[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

Request for review of release-notes item: GTK4 apps are not accessible with screen reader



Dear a11y users and experts,

In bug 1034248 [1] against the release notes it has been brought up that
GNOME isn't as accessible as it was before (I recall it already wasn't
great and a11y prefer MATE already). Can you please review and comment
on the proposed text below?

title: GNOME has reduced accessibility support for screen readers

Many GNOME apps have switched from the GTK3 graphics toolkit to GTK4.
Sadly, this has made many apps much less usable with screen readers such
as Orca.

If you depend on a screen reader you should consider switching to a
different desktop such as Mate, which has better accessibility support.
You can do this by installing the mate-desktop-environment package.
Information about how to use Orca under Mate is available on the Debian
Accessibility Wiki [3].

On behalf of the Release Notes editors
Paul

[1] https://bugs.debian.org/1034248
[2] https://mate-desktop.org
[3] https://wiki.debian.org/Accessibility/Orca#MATE.

Attachment: OpenPGP_signature
Description: OpenPGP digital signature


Reply to: