It is generally quite good and stable now, some things work that did notin
12.04, language support for instance was silent in precise, now it works well
with orca.
Overall there is a slight difference in the feel, it's a very different unity
under the hood, but most key bindings are the same.
You'll have to manually start speechd-up with sudo from your GUI to get speakup
to talk, and it probably will not on console log-on screen, but once
logged in speakup is as solid as ever. I usually make a script to kill off
running speechd-up and then start it as mentioned with sudo and run this when
the desktop starts.
I've not run stock trusty in some time, but have vinux5 nightly builds running
on a laptop so maybe you don't have to kill off speechd-up, and actually
I can't remember if you have to install it or not on vaniula trusty.
Orca has made great strides with firefox since versions that worked with
precise, and now I think firefox support is up there with good windows
screenreaders.
Orca have been very stable with Ubuntu lts 12.04 and 14.04, so I would not wait
to upgrade if you are running older Ubuntu.
Vinux5 based on 14.04 should be out soon, and it will be still nicer for screen
reader users and will offer a choice of desktops, unity, gnome and mate,
or you could try ubuntu-gnome or mate if Unity is not your cup of tea or you
find it taxing a slower computer with limited ram.
Evince is now usable with orca for many pdfs.
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Cleverson Casarin Uliana wrote:
Tue, Aug 18, 2015 at 10:52:27AM -0300
Dear all,
I'd like to know how is Ubuntu Desktop 14.04 the LTS regarding accessibility
for the blind and also its performance and stability as a whole. Does Orca
works well, and how about speakup for the console? Also is there any issues
with non-english languages such as Brazilian Portuguese? Does anyone know if
Voxin works well under it? Finally, is Orca relatively up to date regarding
new features?
Thank you,
Cleverson
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