Re: [orca-list] Hi! i'm new here

["S. Massy" <lists wolfdream ca>]

On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 07:49:13PM -0300, Mauricio Wiersma wrote:
> Hi! my name is Mauricio Wiersma, and I'm from NeuquÃn, Argentina. I'm a
> computer analyst, and I'm a doing the thesis to obtain a degree in computer
> science. The reason because I've joined this list is that the subjet of my
> thesis is directly related to Orca, and I'd be very grateful if someone
> here could help me with some technical documentation. Specifically, the
> work I'm doing is to study orca architecture, in order to understand how it
> works, identify strengths and weaknesses, and as far as possible, perform
> an improvement to the screen reader. I've been searching the web, but i
> could not find much technical information about the architecture of Orca, i
> did find, however, information about how Orca communicates with its
> environment (AT-SPI, System Services, and applications).
>
> I was wondering if someone could help me with technical information about
> the architecture of Orca itself, i mean, how did the modules of Orca
> communicates with each other.
Hi, and welcome, that sounds like a good project. Orca is written in
Python; a look through the code probably is your best starting point.
I'm sure more knowledgeable people will chime in with more extensive
information.

Cheers,
S.M.