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<h2>Screen reader</h2>
<p>
There are currently two actively developed screen readers
for the GNOME desktop:
</p>
<h3>Orca</h3>
<p>Orca was started and is currently developed at the Sun Accessibility Office.</p>
<p>More info <a href="http://live.gnome.org/Orca">here</a>.</p>
<h3>LSR (Linux Screen Reader)</h3>
<p>LSR is a development effort from IBM.</p>
<p>More info <a href="http://live.gnome.org/LSR">here</a>.</p>

<h3>Gnopernicus (obsolete)</h3>
<p>
The
<A href="http://www.gnome.org/learn/access-guide/2.18/gnome-access-guide.html">GNOME
2.18 Desktop Accessibility Guide</A> is a useful starting point to learn about
important aspects of GNOME Acessibility, such as
<A href="http://www.gnome.org/learn/access-guide/2.2/gnome-access-guide.html#keynav-0">Using the Keyboard to Navigate the Desktop</A>.

<P>
<A href="mailto:marc@acbradio.org">Marc Mulcahy</A> has done a fascinating
series on <A href="http://www.acbradio.org/mainmenu.html">ACB Radio's
Main Menu</A> about
<A href="http://www.baum.ro/gnopernicus.html">Gnopernicus</A>,
GNOME's screen reader and screen magnification software.
<UL>
<LI><A href="http://www.acbradio.org/archives/mainmenu/mm1374.mp3">Part 1</A>
gives a basic overview of the Gnopernicus configuration menu and other
introductory topics.
<LI><A href="http://www.acbradio.org/archives/mainmenu/mm1382.mp3">Part 2</A>
gives an overview of the GNOME panel and the control-center.
<LI><A href="http://www.acbradio.org/archives/mainmenu/mm1393.mp3">Part 3</A>
demonstrates the
<A href="http://www.fonix.com/page.cfm?name=product_dectalk_rt_for_linux&ID=15">Fonix DECtalk Software</A> engine
used as a backend for Gnopernicus.
<LI>And finally,
<A href="http://www.acbradio.org/archives/mainmenu/mm1423.mp3">Part 4</A>
gives a hint about where
<A href="http://www.mozilla.org/projects/ui/accessibility/unix/index.html">Mozilla
Accessibility on Unix</A>
currently stands, and also
includes a presentation of the Balsa e-Mail client.
</UL>

<H2>GNOME Accessibility Development</H2>
<P>
The <A href="http://developer.gnome.org/projects/gap/">GNOME Accessibility Project (GAP)</A>
is the umbrella project for Accessibility related work in GNOME.
One important document for developers is <A href="http://developer.gnome.org/projects/gap/guide/gad/">GNOME Accessibility for Developers -- How to make GNOME 2.0 Applications Accessible</A>.
A <A href="http://www.gnome.org/~calum/access-bugs.html">List of Accessibility bugs in GNOME 2.x</A> is
available and should help you to get an overview of already known problems.
<P>
Additionally, Wipro Technologies recently released
<A href="http://developer.gnome.org/projects/gap/testing/index.html">
Testing GNOME applications for Accessibility</A> which introduces you
to all the necessary steps to test if a GNOME application
works correctly from an Accessibility standpoint.