Re: [orca-list] The State Of Linux Accessibility

[kk <krmane gmail com>]

On Wednesday 05 August 2015 05:17 PM, Christopher Chaltain wrote:
> Unity is another accessible desktop.
>
> My laptop is getting a bit long in the tooth now, but when I bought it 
> in 2011, it was supposed to be a MacBook killer, so it was state of 
> the art at the time.
>
> I don't use Virtual Box, but I do use VMware Player, which is 
> accessible with Orca. Virtual Box may be now as well, but I do know 
> people using the command line to use virtual machines in Virtual Box.
>
> I've been using Linux as my every day operating system since 2010, and 
> in 2011 I took a job for a shop that used Ubuntu exclusively. In 
> addition to using Orca with Thunderbird, Firefox, Libre Office and 
> more, I also use Speakup in the console, Emacspeak with Emacs and 
> ChromeVox with Chrome.
>
> IMHO, your friends' information is dated or biased, and I tend to 
> discount anyone who has such one sided views.

I share the same views as Chris.
Mine too as I said is just six months old laptop so not old one.
I would say at least I am surprised at such an extreme view.
Even the biased Free software haters (I know there are unofficial 
reasons here ) also don't have such extreme views these days.
Happy hacking.
Krishnakant.