Re: [orca-list] [Fwd: [laptop-accessibility] OLPC accessibility for Visually Impaired users]

[Willie Walker <William Walker Sun COM>]

I am on it, but I don't have the resources or time to dedicate to 
OLPC-specific issues.  The OLPC folks' main complaint about a11y is 
AT-SPI's use of CORBA.  The AT-SPI/DBus work should address this and we 
can re-evaluate OLPC a11y when the AT-SPI/DBus work matures.

Will

David Bolter wrote:
> Is someone on the Orca team also on the accessibility lists laptop org
> for olpc a11y?
>
> cheers,
> David
>
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> Subject:
> [laptop-accessibility] OLPC accessibility for Visually Impaired users
> From:
> tim pennick bt com
> Date:
> Thu, 27 Nov 2008 17:41:52 +0000
> To:
> accessibility lists laptop org
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> To:
> accessibility lists laptop org
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> Hi All,
>
> I have an OLPC machine on loan.  I'm blind, and am wondering about the 
> current state of play regarding facilities such as screen readers which 
> would allow me to access this machine.  Can anyone tell me if there are 
> features currently built into the OLPC machines which will give me 
> screen reader functionality, and if so how to access them.  
> Alternatively, is it possible to load an application such as Orca onto 
> the oLPC machine and is there documentation about how this works?
>
> Regards,
>
> Tim Pennick
>
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