In the subject line was mention of a new screen-reader. But nothing in the body of the message. > On Mar 22, 2023, at 10:32, Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > -- > Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com> > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: > soap, ballot, jury, and amo. > Please use in that order." > Ed Howdershelt 1940. > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2023 11:12:05 > From: Rastislav Kish <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Reply-To: orca@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > To: orca@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [orca] Odilia, the new Linux screenreader written in Rust, > reaches 0.1.0 > > Hello everyone, > > technically, this should perhaps be a little bit off-topic for this > list, but given its importance, I consider it very actual. > > When I found out few months ago someone started building a screenreader > in Rust for Linux, my first thought was this has to be an abandoned > project. But I checked its history and GitHub activity, and to my big > surprise, I found out the project is not just alive, but actually very > serious about its goal! > > Since then, I've been watching their repos, and I was really impressed > with the work being done! > > > What is this all about? As you may have heard, Rust is a popular new > middle-level programming language, which thanks to its innovative > design, makes it easy to write very performant, fast and secure > programs. Many pieces of software ranking from system components to > applications have been recently rewritten to Rust and seen significant > performance & safety improvements, Rust is now often the choice of > developers for projects that would previously had been written in C/C++, > but can now benefit from Rust's impressive safety and stability. > > Well, and now, accessibility developers want to bring the power of Rust > to Linux accessibility, building a screenreader in Rust. > > > After finishing with prototypes in the February of the previous year and > starting the project from scratch, Odilia finally reaches 0.1.0: > > https://odilia.app/news/release_0-1-0/ > > > This release is not by any means meant to be on par with Orca in terms > of features, just very elementary things are implemented right now. > > Building a screenreader from scratch is a herculean task, requiring > colossal effort, knowledge and, time. > > Therefore, this release is aimed for early users, willing to try new > things and provide constructive feedback. There is still a lot of work > to do, until Odilia grows into a full-fledged Orca competent. > > > Nevertheless, it's still a very impressive work, and I wish the project > a lot of success. If I'm not mistaken, right now, Linux is the only > system in the world that has a Rust screenreader! > > > Best regards > > > Rastislav > > > > _______________________________________________ > orca mailing list > orca@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://www.freelists.org/list/orca > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > 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