[64studio-devel] [64 Studio] #295: Test Gnopernicus screen reader

[tim hall]

64 Studio wrote:
> #295: Test Gnopernicus screen reader
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>  Reporter:  daniel at 64studio.com  |        Owner:  daniel at 64studio.com
>      Type:  task                 |       Status:  new                
>  Priority:  normal               |    Milestone:  2.0                
> Component:  packages             |      Version:                     
>  Severity:  normal               |   Resolution:                     
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> Comment (by parkland99 at hotmail.com):
>
>  No hard-lockup this time, but Gnopernicus isn't remembering my preference
>  to activate the screen reader.
>
>  Also, the only thing the system will say is "speech restored", it says
>  this randomly and I can't get it to say anything else.
>
>   

Janina Sajka, Chair of Open Accessibility had this to say on the matter:

> You should try Orca, which has taken over from Gnopernicus and is
> generally available for most distributions through standard package
> channels. I know there's more work to do to make Orca particularly
> useful for dyslexia people, but it is the application in active
> development, where Gnopernicus is now quite dead.
>
> You might also  want to take a look at Gok, the Gnome Onscreen Keyboard,
> whose value for dyslexic requirements might be a reduced on screen
> widget set. Gok is good at just presenting what you might need at the
> given moment--very context sensitive. It's also easy to play with by
> just avoiding mouse motion. If you can restrict yourself to only the
> buttons on the mouse, you will get how Gok works.  It's initial design
> was for persons who require input accomodation in a serious way, and it
> really rocks when combined with Dasher for word prediction.

The upshot of this is that we should consider replacing Gnoper with Orca.

cheers,

tim