[g-a-devel] Re: Making Orca the default screen reader?

["hank smith" <hanksmith4 earthlink net>]

I aggree
gnopernicus has basicly died and as far as I know orka is the only other 
alternitive
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Al Puzzuoli" <alpuzz gmail com>
To: "Orca List" <orca-list gnome org>; "Devel" 
<Gnome-accessibility-devel gnome org>; "Gnome accessibility" 
<gnome-accessibility-list gnome org>
Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2006 8:18 PM
Subject: Making Orca the default screen reader?


> Hi all,
>
> Just wondering what would need to happen in order to get Orca officially 
> added as part of the desktop, and to ultimately have it become the default 
> screen reader for the gnome environment?
> I understand that gnome 2.14 was just released, and that Orca itself is 
> still in prerelease status, so, this obviously wouldn't be a decision that 
> would be made over night.  however, I believe this should be given strong 
> consideration for a number of reasons:
>
> Orca is scriptible.  The advantages of that fact alone are quite apparent. 
> Although the program is still in its infancy, look at the level of 
> accessibility it has already provided to popular desktop applications, 
> such as Evolution, GAIM, and star office, just to name a few.  Once the 
> community begins scripting applications in earnest, the possibilities will 
> be exciting to say the least.
>
> It functions well out of the box, and there is virtually no learning 
> curve. Most applications that feature a standard UI just work.  The 
> contents of dialogs are for the most part read automatically, and if need 
> be, flat review mode provides a very intuitive means by which to
> explore applications in greater detail.
>
> Over all, I think most of us who have used the program thus far would 
> agree that it already offers the most comfortable UI, as well as 
> significantly more power and flexibility than the alternatives.
>
>
> Again, I'm not sure how this process works, but if the input of the user 
> community carries any weight, then I definitely count myself as someone 
> who would like to see this happen.
>
> --Al
>
>
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