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On Jun 10, 2015 7:50 PM, "kendell clark" <<a href="mailto:coffeekingms@gmail.com">coffeekingms@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> hi all<br>
> The subject is kind of vague, so I'll try to clarify. In order to<br>
> participate in video meetings with fedora's council or anyone else<br>
> that uses it, you currently have to use google hangouts. I'm not<br>
> averse to this even though it's closed source software, but there's<br>
> still a rather concerning issue. Currently, I believe, I don't know<br>
> for sure, but I think the only way to do this is by installing either<br>
> google chrome or chromium. This wouldn't be a problem, except that<br>
> chrome and chromium provide no accessibility support. That is, orca,<br>
> the main linux screen reader, cannot get at the contents of web pages<br>
> to read them. This can be fixed by installing an addon to<br>
> chrome/chromium called chromevox, which is a screen reader<br>
> specifically designed for chrome. This isn't a major problem, except<br>
> that until this is done, a blind person cannot use chrome. The<br>
> procedure for doing this isn't at all intuitive. You have to go to the<br>
> chrome app store, type in chromevox, and install it. After this,<br>
> chrome will be accessible. This isn't easy to do in fedora, largely<br>
> because fedora doesn't feature chromium, and I object to chrome's<br>
> license. I'm not writing in to complain, but just to ask if there are<br>
> any plans in place to migrate away from something that requires a<br>
> specific web browser to participate in? If this were doable in firefox<br>
> or any derivitives, this would not be an issue, because firefox and<br>
> it's spinoffs are accessible to orca.</p>
<p dir="ltr">You can use Firefox for hangouts. There is s plugin that needs to be installed but then it works.</p>
<p dir="ltr">That doesn't address the wider issues of using a non-oss tool, but hangouts itself does not require chrome.</p>
<p dir="ltr">josh</p>