Orca Screen Reader App Updated for GNOME 3.22 with More LibreOffice Improvements

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  • Post Updated: April 3, 2024

The Orca open-source screen reader and magnifier utility used by default in many GNU/Linux distributions, especially those running the GNOME desktop environment, has received a major update recently.

The fact of the matter is that we’re talking about Orca 3.22, which is currently under massive development as part of the upcoming GNOME 3.22 desktop environment, due for release on September 21, 2016, and it a Beta 2 milestone had been pushed to public testers a few days ago.

As usual, we managed to get our hands on the internal changelog, and, to our surprise, there’s a huge list of changes added in Orca 3.22, such as performance improvements when building context, the ability to automatically refresh content, and toolkit-specific handling for special cases to the Flat Review area.

Moreover, for the Mouse Review area, Or… (read more)

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