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I have been working with #NVDA the last couple of weeks and started using #orca on #Linux more and more. Currently using #JAWS with #Leasey. If you work in a #Microsoft driven office environment, you will get stuff done way faster with JAWS and Leasey. On one hand I like that. On the other I wish especially #Linux and #orca would work more efficiently so I can jump off of #Windows for good without loosing out on productivity cause of #blindness. And yes, I am willing to pay for leaps forward!
#linux #Windows #microsoft #blindness #nvda #jaws #orca #Leasey
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WestphalDenn
WestphalDenn
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Some Examples where some work would make a huge difference:

In #MSOffice I can browse Documents like Webpages. Jumping to the next heading, table etc. In #LibreOffice that is "not needed" or so they say. That compares to them saying "sighted people don't need any formating whatsoever."

#libreoffice #msoffice
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WestphalDenn
WestphalDenn
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Also getting to the next spelling mistake would make #proofreading so much faster.

When reading #PDF files in Linux one has to Enable caret navigation. Why is that not the #default?

Those small things make a huge difference in everyday work! Please everyone, make #Linux a more #a11y place. Cause I refuse do believe blind people must stay behind on Windows and their #enshitification

I want to thank everyone who is helping with that!

#a11y #linux #pdf #enshitification #proofreading #default
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Marco
Marco
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I started looking into Linux desktop #accessibility in 2007 when I transitioned from Freedom Scientific to Mozilla, and had months of nothing to do inbetween. I followed it loosely over the years, trying out new versions of distributions every now and again, but have largely given up on it. Orca is being developed by a single person, GNOME breaks accessibility time and again, and the only real accessible desktop is MATE, which is based on 18 year old GNOME 2.
#Accessibility
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WestphalDenn
WestphalDenn
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@edwiebe it basically makes it possible to navigate through text and select it like you can do in text fields. With that orca, the screen reader on Linux can be navigated in PDF files. With it off there is no content orca can find. Hope that explains it a little.
@Ed Wiebe
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Marco
Marco
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A typical sighty argument from people who have never experienced the efficiency gain and/or who have never worked with screen readers exclusively and noticed how hampering a purely sdquential medium like speech can be in productivity.
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