Re: [orca-list] How to make Yelp accessible?

[Steve Holmes <steve holmes88 gmail com>]

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On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 09:21:12AM -0500, Bill Cox wrote:
> Yelp in Ubuntu Lucid is currently not accessible by Orca.  Is there
> any plan to get this working for the final Lucid release?  If not,
> what would you recomend for Vinux/Lucid?  I could down-grade yelp to
> an older accessible version, or try to help get the new version
> working with Orca.  The downgrade is easy, but I'm unfamiliar with the
> yelp code, so upgrading it would be hard for me.

I sure hope webkit a11y is progressing but we unfortunately have only
two people working actively on Orca at all these days <sigh>.

If Ubuntu is presenting so many problems with accessibility lately,
might wanna give Arch Linux a looky.  It comes with Speakup from a
modified disk image and So far, yelp still works with the gecko engine
and all the software is current.  Arch uses a concept of rolling
updates so is very current but still stable.  I was able to install
and configure the OS with Speakup in a text console and install gnome
+ Orca independently too and I even have an accessible login from a
gdm window.  

But I also understand if you installed Ubuntu and have a lot of
production stuff going on, you wouldn't wanna re-install to a new
distro.  Anyway, just a shameless plug for my favorite distribution.
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