[ Thanks to An Anonymous Reader for this link. ]
“Q:You’re blind and yet you’re using your computer as
effectively as I am. Can you explain us how you setup your computer
? “SH:I gave a talk at Debconf9 on how my computer is set up; you
can watch the video for full details.“My main laptop runs Debian. I use the gnome-orca package as my
primary screen reader. It speaks the Gnome desktop. It does a
relatively good job of speaking Iceweasel/Firefox and
Libreoffice.”
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