Re: [orca-list] ViewPoints features Orca, Gnome, and Linux Accessibility

[Alex Midence <alex midence gmail com>]

Great podcast.  Had it going while I read my e-mails.  Wonderful way
to start the day.  I did my bit to raise awareness via Twitter and
some hash tags.  Be awesome if somebody did this for other social
networks they frequented.  Here's what I remember from Joannie's wish
list for everyone to pitch in and help out:

(pardon my paraphrasing):
1.  Accessible installers:  If everyone with the skill and know-how
took the distro they used and worked on getting the installer
accessible, it would be less of a drag for someone who is blind and
wants to use that distro to take advantage of its features.
2.  More voices.  Orca uses speech dispatcher and primarily espeak
which, as we all know, sounds quite robotic.  There is documentation
on the espeak site for people to be able to modify the voices and
tweak them up to spec.  Be nice if everyone went over to the site and
gave it a look to see if it's something they could do especially for
their native language.


Have a nice day.  Joanie and Alex, let me join my voice to all of
those who directly benefit from your wonderful work in thanking you
most deeply and sincerely for what you do.  It makes one heck of a
difference and we really appreciated it from the bottom of our hearts.

Alex M
Twitter:  @hunbaatz

On 5/30/12, Peter Torpey <ptorpey00 gmail com> wrote:
> ViewPoints is a weekly, half hour radio show / podcast which covers a wide
> variety of topics of interest to the visually impaired.  In this week's
> episode, we interviewed Joannie and Alex about what they do and what is
> under the hood in Linux accessibility:
>
> ViewPoints 1222 5-30-12 ViewPoints #1222 Orca, Gnome and Accessibility in
> Linux
> This week's show focuses on the Orca screen reader, the Gnome desktop and
> how accessibility works in Linux. Join hosts Nancy Goodman Torpey and Peter
> Torpey as they talk with Joanmarie Diggs and Alejandro Pineiro, two of the
> lead developers about what's under the hood, how it got there and how you
> can help improve it.
>
> If you want to listen to or download this episode directly go to:
> www.ViewPointsPlus.net/vp_1222_podcast.mp3
>
> You can also subscribe to the weekly, half hour podcast of ViewPoints by
> pasting the following text into your podcatcher program:
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>
> folks on this list may also be interested in an episode of ViewPoints from
> last year which featured an interview with the lead developers of Vinux, a
> fully accessible version of Linux right out of the box:
>
> ViewPoints 1136 9-7-2011 Vinux - accessible operating system
> Hosts Peter Torpey and Nancy Goodman Torpey devote this entire show to
> Vinux, a fully accessible and easy to use computer operating system.
> Besides
> describing how it works, they interview two of its creators and explain how
> you can get involved in follow-on improvements, updates and upgrades.
>
> To learn more about ViewPoints, subscribe to the podcast, find links to
> older shows along with show notes, etc. go to the main web site at:
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> Enjoy!
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