Re: getting orca included in gnome 2.16

[Willem van der Walt <wvdwalt csir co za>]

Hello,
I think things are moving in the right direction.
Gnopernicus is more complicated than orca from a user point of view. 
Although current cvs versions seem to go through a unstable phase, Orca in 
general is much more stable than Gnopernicus.
Although the scripting approach might have its drawbacks, in the 
open-source environment, it seem to work well.
Thanks to both the Gnopernicus and Orca teams for their contribution to 
the accessibility of the GUI under Linux.
Regards, Willem


On Thu, 1 Jun 2006, Mike Pedersen wrote:

> Hello All:
>
> As part of the Orca development process, we are proposing Orca's
> inclusion into version 2.16 of the GNOME desktop.  Several users and
> distributions have inquired about the possibility of this.
>
> This is in no way an attempt to remove Gnopernicus as an alternative
> for blind and low-vision users.  As a matter of fact, we very much
> appreciate the efforts of the Gnopernicus team in paving the way
> toward an accessible GNOME desktop over the past several years.
> We have been informed, however, that there can be only one screen
> reader/magnifier in the GNOME desktop.
>
> We would appreciate any feedback from the user community regarding
> this change.  If any of you whom have used Orca would be willing to
> give detailed examples of why you do or do not think this is a good
> idea and send them to the list it would be great.  Examples we are
> looking for include access to certain applications as well as your
> perceptions of the screen reader usability in general.  Any
> information you give will be very beneficial in helping the GNOME
> maintainers make an informed decision on how to proceed.
>
> Thank you, and we look forward to your feedback,
>
> The Orca Team
>
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