every time I tried to open it, it would sort of "start up" but never actually start up at all. Maybe in Ubunru 10.04 we'll have something usable do you think? Say a 1024x780 virutal desktop and a 800圆00 screen, it kinda worked. There used to be an option years ago, where you could make your desktop larger than your screen, like a virtual desktop, I used this as a hack to make it magnify the screen, sadly this option is now gone. So I've resorted back to increasing the font size & large mouse pointer, not ideal. Useless.Ĭan't someone just port ZT to linux and be done with it! :) Then I tried the tracking, look good at first bu then in Thunderbird it would just wonder all over the screen and not on the email I was typing. Now back to Orca, I too have been trying to get to grips with it and failed, it freezes, the mouse pointer doesn't actually point in the right place, so when I click on a button, nothing happens becaues the pointer is acutally about 1cm in the other random direction, its very very frustrating.
I use ZoomText at work, I work with Java applications, and what happens when you work with java, yep the magniciation software tends not to work correctly, now again its improved but I still have 3 applicaitns that it will not work with, yes I have installed the Java Accessbridge, but it still relies on the Developers to actualy put the 'hocks' into the software in the fisrt place, I see the Secion 508 still hasn't made it through to software development yet :( as two of the products I can't use are from ORACLE! So there is my rant on ZT, but having said that I used Dolphin's Lunar before that, and that was Even Worse!
It's way behind Zoomtext and needs vast improvements made for it to offer a user friendly and effective alternative to Windows I want to be able to turn the program on and off as I so wish. I simply do not understand the documentation on keybindings.
I'm still trying to figure out how to adjust magnification using either my mouse or keypad. The GUI is a rather complicated mess with very sluggish performance on my PC. At work I use Zoomtext and, yes, that is the quality those of us with low vision need. I've recently started playing with Orca and must agree with you that it's more of a frustration than anything else to use. I do not program but this is what i think about Orca.ĭo you think ubuntu will ever come around and fix this? I was just unable to use it due to how strange it was tohave two curcers on the screen at once. When I used orca I had this huge mouse int he center of my screen with a smaller mouse (that being my real mouse) moving around. I am not saying copy Zoomtext but make it to where the mouse moves around the screen. I do not need speach as i have vision but the magniffier's quality is REALLY bad.