Re: Orca a couple questions
- From: "S James S Stapleton" <stapleton 41 osu edu>
- To: "Jan and Bertil Smark Nilsson" <jbsn tpg com au>
- Cc: orca-list gnome org
- Subject: Re: Orca a couple questions
- Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2007 13:48:36 -0500
Sorry, but that was completely irrelevant to my questions and concerns. My
idea for an implementation would be a relatively simple development that
might help encourage/ease the ability of more software to become windows
friendly. I never suggested dropping the existing standard, just adding
another that could actually integrate with the existing standards, making
things work better. Also, my suggestion was not a non-free suggestion.
As for JAWs, ok, I was probably quite harsh, but after dealing with it on my
mom's computer, and the issues related therein, I guess I just have very
high expectations for software. I will agree, in the Windows system, due to
it's highly graphical nature, and the fact that many people use very custom
UI components in their development, it's fighting an uphill battle. Due to
it's nature the *NIX systems make a better starting point for the visually
impaired, which was why I sent my question to orca - it's as far as I can
tell from my searching the main serious contender in a *nix environment that
won't cost a lot of money.
Thank you,
-Jim Stapleton
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jan and Bertil Smark Nilsson" <jbsn tpg com au>
To: "S James S Stapleton" <stapleton 41 osu edu>
Cc: <orca-list gnome org>
Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2007 8:15 AM
Subject: Re: Orca a couple questions
Good evening,
On Thu, 22 Feb 2007, S James S Stapleton wrote:
I'm still looking at it, and I had read things a few weeks ago, that
suggested orca might be beta quality still, however I want to get some
more
information (and make a suggestion if it's not already been
implemented/made), partially because I know my mom needs a screen reader
(she's blind and stuck with Windows/JAWS, that latter of which is really
$2000 pre-alpha software in my experience), and some day I may need a
screen
reader myself... Darn genetics, and I'd rather have my BSD system
available
to me.
I wouldn't characterise Jaws as pre-alpha. Although I avoid Windows like
the plague, based on thirty years experience of accessing a computer as a
blind person, I have to say, that both Jaws, Hal and Window-eyes do a
reasonably good job of giving blind people access to Windows. Since they
have been around for over ten years, it's very impressive, in my opinion,
what the developers of Gnopernicus, LSR and Orca have achieved in only a
couple of years. Full marks to these people.
The very nature of a graphical user interface will always be a challenge
as far as access for visually impaired people is concerned, be it with
braille or speech. However, I'm convinced that the approach adopted by the
developers of AT software such as Gnopernicus, LSR and Orca is the right
one - and it's free.
Bertil Smark Nilsson
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