Subj : Re: Apps for the blind
To : Brian Rogers
From : Robert Wolfe
Date : Fri Nov 26 2021 01:15 pm
On 25 Nov 2021, Brian Rogers said the following...
BR> Hello Richard;
BR>
BR> -=> Richard Falken wrote to Brian Rogers <=-
BR>
BR> RF> I don't know if it counts as "good" since I don't use it, but Linux h
BR> RF> Orca. "Orca is a free, open source, flexible, and extensible screen
BR> RF> reader that provides access to the graphical desktop via speech and
BR> RF> refreshable braille [...] Orca works with applications and toolkits
BR> RF> that support the Assistive Technology Service Provider Interface
BR> RF> (AT-SPI), which is the primary assistive technology infrastructure fo
BR> RF> Linux and Solaris."
BR>
BR> RF> The Knoppix distribution has integrated support for blind users, sinc
BR> RF> Knopper� wife is sight imparied herself. Maybe you can give it a try.
BR>
BR> Thanks for the input, I'll pass the information along. I have a small
BR> handful of friends who are blind and they lean on me to help them. I
BR> haven't figured out why since I really don't know a thing about their
BR> applications but I seem to do good by them.
The federal agency I work for uses JAWS for Windows. We are supporters of open source works, so I was wonering what kind of
support Orca has both for Windows as well as for commercial, enterprise level support you pay for?
... Confucius say: "Man who runs behind car gets exhausted"
