Hi Stewart,
When you are back, would you mind sending me a private e-mail so we might
set a time to speak?
My questions are not likely to be answerable from anyone at CNIB.
Thanks in advance!
Kare
On Thu, 27 Feb 2020, Stewart Russell via talk wrote:
I work for an assistive tech charity. We're certainly pleased that the
Raspberry Pi Foundation has integrated Orca, but Distance Computer Comfort
- our free adaptive computer technical support service - hasn't had any
calls about this. I also don't know what integration testing the Foundation
has done.
Jutta'a group at OCADu is certainly good, but they're more research-based
than client focussed. I know that individuals at CNIB are all about
Raspberry Pi solutions, but corporately I don't think they're there yet.
I'm in BC this week then Gatineau next but would be happy to chat when I'm
back.
On Thu., Feb. 27, 2020, 11:51 Evan Leibovitch via talk, <[email protected]>
wrote:
Hi Karen,
The best resource I know in the GTA for this kind of query is the Inclusive
Design Research Centre at OCAD University. I don't have contacts (I worked
with one of the professors there) but know that they have plenty of
experience with Linux and screen readers. Just not sure if they've worked
with the Pi.
HTH,
- Evan
On Thu, 27 Feb 2020 at 14:31, Karen Lewellen via talk <[email protected]>
wrote:
Any pi users here able to advise about this setup?
My concern is what applications might not work, as a deciding factor to
bother.
Conversation on a list focused on adaptive technology and the pi, is
not yielding much information on, so thought I might ask here instead.
The Raspberry Pi team reached out to an accessibility charity known as
AbilityNet to help evaluate the Raspberry Pi desktop environment for
improvements. Raspbian now supports Orca screen reader. Orca is
compatible with
most applications that use GTK or Qt toolkits. Other toolkits aren't
compatible
and may or may not work. You can also find a new pixel doubling feature
in the
Raspberry Pi Configuration menu, improving screen visibility for visually
impaired persons.
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/raspbian-buster-gets-new-features-in-big-update
thoughts?
Karen
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