I also think this depends a lot on what you want to do with Linux. I use 
Ubuntu with Orca, and this is what I use almost exclusively at home. 
Most of what I do on the computer at home these days is email and 
surfing the web. I'll occasional use ChromeVox in Chrome, and I 
frequently use Emacs with Emacspeak for notes and managing some personal 
information. Although I've considered myself to be pretty tech savvy in 
the past, I don't feel I need to be very technical to get Orca working 
with Thunderbird and Firefox.


On 3/6/19 8:02 AM, Fernando Botelho wrote:
> Hi Stan,
>
> The quick answer is that the best Linux screen readers, in my opinion, 
> are Orca, for graphical environments, and Fenrir, for text interfaces.
>
> In general you will find that there are accessibility issues under 
> Linux, just like there are under Windows, so your level of 
> satisfaction will depend greatly on what you want to do.
>
> Here is a good list to ask questions from those who use it every day:
> orca-list mailing list
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> https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/orca-list
> Orca wiki: https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Orca
> Orca documentation: https://help.gnome.org/users/orca/stable/
> GNOME Universal Access guide: 
> https://help.gnome.org/users/gnome-help/stable/a11y.html
> Log bugs and feature requests at http://bugzilla.gnome.org
>
> Here is a good resource if you want to start learning Linux with a 
> Raspberry Pi:
> https://guide.f123.org/
>
> I am responsible for the latter, so I am perhaps not the most 
> objective source on that.
>
> Best,
>
> Fernando
>
>
> On 03/06/2019 10:50 AM, Stan Berman wrote:
>> Good morning All:
>> I am interested in hearing from LIST members RE their experience and 
>> any other information of Linux as an alternative operating system and 
>> environment with software that can be accessible, especially using a 
>> screen reader.
>> I know that there are some screen readers available for LINUX, but I 
>> would like to know how good they are, flexible and adaptable and 
>> easily used without being a LINUX tech guru.
>> I am interested in LINUX pluses and minuses  in comparison with other 
>> operating systems, especially Apple and Microsoft.
>> Any comments would be greatly appreciated as would any references on 
>> the topic that I might read.
>> Thanks so much in advance for any and all comments!
>> Best wishes.
>> Stan
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