TID: Mystic BBS 1.12 A47
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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"

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