“There are thousands of excellent open source programs to choose
from. Here are 10 of my favorites that rarely get breathless buzz
or make top 10 lists, presented in no particular order, rhyme, or
reason.“The computer world hasn’t paid enough attention to
accessibility for vision, hearing, or physically-impaired computer
users, so there is only a small selection of applications. One of
the best is The Orca screen reader. Orca has screen magnification,
text-to-speech with multiple speech synthesizers with configurable
pitch and speed, male and female voices, and it supports Braille
displays. “
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