What's New In Accessibility
GNOME has a passion for making software available to everyone, including users and developers with impairments that can make it harder to use their computer. To help, GNOME created the GNOME Accessibility Project and an accessibility framework that is now a standard on libre desktops.
GNOME 2.26 continues to build on its prior accessibility credentials with several improvements.
- 3.1. Orca Screenreader
3.1. Orca Screenreader
The Orca screenreader has had significant work done to reduce program bugs and improve performance, with over 160 bugs fixed for GNOME 2.26. Some of the improvements include:
- improved support for ARIA in Firefox;
- new understanding of how to pronounce WikiWords and mnemonics;
- the ability to configure speech pitch, rate and volume on the fly from the preferences pane; and
- improved performance and reliability.