xfce and orca

[deedra waters]

so i've seen very old posts on google and  some posts from 2015. I'm 
curious as to what the state is of xfce and the accessibility setup 
meaning are pannels still inaccessible? i assume the desktop is still 
inaccessible as it does not talk when i tab and arrow around in it. I'd 
like to know this to decide wether i should stay with xfce or not or 
just  switch to mate. if there are ways of making  it more accessible to 
me i'm all for the ideas as long as it doesn't mean  building everything 
from source and patching things I'd like to keep as close to my distro 
as possible to make my life and my partner's lives easier.


How active is accessibility development with xfce these days?