Re: [orca-list] skype accessibility in oneiric

[Henning Oschwald <listmail hoschwald de>]

Hi,

Am 30.09.2011 13:49, schrieb Petr Bláha:
> i have installed Ubuntu 11.10 beta 2, 64 bit version  yesterday and
> with unity 2d it works quite well, even QT applications - i have
> tried VLC media player and K3B burning software and both are
> accessible with orca. But today i have installed skype 64 bit version
> and it seems to be not accessible at all.

Skype does not provide a 64 bit Version, you always need 32 bit libs to
run Skype on a 64 bit system, although 32 bit applications are not
accessible on 64 bit distros. It would be Skype's job to provide a
native 64 bit Skype version.

That's just one more reason why binary-only applications suck and should
be avoided whenever possible. You may however use Skype together with
Pidgin and the Skype4Pidgin plugin.

cheers

  Henning