Re: [orca-list] Fegora project has a new official name Vojtux

[Jace Kattalakkis <khalfang1366 gmail com>]

This does adress a concern I raised elsewhere about Fegora being hard to 
find in search results, so thank you for the new name that isn't lost in 
a sea of Fedora results.


Is the new name sitting where it probably ought to be, atop the search 
results? I haven't tested yet, as said an issue with Fegora was simply, 
well, finding the distro since Fedora was the automatic search result 
and suggested ones in 3 or 4 search engines, I tried Google, Bing, DDg, 
the popular engines and each put Fedora above Fegora. So if this change 
fixes that, I am all for it.

I'm also in touch with people who cannot even install the base Fedora 
due to hardware issues. Are the variables and scripts going to be 
somewhere so, say, an Ubuntu or Slint or Debian or insert your distro of 
choice here, user can plug them in and they work? Part of the issue 
about Linux A11Y is the lack of documented info, I have to go hunting 
for a long while to even find which variables or where to even set them. 
I'd argue the variables should be on the project's wiki for everyone to 
use so it's easy to find instead of hidden away. I'd argue the scripts 
and everything else should aim to be distro agnostic. What good is 
putting all the work in, if a blind person can't then, install the 
distro because of their hardware not working with it?


On 10/24/22 11:45, Lukáš Tyrychtr via orca-list wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> On behalf of, mostly Vojta, I am proud to announce that project Fegora 
> <https://github.com/vojtapolasek/Fegora> has got the official name 
> Vojtux.
>
> *What is Vojtux?*
>
> Vojtux project is still in the development process. The goal of the 
> project is to create a Fedora remix that is user friendly for visually 
> impaired and blind users.
>
> Vojtux brings the following changes, among others:
>
>  * Environment variables for accessibility are configured from the start.
>  * The Orca screen reader starts as soon as the graphical interface 
> loads.
>  * A custom repo is added with extra voice synthesis and packaged 
> software.
>  * Many alternative keyboard shortcuts have been added.
>  * There's a special script that can turn your monitor on and off. Many
>    users do not need the monitor at all and having it off is a great
>    power saver!
>
> *Why Vojtux and who chose the name?*
>
> Vojtux is named after Vojtěch Polášek, who is a blind software 
> engineer from Red Hat, working in the security compliance team. Vojta 
> is focusing on computer security and also accessibility for blind 
> users and he is the heart of the now Vojtux project.
>
> Vojta asked people from the community for help with choosing a new 
> name for Fegora and a group of Red Hatters voted for the winner.
>
> If anyone is interested in more details, feel free to contact Vojta 
> at: vpolasek redhat com
>
> Best regards
>
> Lukáš Tyrychtr
>
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