[Nfb-science] Fwd: ORCA Screen Reader Released

[David Andrews]

>
> From today's OpenDocument Format Alliance newsletter:
>
>ORCA Screen Reader Released; Mozilla Foundation Accessibility 
>Funding Available
>
>Version 1.0.0 of Orca - the free, open source, scripting screen 
>reader for UNIX systems that provides access to the graphical 
>desktop via user-customizable combinations of speech, braille, 
>and/or magnification - has been officially released. Development of 
>Orca was led by Sun's Accessibility Program Office, and the 1.0.0 
>release includes many contributions from the open source community 
>and disability organizations. Version 1.0.0 supports the GNOME 
>desktop, yelp, gedit, gnome-terminal, evolution, gaim, OpenOffice 
>Writer & Calc, and StarOffice Writer & Calc. Separately, the Mozilla 
>Foundation announced that it is funding grants for individuals to 
>work on Mozilla accessibility projects.
>
>ORCA Live! - <http://live.gnome.org/Orca>http://live.gnome.org/Orca
>Announcing ORCA v1.0.0 - 
><http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-announce-list/2006-September/msg00008.html>http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-announce-list/2006-September/msg00008.html 
>
>Mozilla Accessibility Grants - 
><http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.dev.accessibility/browse_thread/thread/a16f8a242037626b/4ea34c2b1b1bbfb6#4ea34c2b1b1bbfb6>http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.dev.accessibility/browse_thread/thread/a16f8a242037626b/4ea34c2b1b1bbfb6#4ea34c2b1b1bbfb6
>
>Best regards,
>
>Marbux
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