Re: [orca-list] Screenreader Accessibility Testers for Ubuntu

["J.G" <jozko gregorc guest arnes si>]

Hello,

firstly I want to apologise, if in my previous post there were false
information or I caused anyone.
- when I wrote about Windows, I thought of its a11y APIs, and other
Windows infrastructure. Windows or MAC experience is far from ideal,
but from accessibility perspective, I think, there are solutions,
which are more matured than in Linux in general.
Mac's problem is that system is closed and only Apple can provide and
use some technologies built in os, in Windows Narrator does not follow
standards, which were established during years of development and use
of screen readers and introduce its different keyboard shortcuts for
the same things.
And when I thought about Windows, I just wanted to say that a11y
infrastructure is more matured and friendly for users and developers.
and obviously I didn't want to write about screen readers, due to
anyone has prefered one. Some love JAWS, some love NVDA, but it is ok.
again, I only want to tell, that from average user's perspective, who
use mostly GUI such as Gnome, in Linux there is too much choices of
distros, where you cannot get a11y experience on the level, whichis in
Windows or Mac. Examples are unlabeled gui elements on a system level,
only partially support of a11y APIs in some GUI such as KDE etc.
so average user especially one, who wants to migrate from Windows to
Linux, has a lot of, has too many decisions to make and test and it is
frustrating.
These are my experiences.
again, I apologise if I gave any wrong information. I wanted just to
tell my point of view.
but again, I'm very pleased, that hopefully Linux world will be become
more average user friendly. this discussion  is a step in the right
direction.

best regards,
Jožef