Re: [orca-list] Help write Orca docs

["Isaac Porat" <isaac porat me uk>]

Hi

Just two points:

- I actually found website based linked documentation very helpful indeed
and would not like to see it disappear.
For those of us who still use Windows for whatever reason, having the
documentation running in a familiar environment as a host where Linux run in
a virtual machine especially in the early days of the Orca experience is
great.

- Some specific notes for those using say the main three screen readers
under Windows in addition to more general information will be very useful -
as you said, Orca works differently than JAWS.

Regards
Isaac
-----Original Message-----
From: orca-list-bounces gnome org [mailto:orca-list-bounces gnome org] On
Behalf Of Willie Walker
Sent: 22 September 2009 14:54
To: Willie Walker
Cc: orca
Subject: Re: [orca-list] Help write Orca docs

Hi All:

All the comments received so far are fantastic.  Please keep them coming.
> From there, we can create an idea of where we want the documentation to live
as well as create an outline.

Right now, I'm thinking the following:

Location of the document: We should pull the Orca section out of the GNOME
Accessibility Guide at http://library.gnome.org/users/gnome-access-guide/
and make it a separate document.  This document is not only available on the
web, but it is what is shipped with GNOME for the online help and it is also
available for download.  Furthermore, the library.gnome.org stuff is set up
more easily for translation to other locales than the WIKI.

Content of the document: a lot of this content exists, but we need to make
it easy for people to get quickly started with keyboard navigation for GNOME
and what to expect when you launch Orca.  We need some discussion of setting
up sounds for the login screen, enabling Orca at the login screen, enabling
sounds for when you log in, and automatically launching Orca when you log
in.  Setting up braille
(BrlTTY) and contracted braille (liblouis) will also be useful.  We can also
work on including tutorials for specific applications.  In the appendices,
we could include sections on "Orca for Windows Users" and "Orca for Mac OS X
Users".

Will

On Sep 21, 2009, at 12:43 PM, Willie Walker wrote:

> Hi All:
>
> I need some help with documentation.
>
> Each new Orca user usually ends up asking similar questions, some of 
> them more general to GNOME (e.g., "what e-mail clients work", "how do 
> I switch between windows using the keyboard") and others more specific 
> to Orca (e.g., "What is the keyboard command for x").
>
> What I'm looking for is adjusting the documentation to help the brand 
> new user quickly get up and running with GNOME and Orca.  Right now, 
> some users come into Orca with the preconceived notion that Orca is 
> JAWS for GNOME.  This flawed assumption immediately builds a 
> foundation for failure.
>
> So, I want help.  Recalling from your experiences with getting started 
> with Orca, I'm curious about:
>
> 1) Where did you expect to find documentation (e.g., somewhere on the 
> web, built in to the desktop, etc.)?
>
> 2) What is missing from the documentation or difficult to find that 
> would have made it a lot easier to get started with Orca and GNOME?
>
> 3) What stuff in the documentation is misleading or confusing?
>
> 4) Can you help write the docs?  I'm looking for one or two good 
> writers than can donate some time to the project.
>
> An example of success from this documentation effort would be enabling 
> a user on Windows to migrate quickly to the GNOME platform with Orca.
>
> Please help.  :-)
>
> Will
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