Accessible Distros for a beginner?

[Linux for blind general discussion]

On Fri, 21 Aug 2020, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:

> Debian Testing, while not fully up-to-date, generally has the latest
> stable release of most actively maintained packages, and sometimes
> even release candidate or solid beta versions.

For those who want a stable system with  the occasional newer package, 
Debian Backports may be the best way to go.

Backports are packages from Testing which are compiled for the stable 
release.  So it won't suck in a whole lot of newer library dependencies 
just to install the testing version.

Orca 3.36.5 is currently available in backports.

For more info about Debian Backports, see https://backports.debian.org

Cheers,
Geoff.