There are different synthesizers that can be used with Orca. I’m assuming you are using a console screen reader such as Speakup, TDSR or Fenrir. You can’t use whatever synthesizer you use with this screen reader with Orca? I used to use Lynx a long time ago. Then I realized that all of the web sites I wanted/needed to use were either impossible or inefficient to use with this browser.
Ryan Mann Certified Assistive Technology Instructional Specialist rmann0...@gmail.com 386-383-5175 > On Jan 29, 2023, at 5:46 PM, Linux for blind general discussion > <blinux-list@redhat.com> wrote: > > Only addressing one point here. > I cannot use Orca, because the speech synthesis chosen for the program at the > very least causes dizziness for me, and at worse risks episodes that > mirror those experienced by some who manage epilepsy. > You cannot be expert on all the ways the human body personifies, making such > a blanket statement somewhat concerning. > How does this differ from those speaking of a blind community? > as for the definition of accessible, its a w3c one. Specifically that tools > must be browser device, and user agent agnostic. > Karen > > > >> On Sun, 29 Jan 2023, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: >> >> According to Karen >>> Yes, the new Twitter owner fired the entire accessibility team, but how >>> are these services defining accessibility? >> >> >> First of all, by having API's that allow the applications you choose to >> interact with them. >> >> >>> by its actual meaning regardless of technology used, works from the >>> keyboard for example? >> >> >> If that is your definition, there is an application that will fill that need >> for you, or you can develop one. >> >> >>> You keep speaking of Orca, but what if one cannot, or chooses not to use >>> Orca at all? >> >> >> Who cannot use Orca? If you choose not to use it, then this is your choice, >> but you miss most of the accessibility of the modern web just for starters. >> Applications that work with Orca work quite well from the keyboard and don't >> need any other input to interact with them. Entirely text-based browsers on >> the other hand generally do not take advantage of, nor do they support, >> modern web technologies such as HTML5 and accessible JavaScript. They also >> lack navigational features available from within modern browsers using Orca, >> including but not limited to header/button/link/form field navigation and >> lists of same. Keyboard navigation and activation of clickable elements is >> also lacking in text-based browsers, making an even larger percentage of >> websites inaccessible to them, but not inaccessible to Orca. >> >> >>> If the goal are options that lets individuals, regardless of label, >>> communicate with those they wish, and engage with the world as they >>> desire, then the access is based on progressive enhancement design, or >>> should be, not any specific screen reader if that resonates, speaking >>> personally. >> >> >> I'm not catching your meaning here. All the tools I mentioned in my previous >> message allow API access, meaning that anything in the world that can be >> done from their websites can be done programmatically from an application or >> script you can either download from somewhere or develop on your own, up to >> and even including registering new accounts, posting, reading any timeline, >> sending direct/private messages, etc. Also, if you find something missing or >> lacking in any of these, they are all open source/free software, meaning >> that you are free to modify them and redistribute your modifications, so you >> can add API functions as well. This is as accessible as anything can >> possibly be, and is exactly what makes them the best alternative to Twitter, >> Facebook, pretty much any other walled garden so-called social network on >> the planet that is run by a too-big-to-fail corporate entity. >> >> ~ Kyle >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Blinux-list mailing list >> Blinux-list@redhat.com >> https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list
