Re: [orca-list] Urgent: Linux accessibility help

[Tyna Pelletier-Bilodeau <ecole tyna gmail com>]

Hi,
as far as I know, I couldn't update orca to 3.20 on ubuntu 14.04... I 
added the accessibility ppa, did an apt-get update && apt-get upgrade, 
and I was still using orca 3.10. I'm not sure but I think it's related 
to the fact that gtk is not updated to 3.20. But then again, maybe I did 
something wrong or just forgot to do something, as I didn't use ubuntu 
since at least september 2015.
Thanks
Tyna

B. Henry a écrit :
> Yes, you need tto put the accesiblity ppa in to your sources.list file or better as a seperate.list file in 
> sources.llist.d dir.
> You will get a much newer orca r release and the accessiblity stack it needs to work.
> Sick with the ubuntu you have. It is a good choice accessiblity wise.
> You will see a huge difference in firefox accessibliy performance and new features that help firefox very 
> much in the orca 3.20 that you will get with the
> accessiblity ppa, at least I'm 99% sure that is the release av aila ble there now.
> The newer firefox is better than the old one that shipped with this ubuntu release. I may be off a bit, but 
> firefox 25-30   was a dark age for
> accessiblity, well, darkened, with 2 the worst as I recall, and things clearing up somewhere around 29 or 30, 
> gradual improving from 25...
> I don't know about the web interface you are using, buit once you get the new orca insalled and started    
> you might need to use clickables instead of just
> using enter for the links to your email messages. I just was on a webpage las night that showed a link I 
> needed  to open as a normal link, but did not
> respond to enter, nor did i appear in a links list. When I used the list clickables key combo it appeared, 
> and opened correctlyo pressing the activate
> button.
> Check in the orca prefs window's keybindings tab to learn all of the available commands/bindings, but for 
> clickables you want
> shift alt a. Arrow up and down till you find the item you want, and tab to activate and enter again.
> Pressing enter on the clickable's label in the list does not open it, i.e. you must use activate or one of 
> the other options to interact with the item in
> stuch lists.
> There are similar lists available for standard links, graphics, buttonsd, etc.
> I have no experience with ibm-notes, but seem to remember hearing that it is not accessible ata all.
> You need to convince your I.T. department to allow the acessibility ppa. it will make a huge difference, 
> especially with mozilla apps, but has features
> that will help you with other software and ingeneral will perform better.
>    I can't over state the improvement in firefox accessibility and its responsiveness over the last couple of 
> years. It is not apparent on all webpages, but
> is notable on most, and some pages and or controls that were unusable before work beautifully now, and others 
> that were slunky to use before now work
> smoothly.
> If I can be of any assistance in helping you configure your Ubuntu, feel free to write me off list and I'll 
> do what I can.
> You might want to install Vinux5 on another machine and compare configurations as it is based on the Ubuntu 
> release you are using.
>     
>
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