Re: [orca-list] Status of accessibility on various Desktops and WM?

[Dave Hunt <ka1cey gmail com>]

Hi,

I would say that, at present, GNOME is the most accessible GNU/Linux 
desktop; by GNOME, I include its variants like Unity-2D.  The QT 
accessibility bridge makes a few applications usable, in my experience, 
but the full KDE desktop is not; if I'm mistaken, someone please 
enlighten.  Jonathan Nadeau is experimenting with XFCE on an 
installation of XUbuntu 12.10.  If this proves to be a practical 
alternative to GNOME 3, it would be a light-weight option for those who 
don't want GNOME 3.  Also, Knoppix Adriane offers some accessibility to 
one of the light-weight desktops, along with its own screen reader, SBL 
and Adriane.  Regarding a centralized, distribution-independent 
knowledge base for this kind of information, there is one in the works. 
 Have a look at http://accessiblefreedom.org/wiki/ where we've only 
just begun.

Hope this helps.

Dave Hunt
Supporter, Accessible Computing Foundation
http://theacf.co

On 09/18/2012 10:33 AM, S. Massy wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Recently, various interesting mentions have been made of burgeoning
> accessibility on different Desktops Environments and window managers, the
> latest of which being XFCE. Does anyone have any clear picture as to
> which environments are at all accessible and, if so, to what degree? How
> functional is the QT AT bridge? What about LXDE? Is there an accessible
> lightweight alternative environment at this point? Perhaps it would be
> useful to have a wiki or other repository where such information might
> be centralised?
>
> Cheers,
> S.M.