Re: [orca-list] Current State of total Accessible of the Gnome desktop with Orca

[Halim Sahin <halim sahin t-online de>]

hi,
On So, Jan 10, 2010 at 05:36:00 -0700, Keith Hinton wrote:
> Hi all.
> For a while I have been comparing the accessibility of Windows and
> other GUI environments with taht of the Gnome desktop and the Orca
> screen reader.
> I understand at some point that Gnome will apparently use Speech-Dispatcher.
> Well, I have some general questions:
> 1. Isn't Speech-Dispatcher a dead project now? I have not heard one
> word from the developers of this program for Linux lately on Speakup's
> mailing list, or this one.

No!

> 2. When you compare particular accessibility with Windows and Orca in
> the Gnome desktop, I am curious why:
> 1. Why does Orca do some functionality currently different from say
> JAWS on Windows?
> I.e. Interacting with a Combobox or opening a listbox with alt-down
> arrow in Windows is a bit different with Orca.

Why should orca clone jaws?

> 2. Does Orca/Gnome developers have any plans on making Skype work at
> all under the Linux environment?

Not an orca problem.

> 3. Will Orca ever be able to offer a hotkey for the user to redraw the screen?

Orca doesn't need this.
It doesn't relay on display driver like other screenreaders.
Refreshing doesn't mean that the screen has to be redrawn.

> 4. What is the responsiveness of Gnome-Speech these days? Last I heard
> it was being compared to that of Speech-Dispatcher due to instant
> feedback.
GS will be replaced by speechd.
GS has one big problem:
The synths must handle audio output.
This doesn't work well under linux.


> I am staying away from any of the Linux OS systems due to a lack of
> VOIP applications, and the fact that although Speakup is good on the
> Console, I still don't think Orca is yet there.

Now i stop here reading your mail!
Maybe you should install it on a real machine and try:
linphone, ekiga, empathy, gajim, pidgin, ......
Regards
Halim

> Orca needs to get to a much higher degree of Pidgen accessibility:
> For instance, Orca doesn't currently in that application support
> reading an incoming message in the MSN protocol, for istnance, even if
> the user is not foccused in that Window.
> an audio sound is presented, but no speech output of an incoming message.
> Perhaps some monitoring-specific functionality could be developed into
> the Gnome desktop?
> Thanks.
> Regards, --Keith
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