Orca Screen Reader: Road Map

Settings and UI

• Migrate to GSettings (Orca currently rolls its own)
• Convert the application settings to use the settings manager's backend
• Move as much of the configuration as possible into gnome-control-center
• For other Orca UI, add Qt support so Gtk+ is not a required dependency

Document Content

• Migrate Orca's WebKit support to the generic web script, including caret control

• Continue implementing support for MathML
• Continue improving support for web applications, especially those which use ARIA

• Add/improve support for LibreOffice Impress

Libpeas Plugins

• Implement libpeas support in Orca
• Migrate command-based features to libpeas plugins

Gestures

• Add support in Orca for the (to-be-created) support expected to be added to toolkits, ATK, and AT-SPI2
• Create Orca-specific gestures for Orca commands for touch interfaces

General/Ongoing Maintenance

• Add support for new widgets added to toolkits
• Add support for new roles, new states, and new interface API in ATK/AT-SPI2, and remove support for deprecated API
• Implement generic support for application's find feature and wizards for more consistent user experience
• Implement braille word wrap
• Continued code clean up and refactoring
• Migrate to using AT-SPI2 directly (via gobject introspection) rather than via pyatspi2

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