Re: general accessibility question

Hello adri,

KDE for the most part is less accessible than gnome, but it's getting
better bit by bit. KDE does not have a separate screen reader, the
suggested screen reader for linux is orca no matter which desktop
environment you are using. Give it a try and feel free to report what you
find here, there are a couple of developers working on improving things all
the time.

Hope that helps,
Jeremy

On Fri, Aug 2, 2019 at 9:20 AM adri <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hello all
>
> I am a blind user of operating systems. I am using Windows as my
> mainstream OS, for years, but I am searching an accessible linux distro
> or something like this.
>
> I've seen that there is a couple of accessible distros, like Vinux or
> Sonar, but both are discontinued and deprecated
>
> I use to work with debian, because I know the basic commands and I am
> able to use the terminal. But the problem comes when I want to find an
> accessible and lightweight desktop environment. Most desktop
> environments are unaccessible, and I've tried gnome, but I don't like
> it, there are so much things that Orca don't read properly, like the
> left side bar, wich contains application icons, and I  don't like the
> searcher that appears when I press the Super key, I think the gnome
> desktop is the worst accessible desktop I've seen, but a lot of people
> talks about it as the best accessible desktop, I suppose that they say
> this because Orca is based on gnome desktop.
>
> Okay, my main question is, is KDE desktop accessible? Does it uses Orca
> as screen reader? or there are other screen readers on KDE desktop?
>
> thanks in advance
>
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