Re: [orca-list] Has anyone heard of this alternative?

["Alex H." <linuxx64 bashsh gmail com>]

What I hope happens is the guys working on SUE and Orca can learn some
new tricks and I wouldn't mind having two options for a screen reader,
but if I had to pick one for the GUI I'd say Orca. Give it some speed
boosts and somehow get AT-SPI to communicate with KDE, and we'd have a
winner. Still, Speakup rules for the console.


Alex

On 3/31/10, al Sten-Clanton <Albert E Sten_Clanton verizon net> wrote:
> I can understand the desire to have all efforts focused on a single screen
> reader, but I suspect that we're better off in the long run if two or more
> are in development.  You can never assume that a screen reader will keep up
> with the times, any more than you can assume it about other software.
>
> Al
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> Subject: Re: [orca-list] Has anyone heard of this alternative?
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> Hi,
> Too bad we can't convence them to spend development resources on Orca. Orca
> is far enough along to be used daily, it is familiar, works well for the
> most part, and is part of Gnome. Other screen reader alternatives are nice I
> suppose, but it would be greate to have a single reader that can rival
> anything out there for any OS. While Orca's features out rank all other
> screen readers, it could use a speed boost and it needs webkit access. Also,
> it has to be able to keep up with new technology, so needs constant
> development. So, it would be great to get everyone on the same page,
> especially those with the ability to help financially. That is even more
> important now after the betrayals of a certain company with whose name I
> shall not defile this message.
> Storm
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> On Wed, 2010-03-31 at 01:43 +0100, Michael Whapples wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I have just stumbled over this while trying to find contact details for
>
> someone who I slightly unexpectedly found would be giving a workshop in
>
> the same slot as I will be giving a workshop. OK, the thing of interest
>
> is another screen reader for Linux, a quick look at the page indicates
>
> its based on LSR, have a look for yourselves at http://sue.sf.net.
>
>
>
> It raises some interesting points. Firstly its had funding from some
>
> part of the German government (I think). With the lack of support for
>
> full time developers for orca (I think we all know what I am getting at
>
> but I don't want us to get too much into what has been done), and having
>
> seen some of the comments in response to some of the blog postings,
>
> could we learn from SUE, could and should governments/organisations who
>
> are meant to help the blind do more?
>
>
>
> The other thing is, as resources in this area seem limited, while choice
>
> might be nice (one great solution is better than lots of incomplete
>
> projects), should we try and combine the efforts of these various groups?
>
>
>
> A different note again, has anyone tried SUE, how well does it work? I
>
> remember LSR, while possibly powerful, I felt possibly less well focused
>
> on the user experience as it seemed very general (I think I heard stuff
>
> saying it might be possible to use LSR as more than a screen reader, eg.
>
> to give people reminders to do things).
>
>
>
> Michael Whapples
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