Re: [GTALUG] + Raspberry Pi's Raspbian now supports Orca screen reader.
Hi Stewart, When you are back, would you mind sending me a private e-mail so we might set a time to speak? My questions are not likely to be answerable from anyone at CNIB. Thanks in advance! Kare On Thu, 27 Feb 2020, Stewart Russell via talk wrote: I work for an assistive tech charity. We're certainly pleased that the Raspberry Pi Foundation has integrated Orca, but Distance Computer Comfort - our free adaptive computer technical support service - hasn't had any calls about this. I also don't know what integration testing the Foundation has done. Jutta'a group at OCADu is certainly good, but they're more research-based than client focussed. I know that individuals at CNIB are all about Raspberry Pi solutions, but corporately I don't think they're there yet. I'm in BC this week then Gatineau next but would be happy to chat when I'm back. On Thu., Feb. 27, 2020, 11:51 Evan Leibovitch via talk, wrote: Hi Karen, The best resource I know in the GTA for this kind of query is the Inclusive Design Research Centre at OCAD University. I don't have contacts (I worked with one of the professors there) but know that they have plenty of experience with Linux and screen readers. Just not sure if they've worked with the Pi. HTH, - Evan On Thu, 27 Feb 2020 at 14:31, Karen Lewellen via talk wrote: Any pi users here able to advise about this setup? My concern is what applications might not work, as a deciding factor to bother. Conversation on a list focused on adaptive technology and the pi, is not yielding much information on, so thought I might ask here instead. The Raspberry Pi team reached out to an accessibility charity known as AbilityNet to help evaluate the Raspberry Pi desktop environment for improvements. Raspbian now supports Orca screen reader. Orca is compatible with most applications that use GTK or Qt toolkits. Other toolkits aren't compatible and may or may not work. You can also find a new pixel doubling feature in the Raspberry Pi Configuration menu, improving screen visibility for visually impaired persons. https://www.tomshardware.com/news/raspbian-buster-gets-new-features-in-big-update thoughts? Karen --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org Unsubscribe from this mailing list https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk -- Evan Leibovitch, Toronto Canada @evanleibovitch or @el56 --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org Unsubscribe from this mailing list https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org Unsubscribe from this mailing list https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
Re: [GTALUG] + Raspberry Pi's Raspbian now supports Orca screen reader.
I work for an assistive tech charity. We're certainly pleased that the Raspberry Pi Foundation has integrated Orca, but Distance Computer Comfort - our free adaptive computer technical support service - hasn't had any calls about this. I also don't know what integration testing the Foundation has done. Jutta'a group at OCADu is certainly good, but they're more research-based than client focussed. I know that individuals at CNIB are all about Raspberry Pi solutions, but corporately I don't think they're there yet. I'm in BC this week then Gatineau next but would be happy to chat when I'm back. On Thu., Feb. 27, 2020, 11:51 Evan Leibovitch via talk, wrote: > Hi Karen, > > The best resource I know in the GTA for this kind of query is the Inclusive > Design Research Centre at OCAD University. I don't have contacts (I worked > with one of the professors there) but know that they have plenty of > experience with Linux and screen readers. Just not sure if they've worked > with the Pi. > > HTH, > > - Evan > > > > On Thu, 27 Feb 2020 at 14:31, Karen Lewellen via talk > wrote: > >> Any pi users here able to advise about this setup? >> My concern is what applications might not work, as a deciding factor to >> bother. >> Conversation on a list focused on adaptive technology and the pi, is >> not yielding much information on, so thought I might ask here instead. >> >> >> >> >> The Raspberry Pi team reached out to an accessibility charity known as >> AbilityNet to help evaluate the Raspberry Pi desktop environment for >> improvements. Raspbian now supports Orca screen reader. Orca is >> compatible with >> most applications that use GTK or Qt toolkits. Other toolkits aren't >> compatible >> and may or may not work. You can also find a new pixel doubling feature >> in the >> Raspberry Pi Configuration menu, improving screen visibility for visually >> impaired persons. >> >> >> https://www.tomshardware.com/news/raspbian-buster-gets-new-features-in-big-update >> >> >> thoughts? >> Karen >> >> --- >> Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org >> Unsubscribe from this mailing list >> https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk >> > > > -- > Evan Leibovitch, Toronto Canada > @evanleibovitch or @el56 > --- > Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org > Unsubscribe from this mailing list > https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk > --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org Unsubscribe from this mailing list https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
Re: [GTALUG] + Raspberry Pi's Raspbian now supports Orca screen reader.
Hi Karen, The best resource I know in the GTA for this kind of query is the Inclusive Design Research Centre at OCAD University. I don't have contacts (I worked with one of the professors there) but know that they have plenty of experience with Linux and screen readers. Just not sure if they've worked with the Pi. HTH, - Evan On Thu, 27 Feb 2020 at 14:31, Karen Lewellen via talk wrote: > Any pi users here able to advise about this setup? > My concern is what applications might not work, as a deciding factor to > bother. > Conversation on a list focused on adaptive technology and the pi, is > not yielding much information on, so thought I might ask here instead. > > > > > The Raspberry Pi team reached out to an accessibility charity known as > AbilityNet to help evaluate the Raspberry Pi desktop environment for > improvements. Raspbian now supports Orca screen reader. Orca is compatible > with > most applications that use GTK or Qt toolkits. Other toolkits aren't > compatible > and may or may not work. You can also find a new pixel doubling feature in > the > Raspberry Pi Configuration menu, improving screen visibility for visually > impaired persons. > > > https://www.tomshardware.com/news/raspbian-buster-gets-new-features-in-big-update > > > thoughts? > Karen > > --- > Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org > Unsubscribe from this mailing list > https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk > -- Evan Leibovitch, Toronto Canada @evanleibovitch or @el56 --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org Unsubscribe from this mailing list https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
