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

[Josh K <joshknnd1982 gmail com>]

i use nvda and window eyes. i also like windows because of the various 
voices. but i like linux because its free and has better command line 
and stuff.

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On 8/5/2015 6:32 PM, Kyle wrote:
> The best way to ask for a feature is not to compare that feature you
> want to something that another fundamentally different operating system
> and set of applications does. Frankly, I get rather tired of hearing
> that "this application is completely inaccessible" when I use it every
> day with little to no issues, and I'm also beyond tired of hearing
> "Windows does this or that better," when I havent' used Windows in
> years, and wouldn't if Microsoft was to pay me to use it, the best of
> luck to anyone who can make that happen. The best way to ask for
> presentation software such as Impress to be fixed is not to say that
> Powerpoint works wonderfully with Window Eyes, but Impress doesn't work
> with Orca. The best way to state the problem is to present to the list
> or file bug reports against the software itself, telling the developers
> how you want Impress to work with Orca specifically. Mentioning other
> OS's that the Orca developers for example don't use will result in more
> wasted bug report space and more bugs and feature requests that get
> stuck in the queue for years, because no one knows what it's not doing
> right or how to fix it. From statements I've seen here about
> LibreOffice in general, I shouldn't be able to use it at all, but I
> have already been able to do much more with LibreOffice writer than
> either my wife or I was able to do on a Chromebook, which is my only
> basis for comparison. See what I mean? When I make statements like
> this, no one will know what I'm talking about. Instead, we need
> concrete information about what Impress for example is not doing, and
> how it can be improved so that we can use it, rather than simply saying
> that Microsoft Powerpoint does it better on Microsoft Windows with a
> specific screen reader called Window Eyes, which few people on this
> list use, and none of the Orca devs nor the LibreOffice devs use it
> either, leaving completely aside the fact that even if a different
> application on a different OS with a different screen reader works
> perfectly, that information does little to nothing for the rest of us.
> Sent from my spool of thread
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