This is really too bad the bug has been roting on the Debian side but the bug has been fixed upstream for 4 months. I'd really like this bug to go to Wheezy, as it is safe, very short, and cleanly applies and works on gnome-3-4. Would it be possible to cherry pick the patch as it is really hurting accessibility? It is available directly from cgit: http://git.gnome.org/browse/orca/patch/?id=65c3ba3a13f0532847c3285205b4285bbd09daaa