On 18 May 2011 10:40, Fernando H. F. Botelho <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I lead a project called F123 (pronounced F 1 2 3) that adapts Ubuntu so that > it is easier to install and use for someone who is blind or has low vision. > We have both Live USB and conventional installation versions. Our users are > mostly in Latin America and Africa. > > As we are big fans of Orca and Ubuntu seems to be moving away from Gnome, I > am starting to discuss with our developers which distribution might be a > good fit for us moving forward.
Fernando, thanks for your work on ensuring Ubuntu works for blind or low-vision users. Ubuntu is not really moving away from GNOME (we ship an alternate shell by default and our notification/status icon system is different, as well as other smaller differences but much of what will be on the primary CD for Ubuntu 11.10 is Gnome 3.2). Ubuntu is definitely not moving away from Orca. I believe a goal for this cycle is to ensure that the installer works even for blind users. Jeremy Bicha _______________________________________________ gnome-accessibility-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-accessibility-list
