Test: VS Code with Orca screen reader

[isidorn]

Refs: #90446

• Linux @deepak1556
• Linux @rebornix

Complexity: 4

We are now supporting Orca screen reader on Linux. We should do some exploratory testing on how Orca behaves with VS Code. File issues to me @isidorn and then I will forward them to the corresponding owner.

1. Configure Orca to use the latest version by following these instructions
2. Turn on Orca by Universal Access > Screen Reader > On. Docs
3. Set "editor.accessibilitySupport": "on" in vscode insiders settings
4. Restart VS Code

Verify the following:

• Navigation character by character in the Editor correctly reads the characters
• Navigation word by word in the Editor correctly reads the words
• Suggest widget is accessible
• Take some list / tree (example Explorer, Extensions view) and verify navigating through it the content is nicely read
• Test out the main menu is nicely read out and can be navigated via keyboard
• Try out some other area of your liking and try if it's accessibility with Orca

[rebornix]

Since there is no sound support for Ubuntu vm in HyperV, I set up a new Ubuntu 18 vm in Parallel Desktop and installed following packages to get orca working

# git
sudo apt install git
git clone https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/orca.git
cd orca/

# packages for building orca
sudo apt install automake
sudo apt install autoconf
sudo apt install autopoint
sudo apt install yelp-tools
sudo apt install -y python-gi-dev
sudo apt-get install libatspi2.0-dev
sudo apt-get install libatk-bridge2.0

# sound support https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/documentation/installing/on-linux.html?gi-language=c
sudo apt-get install libgstreamer1.0-0 gstreamer1.0-plugins-base gstreamer1.0-plugins-good gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly gstreamer1.0-libav gstreamer1.0-doc gstreamer1.0-tools gstreamer1.0-x gstreamer1.0-alsa gstreamer1.0-gl gstreamer1.0-gtk3 gstreamer1.0-qt5 gstreamer1.0-pulseaudio


# build
make
sudo make install

[isidorn]

@rebornix thanks for pasting the instructions here

[joaomoreno]

Doesn't seem to work in Ubuntu 19.10.

[isidorn]

Our blind users seem to use Arch Linux.
@rebornix let me know if things seem to work for you with Ubuntu 18

[joaomoreno]

I couldn't get Orca to work at all in Arch, will try again on my home setup...

I couldn't get it to work on Ubuntu 19.10, will still try 18.04.

[rebornix]

It works fine on Ubuntu 18.04 in PD based on my testing. Ran into a couple of issues but in overall it's good to me.