Re: [orca-list] Considering moving to Linux Ubuntu from macOS

[Alonzo cuellar <mariachiac gmail com>]

On 11/18/2016 9:47 AM, James AUSTIN wrote:
> Hi all
>
> Some of you may be aware of me from my recent post requesting information on Skype and Orca compatibilityy. 
> Thanks to Tyna and Alonzo for assisting with this. However, I am writing this time, because I am considering 
> a switch from macOS to Linux, possibly Ubuntu.
>
> Writing
>
> Much of my writing is a combination of Pandoc and Pandoc -flavoured Markdown, with a little.docx work. 
> Presumably the former can be written with a slue text editors, and the latter with Libre Office. I also 
> presume that Email --- namely Exchange and Gmail can be handled by either Evolution or Thunderbird.
> You are correct

> Reading
>
> I read a lot of PDFs. How does Orca handle them? Voice Over can read the OCR layer, but none of the 
> accessibility information such as headings.
>
> I also read a lot of Ebooks from Kindle. I would be willing to read other vendors too, if Orca has better 
> compatibility with these.
Evence works well. the only thing is i'm not sure if you can move threw 
headings, chapters, etc. I know you can move by pages though or scroll down.
> Web
>
> I understand that Orca works well with Firefox, but if there any easy way to access links etc i.e.  links 
> list mapped to a keyboard shortcut?
Firefox has a keyboard command with Orca for links, lists, etc. When you 
press orca+h It will give you the command to look at the shortcut keys 
specified for working with Orca and Firefox.
> Bibliography
>
> I keep a bib latex file managed through Bibdesk for searching. Is there anything similar for Linux?
> I'm not quite sure in this area as i do not use that markup language.

> Device support
>
> I am writing this on an iPhone, is there any support for such devices on Linux?
You could probably brows the phone contents. I'm not sure if you can 
copy files to  the phone directly. Look at iFuse.
> OS
>
> Every time I look at Linux I am attracted to Ubuntu. Is this the easiest distro for a newbie to start with 
> please?
this depends if you want to do everything manually as in build the 
distribution of Linux or use a graphical installer to install Linux. 
Ubuntu is a great distribution to start learning Linux. If you want 
something tailored toward  the blind look at Vinux which is based off 
Ubuntu.
Note:
You will most likely want the packages in Linux to be up to date to use 
the latest accessibility fixes. If so look at Sonar. While not in Linux 
currently i use Arch Linux myself. I should have a working Arch 
installation with my new drives possibly working today with the new 
cables I've received.

Have a great day,
Alonzo

> Thanks for any advice and help, and apologies for the long post.
>
> Take care
> James
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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