diff --git a/Requirements.txt b/Requirements.txt
index 8b077ee..c70a74c 100644
--- a/Requirements.txt
+++ b/Requirements.txt
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ accessible_output2
 PySide6>=6.0.0
 python-vlc
 setproctitle>=1.2.0
+dasbus; sys_platform == 'linux'
diff --git a/Toby Doom Launcher.py b/Toby Doom Launcher.py
index 1b5db0a..9dcbeb9 100755
--- a/Toby Doom Launcher.py	
+++ b/Toby Doom Launcher.py	
@@ -50,58 +50,133 @@ from PySide6.QtCore import Qt, QTimer
 import webbrowser
 
 class OrcaRemoteController:
-    """D-Bus interface for Orca screen reader remote control"""
-    
+    """D-Bus interface for Orca screen reader remote control using dasbus library"""
+    _instance = None
+    _availability_checked = False
+    _is_available = False
+
+    def __new__(cls):
+        if cls._instance is None:
+            cls._instance = super().__new__(cls)
+        return cls._instance
+
     def __init__(self):
+        if self._availability_checked:
+            return
         self.service_name = "org.gnome.Orca.Service"
         self.main_path = "/org/gnome/Orca/Service"
+        self.proxy = None
+        self.speech_proxy = None
         self.available = self._test_availability()
-    
+        OrcaRemoteController._is_available = self.available
+        OrcaRemoteController._availability_checked = True
+
+    def _call_with_timeout(self, func, timeout_seconds=2):
+        """Execute a function with timeout using threading"""
+        result = [None]
+        exception = [None]
+
+        def wrapper():
+            try:
+                result[0] = func()
+            except Exception as e:
+                exception[0] = e
+
+        thread = threading.Thread(target=wrapper, daemon=True)
+        thread.start()
+        thread.join(timeout=timeout_seconds)
+
+        if thread.is_alive():
+            # Timeout occurred
+            return None
+        if exception[0]:
+            raise exception[0]
+        return result[0]
+
+    def _get_orca_dbus_address(self):
+        """Try to find Orca's D-Bus session address from its process"""
+        try:
+            # Find Orca process
+            result = subprocess.run(
+                ["pgrep", "-x", "orca"],
+                capture_output=True,
+                text=True,
+                timeout=1
+            )
+            if result.returncode == 0:
+                pid = result.stdout.strip().split('\n')[0]
+                # Read Orca's environment
+                with open(f"/proc/{pid}/environ", 'r') as f:
+                    environ = f.read()
+                    for var in environ.split('\0'):
+                        if var.startswith('DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS='):
+                            return var.split('=', 1)[1]
+        except Exception:
+            pass
+        return None
+
     def _test_availability(self):
         """Test if Orca remote controller is available"""
+        def test_connection():
+            from dasbus.connection import SessionMessageBus
+
+            # First try with current session bus
+            try:
+                bus = SessionMessageBus()
+                self.proxy = bus.get_proxy(self.service_name, self.main_path)
+                self.proxy.ListCommands()
+                self.speech_proxy = bus.get_proxy(
+                    self.service_name,
+                    f"{self.main_path}/SpeechAndVerbosityManager"
+                )
+                return True
+            except Exception:
+                # If that fails, try to find Orca's D-Bus session
+                orca_bus_address = self._get_orca_dbus_address()
+                if orca_bus_address:
+                    # Temporarily set the environment variable
+                    old_address = os.environ.get('DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS')
+                    try:
+                        os.environ['DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS'] = orca_bus_address
+                        bus = SessionMessageBus()
+                        self.proxy = bus.get_proxy(self.service_name, self.main_path)
+                        self.proxy.ListCommands()
+                        self.speech_proxy = bus.get_proxy(
+                            self.service_name,
+                            f"{self.main_path}/SpeechAndVerbosityManager"
+                        )
+                        return True
+                    finally:
+                        # Restore original address
+                        if old_address:
+                            os.environ['DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS'] = old_address
+                        elif 'DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS' in os.environ:
+                            del os.environ['DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS']
+                raise
+
         try:
-            result = subprocess.run([
-                "gdbus", "call", "--session",
-                "--dest", self.service_name,
-                "--object-path", self.main_path,
-                "--method", "org.gnome.Orca.Service.ListCommands"
-            ], check=True, capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=2)
-            return True
-        except (subprocess.CalledProcessError, subprocess.TimeoutExpired, FileNotFoundError):
+            return self._call_with_timeout(test_connection, timeout_seconds=2) or False
+        except Exception:
             return False
-    
+
     def present_message(self, message):
         """Present a message via Orca speech/braille output"""
-        if not self.available:
+        if not self.available or not self.proxy:
             return False
-        
+
         try:
-            result = subprocess.run([
-                "gdbus", "call", "--session",
-                "--dest", self.service_name,
-                "--object-path", self.main_path,
-                "--method", "org.gnome.Orca.Service.PresentMessage",
-                message
-            ], check=True, capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=2)
-            return "true" in result.stdout.lower()
-        except (subprocess.CalledProcessError, subprocess.TimeoutExpired, FileNotFoundError):
+            return self._call_with_timeout(lambda: self.proxy.PresentMessage(message), timeout_seconds=2) or False
+        except Exception:
             return False
-    
+
     def interrupt_speech(self):
         """Interrupt current speech via SpeechAndVerbosityManager"""
-        if not self.available:
+        if not self.available or not self.speech_proxy:
             return False
-        
+
         try:
-            result = subprocess.run([
-                "gdbus", "call", "--session",
-                "--dest", self.service_name,
-                "--object-path", f"{self.main_path}/SpeechAndVerbosityManager",
-                "--method", "org.gnome.Orca.Module.ExecuteCommand",
-                "InterruptSpeech", "false"
-            ], check=True, capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=2)
-            return "true" in result.stdout.lower()
-        except (subprocess.CalledProcessError, subprocess.TimeoutExpired, FileNotFoundError):
+            return self._call_with_timeout(lambda: self.speech_proxy.ExecuteCommand("InterruptSpeech", False), timeout_seconds=2) or False
+        except Exception:
             return False