system. For any questions which you do not know the answer for or would prefer to answer at another time, press the "Escape" key.

For security reasons, we recommend that you start by changing the default  password to something that is actually secret.

Start by changing the password you used to login. This password is also used  for administration tasks such as installing new software.

To continue with the setup process, press the "Enter" key.

