Re: Iggdrasil, a new amazing screenreader

2021-12-12 Thread Chime Hart
Hi Aaron: On at least 2 instances I asked NVDA if they would make a Linux version? Both times they said "no" While I am only a console user, I've always found ORCA confusing, but 1 of my Linux experts thinks that with a different desktop layout, I might like it better. If there were a graphical

Re: Iggdrasil, a new amazing screenreader

2021-12-12 Thread Aaron
On 12/12/21 04:59, Pawel L. wrote: Hi, I think that the blind Linux community would benefit more from consolidating the knowledge of talented programmers and creating one, but maximally complete screen reader. I am sure that it would be better for all of us to effectively support the

Re: Iggdrasil, a new amazing screenreader

2021-12-12 Thread Didier Spaier
Le 12/12/2021 à 16:21, Michael A Ray a écrit : > Orca is never going to adequately cover any application that is not a GTK > application. Never? Qt applications are already covered and as I have heard that there have been progress wrt accessibility of some KDE apps in recent versions, using KDE

Re: Iggdrasil, a new amazing screenreader

2021-12-12 Thread Ttl
It is the a new screenreaders Skickat från min iPhone > 12 dec. 2021 kl. 10:59 skrev Pawel L. : > > Hi, > I think that the blind Linux community would benefit more from > consolidating the knowledge of talented programmers and creating one, > but maximally complete screen reader. > > I am

Re: Iggdrasil, a new amazing screenreader

2021-12-12 Thread Jeffery Mewtamer
Considering that most of Orca's development seems to be taken up by an endless game of whack-a-mole where some website or application does something stupid that makes it inaccessible or at least harder to use than it should be, someone reports the issue on the Orca mailing list, and then the Orca

Re: Iggdrasil, a new amazing screenreader

2021-12-12 Thread Samuel Thibault
Michael A Ray, le dim. 12 déc. 2021 15:21:47 +, a ecrit: > One of the worst things abut Orca is the dependence on speech-dispatcher. Why so? Better fix things than throwing them away. > 1. Somebody needs to fix the bug in the sd_espeak module of > speech-dispatcher so that it does not

Re: Iggdrasil, a new amazing screenreader

2021-12-12 Thread Michael A Ray
Most of the issues with graphical user interface accessibility under Linux are in the desktop environments and applications, not in the screen reader. Most of the issues are too much choice. Which desktop are you talking about? Accessibility is excellent under both Windows and Mac,

Re: Iggdrasil, a new amazing screenreader

2021-12-12 Thread Cindy Sue Causey
On 12/12/21, Jason White wrote: > > On 12/12/21 04:59, Pawel L. wrote: >> I am sure that it would be better for all of us to effectively support >> the development of ORCA, as is the case with NVDA in Windows, than to >> start new projects. > > Most of the issues with graphical user interface

Re: Iggdrasil, a new amazing screenreader

2021-12-12 Thread Jude DaShiell
So long as a dog will hunt, stay with that dog. When the dog can't hunt any longer for whatever reason, it's time to find a new dog. On Sun, 12 Dec 2021, john doe wrote: > On 12/12/2021 10:59 AM, Pawel L. wrote: > > Hi, > > I think that the blind Linux community would benefit more from > >

Re: Iggdrasil, a new amazing screenreader

2021-12-12 Thread Jason White
On 12/12/21 04:59, Pawel L. wrote: I am sure that it would be better for all of us to effectively support the development of ORCA, as is the case with NVDA in Windows, than to start new projects. Most of the issues with graphical user interface accessibility under Linux are in the desktop

Re: Iggdrasil, a new amazing screenreader

2021-12-12 Thread john doe
On 12/12/2021 10:59 AM, Pawel L. wrote: Hi, I think that the blind Linux community would benefit more from consolidating the knowledge of talented programmers and creating one, but maximally complete screen reader. I concur. -- John Doe

Re: Iggdrasil, a new amazing screenreader

2021-12-12 Thread Pawel L.
Hi, I think that the blind Linux community would benefit more from consolidating the knowledge of talented programmers and creating one, but maximally complete screen reader. I am sure that it would be better for all of us to effectively support the development of ORCA, as is the case with NVDA