Oneiric accessibility: install, Unity, and Unity 2D

[Bill Cox]

I'm in the process of installing Ubuntu Oneiric 11.10.  Here's my
first impressions.  The install needs a bit of work, but  when Orca is
enabled on boot using the magic key sequence, it seems basically
usable.  I had a crash related to Orca I think, though I was poking
around the desktop with my mouse during the install.

Orca still has issues with Unity, though I didn't explore much of it.
The same bug that I saw in Maverick where the caps lock key toggles on
every Orca command is still there.  By itself, I suspect Unity could
be fully accessible by the 12.04 release.  There's a big decision for
Vinux: whether to try and use Gnome 3 in the future, or Unity.  I have
a slight preference for Unity, but I have a small screen and need
large fonts and/or magnification, so Unity's netbook optimized layout
is particularly good for me.  I also suspect we could work easily with
the Ubuntu team to enhance accessibility.

A non-starter for me is that Unity doesn't work with Compiz, and I
require it's inverse video and magnification capabilities.  So, I've
switched to Ubuntu 2D, which I believe was built using QT.  Compiz
works great, but Orca doesn't see the Unity desktop.  So, I'm not sure
what to recommend the Vinux community.  Options on the table, I think,
are Gnome shell 3.0, Unity 2D and the default Unity.  I hear Gnome
shell 3.0 is also incompatible with Compiz.  Anyone have any opinions
on the right way to build Vinux 4.0?

Bill