State of accessibility in linux

[Al Puzzuoli]

Hello Marcel,

If you're using Ubuntu Dapper, then Orca is available in the universe 
repository.  The name of the package is actually gnome-orca, because Orca 
was already taken by another package; However, development is moving very 
rapidly.  The package currently in Universe was created a couple months ago, 
and is already significantly out of date, so you're probably better off 
either downloading the 0.2.4 source from  gnome.org, or getting the latest 
via gnome CVS by checking out the 'orca' module.

--Al

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marcel Oats" <moats at orcon.net.nz>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Sunday, June 04, 2006 4:12 PM
Subject: Re: State of accessibility in linux


> Hi, thanks for that, I'll check this out.  Interestingly, Ubuntu,
> which is what we are playing with at present, now has Gnopernicus
> available as part of their "assistive technology".  Pity they didn't
> consider Orca instead, though since it's only available in source, it
> could pose problems anyways for updating.
>
> Thanks
> Marcel
>
> At 02:43 Ay M 5/06/2006, you wrote:
>>Hi Marcel,
>>Orca is designed quite differently than Gnopernicus, and its major
>>advantage is that there is almost no learning curve involved in terms
>>of being able to use the screen reader.  Orca speaks most information
>>automatically, and if there is a need for using flat review, you can
>>activate it with a single keystroke.  At that point, the keystrokes
>>for reviewing are much like those in Speakup.
>>Right now, web browsing is still a bit cumbersome, but everything
>>else works quite well.  GAIM, Star/OpenOffice, email, file browsing,
>>system administration tools, the list goes on and on.
>>
>>To get more info about Orca, visit
>>http://www.gnome.org/projects/orca/
>>
>>Ricky
>>
>>At 03:56 PM 6/3/2006, you wrote:
>> >Hi, would you say it's better than Gnopernicus?
>> >Marcel
>> >
>> >At 04:22 Ay M 1/06/2006, you wrote:
>> > >Hi,
>> > >For information on Orca, check out the project home page at
>> > >http://www.gnome.org/projects/orca/
>> > >
>> > >Despite the fact that Orca is pretty much still in the alpha stage,
>> > >it's amazingly functional and easy to use, and works with most apps
>> > >right out of the box without the need for scripting.
>> > >
>> > >I'd strongly encourage anyone interested in exploring the Linux GUI
>> > >environment to give it a try.
>> > >
>> > >Ricky
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >At 06:45 PM 5/25/2006, you wrote:
>> > > >Where can I find information on Orca?  Thanks!
>> > > >
>> > > >Propaine
>> > >
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