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Orca--Take the Killer Whale for a Ride

Issue 167

From Issue #167
March 2008

Mar 01, 2008  By Willie Walker
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What is this a11y thing (accessibility: 11 letters between the a and the y), and how might people access a complex graphical desktop they can't see?
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Submitted by tom11 on Tue, 11/23/2010 - 05:42.

Some applications work better than others, however, and the Orca community continually works to provide compelling access to more applications. Orca is already provided by default on a number of operating system distributions, including Open Solaris, Fedora, and Ubuntu.

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I love Orca.

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Submitted by Grayson Peddie (not verified) on Thu, 03/19/2009 - 20:54.

I've been using Orca in my 8.9" netbook and this really helps me a lot, despite my hearing impairment. That braille display in the image looks kind of nice, though, and it can go hand-on-hand with my netbook. However, if only I could afford to get a Braille display. I've been keeping an eye on prototype affordable braille displays out there in the Internet (Google "prototype affordable braille display" with quotes). I don't like to loan an expensive braille display, even if I don't want to make a very major purchase if I earn about $4,000 a month...

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