On Wed, 25 May 2011 12:39:56 -0300 José Vilmar Estácio de Souza <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi, Orca works with Unity as well, although there are some problems with > accessibility that are already being addressed. > Thanks. > > On 05/25/2011 12:29 PM, bernhard.stadelmayer wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > As you probably know, Ubuntu 11.04 has been released with a new Desktop > > called Unity. I tested the major versions of Ubuntu if they are working > > probably on my system and what features are supported by Orca. But now, > > I'm not sure if there's something like Orca in this new Desktop. Could > > someone tell me if there's a Screenreader in Unity? If so, are there > > also translations of the user interface in other languages like German? > > > > Thanks for your help, > > > > Bernhard > > > We intentionally made the default installation with the screen-reader (Orca) classic-session for Ubuntu 11.04. Since there are still several issues that need to be fixed in Unity, this was an intentional decision to insure that visually impaired users would have a working desktop. Unity is mostly about looks, and looks do not function well with a screen-reader. If you do install orca and run it in unity, please be aware you will have issues with it. -- Charlie Kravetz Linux Registered User Number 425914 [http://counter.li.org/] Never let anyone steal your DREAM. [http://keepingdreams.com] -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
