Re: [orca-list] Has anyone heard of this alternative?



What I hope happens is the guys working on SUE and Orca can learn some
new tricks and I wouldn't mind having two options for a screen reader,
but if I had to pick one for the GUI I'd say Orca. Give it some speed
boosts and somehow get AT-SPI to communicate with KDE, and we'd have a
winner. Still, Speakup rules for the console.


Alex

On 3/31/10, al Sten-Clanton <Albert E Sten_Clanton verizon net> wrote:
I can understand the desire to have all efforts focused on a single screen
reader, but I suspect that we're better off in the long run if two or more
are in development.  You can never assume that a screen reader will keep up
with the times, any more than you can assume it about other software.

Al

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Subject: Re: [orca-list] Has anyone heard of this alternative?


Hi,
Too bad we can't convence them to spend development resources on Orca. Orca
is far enough along to be used daily, it is familiar, works well for the
most part, and is part of Gnome. Other screen reader alternatives are nice I
suppose, but it would be greate to have a single reader that can rival
anything out there for any OS. While Orca's features out rank all other
screen readers, it could use a speed boost and it needs webkit access. Also,
it has to be able to keep up with new technology, so needs constant
development. So, it would be great to get everyone on the same page,
especially those with the ability to help financially. That is even more
important now after the betrayals of a certain company with whose name I
shall not defile this message.
Storm




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On Wed, 2010-03-31 at 01:43 +0100, Michael Whapples wrote:

Hello,

I have just stumbled over this while trying to find contact details for

someone who I slightly unexpectedly found would be giving a workshop in

the same slot as I will be giving a workshop. OK, the thing of interest

is another screen reader for Linux, a quick look at the page indicates

its based on LSR, have a look for yourselves at http://sue.sf.net.



It raises some interesting points. Firstly its had funding from some

part of the German government (I think). With the lack of support for

full time developers for orca (I think we all know what I am getting at

but I don't want us to get too much into what has been done), and having

seen some of the comments in response to some of the blog postings,

could we learn from SUE, could and should governments/organisations who

are meant to help the blind do more?



The other thing is, as resources in this area seem limited, while choice

might be nice (one great solution is better than lots of incomplete

projects), should we try and combine the efforts of these various groups?



A different note again, has anyone tried SUE, how well does it work? I

remember LSR, while possibly powerful, I felt possibly less well focused

on the user experience as it seemed very general (I think I heard stuff

saying it might be possible to use LSR as more than a screen reader, eg.

to give people reminders to do things).



Michael Whapples

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