Re: [orca-list] what distro for orca?

[Simon Eigeldinger <simon eigeldinger vol at>]

hi,

have to agree with you there.
seems also partly unity 3d starts to get useable. its a bit sluggish and 
sometimes it does or doesn't work but i guess with a few more updates 
they might get there.


greetings,
simon



Am 02.06.2012 11:12, schrieb Thomas Ward:
> Hi Andrea,
>
> Asking about which distribution of Linux is best is kind of like asking
> what flavor of ice cream is the best. You are likely to get a number of
> answers. However, I personally do think Ubuntu 12.04 is the best
> distribution currently for the following reasons.
>
> 1. The live CD install is fully accessible with Orca, and the Wubi
> install is handy for people who don't want to repartition their Windows
> drives just to try the OS out.
>
> 2. Ubuntu 12.04 has been excellent for keeping up with the latest
> changes in atspi2 and Orca. I've noticed that thanks to Luke updates
> seem to appear in the proposed repository with in a few days of official
> release so its a good way to keep up with bleeding edge accessibility
> updates.
>
> 3. Ubuntu 12.04 comes with Unity 2D which is probably the most
> accessible graphical environment currently, but gnome-shell 3.4.1 is
> also available from the software center meaning you can choose which you
> want.
>
> 4. Ubuntu 12.04 coms with qt-atspi out of the box which means if there
> are Qt apps you wish to test and use you'll find Ubuntu 12 is on top of
> Qt accessibility where some other other distributions haven't quite
> gotten around to including Qt accessibility yet, and if you want it
> you'll have to compile the Qt at-spi and perhaps update Qt itself from
> source just to get a reasonably accessible version of Qt based apps.
>
> 5. Finally, Ubuntu 12 comes with Orca and the Speakup screen reader is
> also included for those who want to use the shell environment.
>
> Cheers!
>
> On 6/1/2012 4:10 PM, Andrea Roveretto wrote:
> > Hello to all!
> > what would be the best choice for a pretty inexpert linux user to
> > start with orca now?
> > Is ubuntu still the best choice?
> > thanks
> > Andrea
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
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> > Visit http://live.gnome.org/Orca for more information on Orca.
> > The manual is at
> > http://library.gnome.org/users/gnome-access-guide/nightly/ats-2.html
> > The FAQ is at http://live.gnome.org/Orca/FrequentlyAskedQuestions
> > Log bugs and feature requests at http://bugzilla.gnome.org
> > Find out how to help at http://live.gnome.org/Orca/HowCanIHelp
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
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> Visit http://live.gnome.org/Orca for more information on Orca.
> The manual is at http://library.gnome.org/users/gnome-access-guide/nightly/ats-2.html
> The FAQ is at http://live.gnome.org/Orca/FrequentlyAskedQuestions
> Log bugs and feature requests at http://bugzilla.gnome.org
> Find out how to help at http://live.gnome.org/Orca/HowCanIHelp

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