Re: [orca-list] My time with Canonical has come to an end.

[Alex ARNAUD <alexarnaud hypra fr>]

Le 25/04/2017 à 19:21, Peter Vágner a écrit :
> Hello,

Hello Peter

> Is ubuntu effectivelly getting rid of accessibility support in the
> upcoming releases given the fact during latest 10 years they are
> inovating a lot on the unity front and each new release is not
> accessible by default unless Luke changes stuff.

You could if needed easily switch to Debian that takes care of 
accessibility.

> Do we have more full time developers working on linux accessibility
> besides Joanmarie and Mike Gorse?
>
> I think Alejandro Pinheiro Iglesias and Jacobo Aragunde do also have a
> lot of non a11y related work on their plates.

Yes, the Hypra team works to increase accessibility every day.

We have focused our efforts on technical stack based on :
- Debian for its universality, stability and flexibility and because the 
development cycle is good to avoid accessibility regressions, and they 
have a topic-sensitivity.
- The Mate desktop that provides customization to suit to any computing 
level (from the expert,to the beginner, geek or elderly person, etc), or 
needs (colors, etc)
- Compiz that provides useful plugins for low-vision people : screen 
magnifier, color filter (with brightness and color inversion), a show 
mouse module to find easily your mouse

> Would some of us qualify for helping at least little with this? Are
> there any open positions?

On the accessibility perspective, we need more help to test the new 
releases of LibreOfficeDev and Firefox Nightly. We also need more tester 
on Orca master to figure out all remaining issue.

Best regards.
--
Alex ARNAUD
Visual-Impairment Project Manager
Hypra - "Humanizing technology"