Orca does not speak

[Linux for blind general discussion]

System admin classes if done for linux or unix cover process ids along
with some system utilities to control them when that becomes necessary.
Whether or not you've had a system admin class in Linux, if you've
installed and have your own Linux system operating congratulations, you
just got a Linux system Administrator's Hat.  Most of those virtual hats
have amateur status on them and some novice and a few have professional
status.

On Tue, 15 Jan 2019, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:

> Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2019 11:48:57
> From: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com>
> To: blinux-list at redhat.com
> Subject: Re: Orca does not speak
>
> I actually hold a BS in Computer Science, though I confess none of my
> classes ever went into much detail regarding process IDs, not even the
> ones that dealt with Linux(granted, even the Linux-heavy classes
> seemed designed for students coming from a Windows background, and by
> the time I finished my general education studies and started focusing
> on my major, I had been a full-time Linux user for a few years.
>
> That said, while I can understand the reasoning, and might could even
> agree it's the most reasonable choice from an internal, developer
> facing perspective, I've been mostly approaching this discussion from
> an external, end-user perspective, the explanation requires delving
> into what should arguably be a black box from the end-user's side, and
> if the wording confuses people who are likely well-above average in
> being technologically literate, I feel bad for those who are learning
> to use Linux or a computer for the first time.
>
> I won't begrudge a developer, not even a FOSS developer, for
> optimizing their code for their own readibility and workflow,
> especially when they expect few external contributions even if they
> optimize for general readability, but I do think UI should strive for
> minimizing the amount of technical knowledge the end user needs in
> order to understand how to operate the software, especially for
> something with as general use as a screen reader.
>
> But meh, I feel like both sides are repeating themselves, neither is
> likely to change their opinion, and it's not likely I or anyone else
> will make a personal fork of orca to change a pair of two-character
> substrings in a single long switch. Wasn't even aware Orca had a
> command-line interface prior to this thread and I usually just fix
> issues with orca by either closing Firefox, which given my setup
> triggers termination of orca and my x-session, or if that fails,
> rebooting the computer, which is usually sufficient to fix minor
> problems or point out problems big enough to restore a backup of my
> root partition(though admittedly, that latter definitely isn't
> something I'd expect a beginner to be able to do and I manage such
> through bash scripts that save me from having to memorize the cryptic
> syntax of partimage).
>
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