Re: [orca-list] ORCA concept

[Thomas Ward <thomasward1978 gmail com>]

Hi all,

A technical point if I may. I've seen a couple of you refer to Orca as
a "Linux screen reader" which is only partly true. I know most of us,
including myself, use Orca on Linux, but I'd prefer to call Orca an
all purpose Unix screen reader as I've run and used it on non Linux
operating systems such as FreeBSD and Solaris in the past. In short,
where ever Gnome can be run chances are you can run Orca there too.

Cheers!


On 7/8/13, Krishnakant Mane <krmane gmail com> wrote:
> Hi Nandana,
> If you are a programmer, then the technical part first.
> You can't use Orca on Windows.
> Windows is a proprietary OS with a totally different set of API for GUI
> and accessibility infrastructure.
> So you can not retro fit the a11y system of Windowds desktop nor get
> them to do so.
> Orca is a Linux based screen reader and currently works most efficiently
> with Gnome and Unity interfaces.
> Happy hacking.
> Krishnakant.