Orca is a free, open source, flexible, and extensible screen reader that provides access to the graphical desktop via user-customizable combinations of speech, braille, and/or magnification. Orca development has been led by the Sun Microsystems, Inc., Accessibility Program Office via continued engagement with its end users and contributions from wonderful community members.
You can also read more about Orca at http://live.gnome.org/Orca
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* What's changed for Orca v2.19.0?
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* Fix for bug 410302 to provide support for the gnome-mud application.
(Thanks to community member Javier for this contribution!!!).
* Fix for bug 349394 to roll in experimental speech dispatcher
support. NOTE: THE SPEECH DISPATCHER FUNCTIONALITY IS UNSUPPORTED
AT THIS TIME. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK. (Thanks to community member
Tomas Cerha for this contribution!!!).
* Fix for bug 395548 to refactor util.py into default.py. This allows
subclasses to more easily provide specialized behavior.
* Fix for bug 402494 to refactor how 'for' statements are used.
* Fix for bug 419089 to refactor speech and braille generators in
StarOffice.py script to use self._script.
* Fix for bug 419006 to refactor acroread.py to remove global methods.
This also takes care of a side effect of the refactoring work done
in bug 395548.
* Work on bug 423011 to refactor the where_am_I module to know about
the script that is using it.
* Fix for bug 319778 to remove hierarchical_presenter (we'll rely on
an external utility, such as Accerciser, to provide this functionality).
* Fix for bug 420173 to prevent the Escape key from becoming bound
when exiting learn mode.
* Fix for bug 423009 to prevent Orca from speaking the role name
"list item" on web pages.
* Fix for bug 418430 to handle empty sections in Firefox.
* Fix for bug 423214 to use 1 through 6 and Shift+1 through Shift+6 to
navigate among headings by level.
* Work on bug 414926 to speak heading levels in Firefox (still need
to add braille).
* Fix for bug 422924 to add table navigation in Firefox. T and
Shift+T move you among tables. Alt+Shift+{Left,Right,Up,Down} will
move you among table cells. Alt+Shift+{Home,End} will move you to
the{top,bottom} of the current table.
* Fix for bug 417001 to add link structural navigation. U moves you to
the next unvisited link; Shift U to the previous unvisited link; V
to the next visited link; Shift V to the previous visited link.
* Fix for bug 416853 to prevent structural navigation keys from
interfering with shortcuts. Ctrl+o and Ctrl+h now work as expected.
* Fix for bug 416908 to add list structural navigation. L moves you
to the next list; Shift L moves you to the previous list.
* Fix for bug 423537 to add list item structural navigtion. I and
Shift I move you among list items.
* Fix for bug 416857 to reposition caret better in HTML content after
leaving and returning to the content (e.g., opening a separate
dialog and then closing it).
* Fix for bug 423531 so O and Shift O do not stop on images and now
say "large objects" instead of "chunks".
* Fix problem with SayAll where the speech engine might not give us a
callback if we pass it nothing or text that is just whitespace.
* Fix for bug 416964 to account for "no break space" character in word
delimiters.
* Fix for bug 404052 to let the user know the Preferences dialog is
loading.
* Fix for bug 402192 to speak text that is pasted in by a middle mouse
click.
* Fix for bug 392939 so that the dash character ("-") is spoken when
used as a negative sign at "some" punctuation.
* Fix for bug 350674 to announce when a new folder is opened and
announce number of items.
* Work on bug 415061 to help make regression test results repeatable.
* Work on bug 412837 and bug 416332 to measure and increase testing
coverage.
* Updates to the specification.
* New and updated translations (THANKS EVERYONE!!!):
ca Catalan Gil Forcada and Josep Puigdemont i Casamaj
=F3
da Danish Peter Bach
de German Hendrik Richter and Jochen Skulj
en_GB English/British David Lodge and Gareth Owen
nb Norwegian Bokm=E5l Kjartan Maraas and Sigurd Gartmann
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* Where can I get it ?
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You can obtain Orca v2.19.0 in source code form at the following:
http://download.gnome.org/sources/orca/2.19/orca-2.19.0.tar.gz
http://download.gnome.org/sources/orca/2.19/orca-2.19.0.tar.bz2
Enjoy!
The Orca Team
You can also read more about Orca at http://live.gnome.org/Orca
=========================
=========
* What's changed for Orca v2.19.0?
=========================
=========
* Fix for bug 410302 to provide support for the gnome-mud application.
(Thanks to community member Javier for this contribution!!!).
* Fix for bug 349394 to roll in experimental speech dispatcher
support. NOTE: THE SPEECH DISPATCHER FUNCTIONALITY IS UNSUPPORTED
AT THIS TIME. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK. (Thanks to community member
Tomas Cerha for this contribution!!!).
* Fix for bug 395548 to refactor util.py into default.py. This allows
subclasses to more easily provide specialized behavior.
* Fix for bug 402494 to refactor how 'for' statements are used.
* Fix for bug 419089 to refactor speech and braille generators in
StarOffice.py script to use self._script.
* Fix for bug 419006 to refactor acroread.py to remove global methods.
This also takes care of a side effect of the refactoring work done
in bug 395548.
* Work on bug 423011 to refactor the where_am_I module to know about
the script that is using it.
* Fix for bug 319778 to remove hierarchical_presenter (we'll rely on
an external utility, such as Accerciser, to provide this functionality).
* Fix for bug 420173 to prevent the Escape key from becoming bound
when exiting learn mode.
* Fix for bug 423009 to prevent Orca from speaking the role name
"list item" on web pages.
* Fix for bug 418430 to handle empty sections in Firefox.
* Fix for bug 423214 to use 1 through 6 and Shift+1 through Shift+6 to
navigate among headings by level.
* Work on bug 414926 to speak heading levels in Firefox (still need
to add braille).
* Fix for bug 422924 to add table navigation in Firefox. T and
Shift+T move you among tables. Alt+Shift+{Left,Right,Up,Down} will
move you among table cells. Alt+Shift+{Home,End} will move you to
the{top,bottom} of the current table.
* Fix for bug 417001 to add link structural navigation. U moves you to
the next unvisited link; Shift U to the previous unvisited link; V
to the next visited link; Shift V to the previous visited link.
* Fix for bug 416853 to prevent structural navigation keys from
interfering with shortcuts. Ctrl+o and Ctrl+h now work as expected.
* Fix for bug 416908 to add list structural navigation. L moves you
to the next list; Shift L moves you to the previous list.
* Fix for bug 423537 to add list item structural navigtion. I and
Shift I move you among list items.
* Fix for bug 416857 to reposition caret better in HTML content after
leaving and returning to the content (e.g., opening a separate
dialog and then closing it).
* Fix for bug 423531 so O and Shift O do not stop on images and now
say "large objects" instead of "chunks".
* Fix problem with SayAll where the speech engine might not give us a
callback if we pass it nothing or text that is just whitespace.
* Fix for bug 416964 to account for "no break space" character in word
delimiters.
* Fix for bug 404052 to let the user know the Preferences dialog is
loading.
* Fix for bug 402192 to speak text that is pasted in by a middle mouse
click.
* Fix for bug 392939 so that the dash character ("-") is spoken when
used as a negative sign at "some" punctuation.
* Fix for bug 350674 to announce when a new folder is opened and
announce number of items.
* Work on bug 415061 to help make regression test results repeatable.
* Work on bug 412837 and bug 416332 to measure and increase testing
coverage.
* Updates to the specification.
* New and updated translations (THANKS EVERYONE!!!):
ca Catalan Gil Forcada and Josep Puigdemont i Casamaj
=F3
da Danish Peter Bach
de German Hendrik Richter and Jochen Skulj
en_GB English/British David Lodge and Gareth Owen
nb Norwegian Bokm=E5l Kjartan Maraas and Sigurd Gartmann
======================
* Where can I get it ?
======================
You can obtain Orca v2.19.0 in source code form at the following:
http://download.gnome.org/sources/orca/2.19/orca-2.19.0.tar.gz
http://download.gnome.org/sources/orca/2.19/orca-2.19.0.tar.bz2
Enjoy!
The Orca Team
