The latest version of the Orca package can be downloaded from Softpedia

Jan 16, 2014 20:01 GMT  ·  By

Orca, a free, open source, flexible, and extensible screen reader that provides access to the graphical desktop via speech and refreshable Braille, is now at version 3.11.4.

Orca works with applications and toolkits that support the Assistive Technology Service Provider Interface (AT-SPI), which is the primary assistive technology infrastructure for Linux and Solaris.

“This cycle, Orca is getting an overhaul with much of the code being rewritten in preparation for the focus: event deprecation,” reads the official announcement.

Highlights of Orca 3.11.4:

• pyatspi.cache.DEFAULT is now used instead of pyatspi.cache.ALL to prevent incorrect caching of object attributes; • A bug isNavigableAria(), which was causing us to override native ARIA navigation incorrectly, has been fixed; • Double-speaking autocompleted text is now prevented in Thunderbird.

A complete backlog of updates and bug fixes can be found in the GNOME repository. Download Orca 3.11.4 right now from Softpedia.

Remember that this is a development version and it should NOT be installed on production machines. It is intended for testing purposes only.