Speech dispatcher is, to the best of my knowledge, a software speech
source only.
as stated, this is not a matter of, hey lets try this!
its a matter of, based on actual attempts, hey lets trigger a Cesar!
Sorry, but I am not risking my health on something I know from risking my
health with main line sources like Apple causes issues.
On Sun, 29 Jan 2023, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
According to Karen:
I cannot use Orca, because the speech synthesis chosen for the program at
the very least causes dizziness for me, and at worse risks episodes
that mirror those experienced by some who manage epilepsy.
Orca uses speech-dispatcher, which has a number of speech synthesizers and
voices available. Because of the abstraction available from
speech-dispatcher, as well as the number of voices available and the relative
ease of adding new ones via the generic module, this is a non-issue.
You cannot be expert on all the ways the human body personifies, making
such a blanket statement somewhat concerning.
I made no blanket statements, and you are also not any kind of expert.
How does this differ from those speaking of a blind community?
Again, I made no blanket statements, I simply pointed out the fact that use
of a more versatile screen reading application affords access to more recent
technologies and allows for easier navigation of websites and other
applications that is seriously lacking in text-only applications of all
types.
as for the definition of accessible, its a w3c one. Specifically that
tools must be browser device, and user agent agnostic.
The W3C was and still is involved in JavaScript and HTML5 accessibility.
These are current web standards that have much testing and development input
from the W3C among others. There are also accessibility specific standards
built upon these latest versions of web technologies, and I know of no
text-based web browser that has been able to keep up with them. Even w3m
itself is old and largely unmaintained, and does not take into account the
latest standards and refinements made even by the W3C. So once again, your
choice is your choice, but if it can't keep up with current technologies or
comply with current accessibility standards, you will naturally lose plenty
of access as technology and even the definition of accessibility evolve.
~ Kyle
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