Ubuntu and a screenreader

[Christopher Chaltain]

Remember too that development resources, including those in the area of 
accessibility, are stretched pretty thin right now with the move to Mir 
and the new Unity that will span all sorts of mobile and set top / 
desktop platforms.

I'd suggest sticking to Ubuntu 12.04 for now. That's what I use, via the 
Vinux project. I gave Fedora a spin, but I found it had the same short 
comings I find in ubuntu 12.04 right now with Unity 2D.

On 10/17/2013 10:44 PM, Robert Cole wrote:
> Hello, Tapper.
>
>  From my understanding, due to limited resources and so forth, the focus
> of making Ubuntu accessible will be geared mainly toward Long-Term
> Support (LTS) releases. Ubuntu's next LTS release will be Ubuntu 14.04,
> likely to be released in April 2014. If you are wanting to stick with
> Ubuntu, you may want to look into Ubuntu GNOME [1]. From what I saw on
> their blog post just now, though, they are sticking with GNOME 3.8,
> which *may* mean that the latest accessibility improvements and features
> in Orca, in magnification, and in other areas may not be up-to-date
> seeing as how GNOME 3.10 has had a lot of improvements in these areas.
>
> While it is not Ubuntu, folks over at the Sonar Project [2] are
> preparinjg to release an accessible GNOME-based rolling release
> distribution which is based off of Manajro LInux, a derivative of Arch
> Linux. If you are nto familiar with rolling release distributins, it
> simply means that, in theory, you can install it and leave it. the
> updates and improvements simply "roll" in as they become available. No
> more upgrading every six months. If you are at all interested in this
> project, please consider joining the AccessibleFreedom Support mailing
> list [3].
>
> While I sincerely miss Ubuntu, I have had to move on. I have used Fedora
> for almost two years now, but I am excitedly awaiting the new Sonar
> release. I tried a test image on a live USB flash drive system, and it
> simply excelled in performance!
>
> I am sorry that I cannot be of more help to you.
>
> [1] http://ubuntugnome.org/
> [2] http://sonargnulinux.com/
> [3]
> http://gator1140.hostgator.com/mailman/listinfo/support_accessiblefreedom.org
>
> On 10/17/2013 05:29 PM, tapper wrote:
>> hi what's going on with the new Ubuntu:  can i as a blind computer
>> user install it with speech. are you going to update the wiki or even
>> do a blog post about it. i will be very happy if you can get back to
>> me and let me no as win 8 is a pile! thanks Tapper
>>
>
>

-- 
Christopher (CJ)
chaltain at Gmail