Re: [orca-list] installing linux on the mac

[Thomas Ward <thomasward1978 gmail com>]

Hi Michael,

Skype has come a long ways over the last year thanks to qt-at-spi and 
other accessibility improvements in Qt and KDE apps this past year. 
Skype has a few issues, but is certainly functional from a blind users 
perspective.

Cheers!



On 4/28/2012 4:42 PM, michael weaver wrote:
> if it were not so technical i would use ubuntu on the mac for things 
> like mail because i hate the way mailboxes seem to get duplicated in 
> lion, causing mail to vanish from mail boxes and for recording dvds 
> which can be played on a standard dvd player using devede as i have 
> yet to find some equivalent for the mac and use mac osx for things 
> like skype as skype is or maybe was difficult to set up in ubuntu 
> without sighted assistance unless someone can now tell me if the 
> latest ubuntu version 12 allows this to be done with a little more ease.