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  Re: Re: Apps for the blind
  By: Robert Wolfe to Brian Rogers on Fri Nov 26 2021 01:15 pm

 > On 25 Nov 2021, Brian Rogers said the following...
 > 
 >  BR> Hello Richard;
 > 
 >  BR> -=> Richard Falken wrote to Brian Rogers <=-
 > 
 >  BR>  RF> I don't know if it counts as "good" since I don't use it, but
Linux h Orc
 >  BR>  RF> "Orca is a free, open source, flexible, and extensible screen
reader that
 >  BR>  RF> provides access to the graphical desktop via speech and
refreshable brail
 >  BR>  RF> [...] Orca works with applications and toolkits that support the
Assistiv
 >  BR>  RF> Technology Service Provider Interface (AT-SPI), which is the
primary
 >  BR>  RF> assistive technology infrastructure fo Linux and Solaris."
 > 
 >  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> Thanks for the input, I'll pass the information along. I have a small
handful 
 >  BR> friends who are blind and they lean on me to help them. I haven't
figured out 
 >  BR> since I really don't know a thing about their applications but I seem
to do go
 >  BR> by them.
 > 
 > The federal agency I work for uses JAWS for Windows.  We are supporters of
open sou
 > works, so I was wonering what kind of
 > support Orca has both for Windows as well as for commercial, enterprise
level suppo
 > you pay for?
 > 

As far as I know, Orca is a Gnome project, so I doubt it will be easily
portable to
non POSIX Operating Systems.

I have never given it a try. I might fire up some testing install just to
check how
good it is, if any.

The Knoppix solution sounds also very promising, but it is not supposed to be a
general purpose thing.

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