Post AlzNTab0DXJu2MLuoC by nieldk@infosec.exchange
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(DIR) Post #AlzMS49XFpSTAnDNGS by aral@mastodon.ar.al
2024-09-14T08:40:01Z
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“For those wanting to build a Wayland-only Linux desktop experience without carrying any aging X11 baggage, GNOME 47 will be able to optionally offer Wayland-only support without carrying X11/X.Org support.”https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-MRs-Without-X11How cool… does this mean there’s now a fully functional screen reader for Wayland-only GNOME or should we tell people who rely on screen readers to just suck it up?https://ar.al/2024/06/23/fedora-has-been-shipping-with-a-broken-screen-reader-for-nine-years-but-the-real-problem-is-me/#GNOME #GNOME47 #Wayland #Orca #accessibility #a11y #linux #OpenSource
(DIR) Post #AlzNTab0DXJu2MLuoC by nieldk@infosec.exchange
2024-09-14T08:51:31Z
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@aral all I know about is this project. Didn’t test/try it https://blogs.gnome.org/a11y/2024/06/18/update-on-newton-the-wayland-native-accessibility-project/
(DIR) Post #AlzP3dieBMTE6RgMCW by aral@mastodon.ar.al
2024-09-14T09:09:15Z
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@kkarhan @OS1337 Regarding the last point: https://orca.gnome.org
(DIR) Post #AlzRiE1aomfCC71ZOy by Tionisla@mastodon.bsd.cafe
2024-09-14T09:38:58Z
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@aral @kkarhan @OS1337 Regarding a18y being mandated by law: yes and no... At least over here in Germany if a product is supposed to be used in work environments it has to fullfill certain criteria of being barrier free.https://www.barrierefreiheit-dienstekonsolidierung.bund.de/Webs/PB/DE/gesetze-und-richtlinien/bitv2-0/bitv2-0-node.html
(DIR) Post #AlzogcqnqJ4VYcBS08 by danielsreichenbach@mastodon.world
2024-09-14T13:56:23Z
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@aral sadly nothing in Wayland. Looks like the accessibility protocol extension is still a work in progress or from the looks of it not even an official draft. 😫
(DIR) Post #Alzr9Q0wqYsU3ImoUq by thejackimonster@wehavecookies.social
2024-09-14T14:23:55Z
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@aral Have you seen this work here?https://blogs.gnome.org/a11y/2024/06/18/update-on-newton-the-wayland-native-accessibility-project/Not sure whether this gets merged already to be part of the release of GNOME 47. But it seems there have been changes to Orca for that release.
(DIR) Post #AlzzZyEH3frVKYBvEm by aral@mastodon.ar.al
2024-09-14T15:58:23Z
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@thejackimonster Yep.
(DIR) Post #Am0PN6Na2i7leR4Jeq by aral@mastodon.ar.al
2024-09-14T20:47:27Z
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@kkarhan Yep, it should. But it never has. And Fedora, for example, has been shipping with Wayland by default and without a working screen reader for the past nine years.https://ar.al/2024/06/23/fedora-has-been-shipping-with-a-broken-screen-reader-for-nine-years-but-the-real-problem-is-me/