Re: [orca-list] Ubuntu Touch/phone

[Luke Yelavich <luke yelavich canonical com>]

On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 06:09:11AM AEST, Todor Fassl wrote:
> The original question is on-topic though. If ubuntu puts a screen reader on
> it's touch OS, that screen reader will probably be orca. Plus, smart phones
> are a boon to blind people. You can get apps for GPS, color identification,
> OCR, all kinds of things blind people might use every day.

Unfortunately, as a new, young, and relatively imature platform, getting
apps on the Ubuntu phone platform won't be an easy thing, particularly
blindness specific stuff, given there are 2 platforms already where there
is a bigger market.

Luke