Re: State of accessibility in linux

["propaine" <propaine@verizon.net>]

Where can I find information on Orca?  Thanks!

Propaine
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jacob Schmude" <j.schmude@gmail.com>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2006 5:05 PM
Subject: Re: State of accessibility in linux


> Hi Scott
> With regard to Gnome accessibility, don't forget about the other  
> screen reader, Orca. It has great potential and, at least for me, has  
> superceded gnopernicus completely. It's scriptable and has  
> independent cursor moving keys similar to speakup, with the ability  
> to click the mouse where the cursor is as the windows screen readers  
> do. Voiceover is still much more efficient at this point, yet Orca is  
> getting better quite fast.
> Just my $0.02
> 
> 
> On May 25, 2006, at 10:01 AM, Scott Howell wrote:
> 
> > For Gnome there's Gnopernicus which at least as of the last time I
> > tried it, it worked, but wasn't very efficient. I had real hopes that
> > would be the case, but if your looking for a comparison between the
> > gui-based Linux solutions and the Mac, the Mac would win hands down.
> > I say this because so far KDE isn't accessible to my knowledge,
> > Gnopernicus despite being a solution and a good one isn't really
> > ready for daily use based on my experience, and I am sure this will
> > improve with time. On the other hand, the Mac with VoiceOver is what
> > I use daily and for a large number of tasks and its very good. Is it
> > perfect? No, but then what adaptive solution is. They all have their
> > issues, but you simply have to choose what works best for you. Now if
> > your talking about access from the console, well Speakup will win
> > everytime because there is truly an accessible solution if there ever
> > was one. Speakup reigns supreme from the console providing more
> > access than any other adaptive solution both gui or console-based.
> > Now these are just my opinions and if you disagree, that's fine, I'm
> > not looking to turn this into a pissing contest, just merely making
> > some observations based on my experience.
> >
> >
> > Scott
> >
> >
> >
> > On May 25, 2006, at 6:52 AM, sean murphy wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Andrew,
> >>
> >> The accessibility to Linux varies depending on which application
> >> you are
> >> using.  I know of four applications for the shell environment.
> >>
> >> Speakup
> >> Emacs speak (its own desktop environment)
> >> BRLTTY (only used with braille displays)
> >> IBM (They have a screen reader which I know very little about)
> >>
> >> There is a XWindows screen reader, but I don't know much about it
> >> and how
> >> good it is.  If anyone on the list could add some info to this, I
> >> would be
> >> welcomed.  I would like to know how it compares to Windows or MAC.
> >>
> >> Sean
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Andrew Wagner" <wagner.andrew@gmail.com>
> >> To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
> >> Sent: Sunday, May 21, 2006 11:40 AM
> >> Subject: State of accessibility in Linux
> >>
> >>
> >>> Hi all.
> >>> I'm pretty new to this list. What is the state of accessibility
> >>> for linux
> >>> users? I read somewhere that there was at one time a goal of  
> >>> having a
> >>> screen
> >>> reader that functioned from boot up to shut down. Is that the case
> >>> now? Is
> >>> there a linux distribution where the installation is local and
> >>> accessible?
> >>> What projects need to be done? I have a goal to find/create a linux
> >>> distribution to get my (blind) girlfriend off her dependency on
> >>> Microsoft.
> >>> One of these days...
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