<s>
The	O
Linux	B-Language
Screen	I-Language
Reader	I-Language
(	O
LSR	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
discontinued	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open	I-License
source	I-License
effort	O
to	O
develop	O
an	O
extensible	O
assistive	O
technology	O
for	O
the	O
GNOME	B-Application
desktop	I-Application
environment	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
LSR	O
platform	O
was	O
to	O
give	O
people	O
with	O
visual	O
impairments	O
access	O
to	O
the	O
GNOME	B-Application
desktop	I-Application
and	O
its	O
business	O
applications	O
(	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
LSR	O
was	O
an	O
alternative	O
to	O
Orca	B-Language
,	O
but	O
there	O
were	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
non-competitive	O
reasons	O
for	O
having	O
two	O
extensible	O
assistive	O
technologies	O
for	O
the	O
GNOME	B-Application
desktop	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Linux	B-Language
Screen	I-Language
Reader	I-Language
(	O
LSR	O
)	O
was	O
started	O
in	O
2006	O
by	O
IBM	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
maintainers	O
managed	O
the	O
development	O
process	O
with	O
the	O
help	O
of	O
many	O
other	O
members	O
of	O
the	O
GNOME	B-Application
community	O
:	O
</s>
