[orca-list] Universal access [was "Re: Indicators [was "Re: Connecting to a wireless network"]"]

[Christopher Chaltain <chaltain gmail com>]

All laudable goals, but let's not lose sight of the gains we've also
made. I switched from Windows to Linux a few months ago, thanks to the
vinux distribution. I tried doing this several times over the last
decade, but I wasn't successful until just now. I think this says a lot
about how far the state of Linux accessibility has come.

Universal access across distributions and operating systems is a
laudable goal, but how realistic is it really? Is this a situation where
we'd just be tilting at windmills? I mean if everyone could agree then
we wouldn't have so many distributions and operating systems in the
first place.

Finally, I don't consider these questions to be trivial. I have a job
right now that requires I have access to Linux, I can access wireless
networks, I can use IRC, I can read email and so on. I need answers to
these questions now if I'm going to keep my job. I can't wait for these
questions to be answered or these issues to be addressed until after we
have universal access across distributions and operating systems. I just
can't wait that long.

On 12/08/11 10:30, Frost wrote:
>       Hello all,
>
>       Sure would be nice if some of these accessibility functions 
> could be added to the LSB the way the filesystem is.  We have Alt+F2 and 
> type orca, Mickeysoft has Windows+U...dunno what Apple has.  Because it 
> sure as hell be nice to press a certain keystroke and get the accessible 
> installation, plus it sure would save a hell of a lot of posts on, "How 
> do I install Ubuntu, or GRML, or Arch, or Debian, etc., etc., etc.  
> Universal Access isn't very universal at all with no standards from one 
> distribution to another, let alone from one operating system to another.
>
>       When are we going to make universal Access universal?  When will 
> we be able to press a key, no matter which LSB compliant distro and get 
> an accessible installation, or have a screen reader/magnifier start up?  
> When are we going to stop monkeying around with the trivial crap and 
> actually do something intelligent for ourselves?  When are we 
> handicapped going to become part of the Linux Standards Base?
>
>                               Michael
>
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Christopher (CJ)
chaltain gmail com