I agree emacspeak is awesome. I include T.V. Ramin at the top of my list
of a11y hereos. There are Orca heroes on my list, too. These folks
changed the world for those of us with vision impairments.
I envy a11y devs for being able to make such a direct and impactful
contribution.
On Mon, May 3
The EU regulations are good news! Still, regulations force companies to
make products accessible. Making them delightful to use while blind is not
required. Gnome is already accessible. Every problem the OP ran into has
a work around. That generally is all laws require.
What makes Windows a11
GNU-Linux's accessibility limitations compared to Windows are basically
baked-in, and I doubt it will change. It is no one's fault. It is simply
a result of distributed development with no central leader. However, you
can use NVDA to access Linux through a terminal window, and most of Linux's
go
There is a small effort of part-time a11y contributers within Google and
Opera who would like to hook up Chromium to ATK so it can work with Orca.
Between us, I think we have no experience with ATK. Is there anyone who
would be available to answer our noob questions?
Here's my first one: This fun
