Re: [orca-list] Chromium: Not there yet, but making progress!

[Joanmarie Diggs <jdiggs igalia com>]

Yes, it is a lot of work -- much of it being done by my colleagues at
Igalia with the support of Google's accessibility developers. It takes a
village to make an accessible user agent. :)

On 3/20/19 1:20 PM, Al Sten-Clanton via orca-list wrote:
> Joanie, thank you very much for your work on what I gather must be a
> formidable job.
>
> Al
>
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> Subject: [orca-list] Chromium: Not there yet, but making progress!
>
> Hey all.
>
> I promised to update you on the progress being made to make Chromium
> accessible via Orca. Structural navigation and *basic* access to static text
> content are now possible. Some widgets are also now accessible.
> That's the good news.
>
> That said, please note that there's still a ton that does *not* work
> (including text inputs, live regions, complex navigation, text selection,
> etc., etc., etc.). Therefore, I'm *not* ready for user testing yet.
> Furthermore, in order to get the stuff that does work, you would have to
> build Chromium from source (which is not a trivial task in time or in
> effort).
>
> I promise to tell you when I *am* ready for user testing, and at that time,
> I will also tell you what you will need to do to perform said testing. In
> the meantime, please know that real progress is finally being made. It is my
> hope that Orca 3.34 + Chromium Unstable will be a combination you all can
> use when GNOME 3.34 ships.
>
> Onward and upward!
> --joanie
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