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

[Monica Ayhens-Madon <monica ayhens madon canonical com>]

Hello all!

I just want to thank everyone who has responded! I also want to share a thank you from the Accessibility Guild and the Desktop Team. I've shared the link to this thread with JP Nurmi, one of our desktop team engineers who works on the installer, and we are also hoping to have a session on accessibility and the Flutter installer at our next in-person engineering sprint the first week of May. The feedback you've given us already (and hopefully will keep giving in the future!) is going to be invaluable.

Cheers,

Monica Ayhens-Madon

Ubuntu Community Representative, Canonical

On Mon, Apr 11, 2022 at 7:59 PM Jace Kattalakis via orca-list <orca-list gnome org> wrote:

For me on my Arch box, Cinnamon starts Orca but doesn't speak the menu buttons and such. Do I need to do anything specific for Cinnamon to work?

On Mon, Apr 11, 2022 at 06:56:17PM +0200, Milton via orca-list wrote:
> I installed Mate desktop with sudo apt install mate-desktop-environment.
> After launching a message appear about an error with the menu bar and the
> option to delete or to ingnore. I press Enter and Mate works as expected.
> Alt+F1 opens the main menu, Arrow Down to walk through the options and Arrow
> Right to open a sub menu.
>
> Milton
>
> Op 10-04-2022 om 19:06 schreef Milton:
> >
> > I can use Settings like in 20.04. After Setting is launched I tab to
> > Search, then type a character and press Escape. All options appear.
> > Arrow Down to select and press Enter. But if I need settings for energy,
> > I press the super key, type energy and Orca speaks the search result. I
> > press Enter or Tab to the right result.
> >
> > I could not find startup applications to set the sound for to hear if
> > the system is ready to use. I noticed that Orca do not speak if Orca is
> > set to automatically start when the system starts. So after the system
> > starts I press Alt+F2, typing orca and press Enter.
> >
> > Milton
> >
> > Op 10-04-2022 om 17:33 schreef Devin Prater:
> > > How about the settings center?
> > > Devin Prater
> > > r d t prater gmail com
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Sun, Apr 10, 2022 at 9:36 AM Milton via orca-list
> > > <orca-list gnome org> wrote:
> > >
> > >     I can access the top bar by Super+M to open the message menu and
> > >     then
> > >     Arrow Right to other menu options e.g. System menu. With Arrow
> > >     Down I
> > >     found options like in 20.04 like sound, brightness, wifi, shut down.
> > >
> > >     Milton
> > >
> > >     Op 10-04-2022 om 14:30 schreef Milton:
> > >     > Today I installed a daily build of Ubuntu 22.04 gnome and I was
> > >     very
> > >     > happy that the installer is accessible with Orca as in 20.04!
> > >     Also I
> > >     > am happy that firefox en Chromium-browser are also accessible
> > >     through
> > >     > snap, in 21.10 they were not. Many thanks to you, developers. I
> > >     switch
> > >     > to xorg to find out Windows+A to be accessible, in Wayland it
> > >     is not.
> > >     > I could not access the top bar with Control+Alt+Tab, Orca only
> > >     says
> > >     > 'Menu button'. So far, untul now.
> > >     >
> > >     > Milton
> > >     >
> > >     > Op 06-04-2022 om 15:42 schreef Monica Ayhens-Madon via orca-list:
> > >     >> Hello all!
> > >     >>
> > >     >> My name is Monica Ayhens-Madon and I'm the Ubuntu Community
> > >     >> Representative at Canonical. I also work with an internal group
> > >     >> working on increasing the accessibility of the desktop and our
> > >     >> website in a variety of ways, including for screenreaders. We
> > >     have a
> > >     >> post here with a specific call for screenreader testers for
> > >     the web
> > >     >> page and the new Flutter installer:
> > >     >>
> > >     https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/accessibility-testers-needed-web-site-and-flutter-installer/26485
> > >     >>
> > >     >> We also want to build up screenreader testing in the wider Ubuntu
> > >     >> community, and to make sure that testing improves things both
> > >     >> downstream and upstream. If you'd be interested in talking to
> > >     me or
> > >     >> anyone in the accessibility group on how we can make an easy to
> > >     >> follow process that is easy for potential testers to find, we
> > >     would
> > >     >> be happy to have your suggestions, concerns, and other feedback.
> > >     >>
> > >     >> Cheers!
> > >     >>
> > >     >> Monica
> > >     >>
> > >     >> _______________________________________________
> > >     >> orca-list mailing list
> > >     >> orca-list gnome org
> > >     >> https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/orca-list
> > >     >> Orca wiki: https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Orca
> > >     >> Orca documentation: https://help.gnome.org/users/orca/stable/
> > >     >> GNOME Universal Access guide:
> > >     >> https://help.gnome.org/users/gnome-help/stable/a11y.html
> > >
> > >     _______________________________________________
> > >     orca-list mailing list
> > >     orca-list gnome org
> > >     https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/orca-list
> > >     Orca wiki: https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Orca
> > >     Orca documentation: https://help.gnome.org/users/orca/stable/
> > >     GNOME Universal Access guide:
> > >     https://help.gnome.org/users/gnome-help/stable/a11y.html
> > >

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