Brave browser with nothing in .desktop file doesn't speak. Brave-browser with --enable-caret-browsing doesn't speak. brave-browser with --enable-caret-browsing --force-renderer-accessibility doesn't speak. brave-browser with --enable-caret-browsing --force-renderer-accessibility --enable-speech-dispatcher doesn't speak. brave-browser is missing accessibility for screen readers like orca. Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com> "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940) . On Thu, 27 Oct 2022, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > Thus spake Jude: > > The current version of google-chrome is totally inaccessible for orca users > > and google messed up the package install so that package install doesn't > > even work correctly either. These are some of the things the testers find > > out and I hope before any other users so others will know to steer clear. > > Vivaldi 5.5 works no better than google-chrome but at least vivaldi installs > > with no errors so it installs correctly. > > > I just got a Brave browser upgrade today from their official repository, and > their package installs correctly and although I still need a local .desktop > file to run it, I have it speaking with Orca. I would think that any > Chromium-based browser should work, with the exception of packaging problems, > in much the same way. Still, it is unfortunately necessary to have a local > .desktop file and run it from a menu launcher. Otherwise it requires running > from a terminal or the run window to set the needed environment variables and > option flags. Of course the environment variable can be included in a system > profile, but I think at least the --enable-caret-browsing option is still > required, which is not in the default .desktop file that ships with most > systems. I don't mind sharing the local .desktop file that works for me, only > the name of the browser executable needs to be changed on the Exec= line in > order to make your chosen chromium-based browser talk. > > ~Kyle > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list