[Kde-accessibility] Re: accessibility.kde.org

[Olaf Jan Schmidt]

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Hi JP, hi Chris!

[JP Schnapper-Casteras]
> Agreed, raising the profile would be a good idea.  If anyone wants to
> step in and help me do this, it would be great, as I'm a bit
> overwhelmed with commitments at the moment.

I can help updating the site. Some weeks ago, you suggested discussing an=
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"agenda" for KDE Accessibility. As we are only very few people, this=20
should basically reflect the work currently done, plus a perspective for=20
things which will hopefully be done sooner or later.

My ideas where

1. Document existing programs on the web site (KMouth, KMousetool, KMag,=20
Speaker plug-ins, any other?)

I could do this.

2. Documentation of the Proklam work being currently done. This should=20
include answers to the questions:
What is Proklam?
How is cooperation with gnome-speech possible?
How do I use Proklam in my programs?
(explaination of dcop function, of the kspeech class, of the possible=20
changes to basic KDE parts like KTexteditor, and of the XML language used=
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by Proklam)

As Proklam needs to be coded first, an answer to the general ideas behind=
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Proklam might be enough for the start.

3. A concrete stragety paper for implementing an AT-SPI in KDE. Gunnar is=
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planning to come up with some ideas once KDE 3.2 is out, so we can=20
contact kde-core-devel for hints and ideas.
We will be lacking the time to implement all of this, but IMHO it would b=
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great to decide upon a general stragety so that people interested in=20
accessibilty issues have the option to start coding small pieces.


I am also wondering about whether it might be possible to create a=20
kdeaccess package for KDE 3.2 or KDE 3.3 - once Proklam is ready and=20
programs like KMouth and the Speaker plug-ins are working with Proklam.=20
Pupeno wishes Proklam to go into kdelibs, but some of the plug-ins might=20
then go into kdeaccess. I might be also an idea to create kdeaccess-gnome=
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for interoperability bridges.

> There is probably some funding available for things like printing out
> flyers or packets for an upcoming KDE developer's event or working on a
> common, cross-desktop usability Human Interface Guide (HIG) that
> incorporates accessibility issues.

That sounds great.

Olaf.

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