Re: [orca-list] Chromium browser a11y

[Christopher Chaltain <chaltain gmail com>]

I use ChromeVox with Google Chrome quite successfully on Ubuntu.
ChromeVox won't read the menus and dialogues, but Orca will do that for
you. You also need to use Google Chrome and not Chromium.

On 21/02/13 21:23, Guy Schlosser wrote:
> Chromevox works nicely. You also need the google tts, but i can't wait
> til speech-dispatcher works with it. I've read that it's supposed to,
> but it's not on my machines. The google tts is ok, but too quiet.
>
> P.S. you actually need chrome, not chromium for chromevox.
>
>
> On Feb 21, 2013, at 9:32 PM, Bill Dengler <billkd314159 gmail com
> <mailto:billkd314159 gmail com>> wrote:
>
> > Try the Chromevox extension. It's almost the same screen reader I get
> > when I presss CTRL+ALT+z on the welcome screen of my chromebook.
> >
> > On 02/21/2013 08:16 PM, hank smith, and seeing-eye dog iona wrote:
> > > have u tried chrome?
> > > On 2/21/2013 6:00 PM, Erik Heil wrote:
> > > > Hello,
> > > > Just for kicks, I decided to play with Chromium, the open-source version
> > > > of Google Chrome for a11y testing. From what I see so far, Orca can read
> > > > the menu bar, but doesn't yet have accessibility to browser dialogs or
> > > > anything yet close to HTML elements. Clearly, there is going to have to
> > > > be some work done on this before its approaching primetime
> > > > While Firefox is certainly anc indeed accessible, it doesn't support
> > > > HTML5-based filesystem storage, which I need access too for app
> > > > development. Currently, Chromium and its friends are the only
> > > > alternative. So, what do you all think? p.s., html5 filesystem storage
> > > > is *not* the same as the DB API that's a part of html5. the DB API
> > > > simply give apps access to a local SQL datastore, which can be
> > > > manipulated by the web app that requested the resource. the filesystem
> > > > API allows client-side apps to store data within a sandboxed portion of
> > > > the user's local filesystem. Data can be non persistent or persistent,
> > > > depending on the app's policy which is defined within the application
> > > > manifest.
> > > > --Erik
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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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
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> > >
> > >
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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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> 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

-- 
Christopher (CJ)
chaltain at Gmail