Evince no longer makes PDF readable with Orca

Jean-Philippe MENGUAL <[email protected]> Wed, 18 Feb 2026 11:01:52 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.linux.debian.devel.accessibility
Organization Hypra
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hi,

On Sid, the new evince peackage no longer enables me to read pdf files 
with orca. The browse mode with f7 moves the caret, but no screen reader 
feedback. atril works, but not evince.

We dont know wether the problem is related to something not implemented 
in Evince 49, or at-spi does not have some useful thing. Is it due to 
Debian or upstream? The response is not easy to do.

We plan to reportbug to evince maintainer, but I think the support of 
a11y team is useful tu help upstream devs or maintainers of the package 
to track the problem. Otehrwise, atril may be the appropriate choixe for 
future debian releases where we want to have pdf readable.

Best regards,