Re: [orca-list] GUI Redesign or clearup and modernization



Unless it's changed, Orca will bring up an interface where you can get to the preferences when you start it.

There are also off the shelf distributions of Linux which will start Orca during the install with just one key stroke. Furthermore, there are distribbutions built with the blind in mind, like Vinux and Sonar, which come up talking on the live media.

Sorry, but I don't agree that spouting an overly simplistic view has any bearing with reality. It just fosters ignorance and promotes prejudices. There may be something to what you say, but it's lost in the inaccurate statements you make and the biased comparisons to other platforms. IMHO, no one helps Linux get better or compete with other proprietary platforms by just repeating vacuous overly simplistic statements. To really help, you'd have to speak with accuracy and details.

On 09/03/2015 04:26 AM, Tony Baechler wrote:
On 9/2/2015 5:00 AM, Christopher Chaltain wrote:
I haven't been following this thread, but the post below either
confuses me
or I just don't agree. I can't think of a single screen reader where you
don't need to know at least one key stroke before starting, such as
how to
bring up the preferences. You either have to know that key stroke or be
familiar enough with the operating system to know how to get into the
preferences for an application, which I think is what the post below is
disagreeing with.

In general, I agree with you.  Once you have basic familiarity with the
environment, what you say is valid.  Like you, I have yet to find a
screen reader that doesn't require you to know a keystroke to access the
prefs. However, if I can make a comparison to Windows for a moment,
there is at least one Windows screen reader which runs a getting started
wizard when it's launched for the first time.  It's very basic, but does
allow you to set the pitch and rate.  It also pops up a tip of the day
with helpful information, such as how to access the prefs.


Either way, it's an overly simplistic attitude to say that expecting
someone
to read some information about an application before using it is the
reason
so many people are put off by Linux.


Yes, well, simplistic or not, it's an unfortunate reality.  I can't tell
you how many people I've come across who were put off because they
complained that they had to read lots of docs before even getting
started.  I'm sorry, but we have to deal with reality whether we like it
or not.  I myself don't have that attitude and I don't mind reading
docs, but I'm the exception. How many times do you hear sayings like,
"If all else fails, read the instructions."  How many beginners actually
take the time to read the manual?  I'm sorry, but simplistic or not,
that's the way it usually is. This is even more so when you have the Mac
which includes accessibility automatically when the machine is first
configured.

Also, let me mention here that when most blind people get a computer
with Windows on it, there is already a screen reader installed.  I know
that rehab agencies purchase screen readers for their clients and I know
of a computer donation program which installs NVDA on donated machines.
Since it's still impossible for the blind to install Windows without
sighted help and since the two screen readers I've used have talking
installers, Linux has a strike against it from the point of view of a
Windows user before they even get started.  Expecting them to read a set
of docs on a foreign desktop environment with a foreign screen reader is
too much to ask, I think.  FYI, I didn't have a donated machine and I
didn't have rehab purchase a screen reader for me, so I'm more used to
figuring things out on my own.  The attitude above is not my opinion,
but reflects reality for most people that I've encountered.
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