[Kde-accessibility] Accessibility Summer of Code projects

[Peter Korn]

Hi Henrik,

Cool stuff. 

For the on-screen keyboard, please consider doing something like "gok 
--simple" (assuming folks like David Bolter agree).  There is enough 
overlap that keeping common code common would be nice (vs. fragmenting 
approaches).  Also, with your use case for the student Liza, I think she 
would want most of the current features of GOK, though without 
necessarily the configuration GUI.  The last sentence of the Liza use 
case confuses me - how does she navigate the GNOME desktop and web 
perfectly without using an on-screen keyboard. 

For the magnifier, I'd be very keen to work with whoever you find on 
this.  I was involved in the inLARGE magnifier for Macintosh, and have 
been thinking a lot about magnification for UNIX.

Also, you might consider a fourth project: technology for people with 
cognitive impairments - something that's a big hole right now in UNIX.  
Please see things like Read&Write Gold from TextHelp, which provide 
assistance for folks with dyslexia, and with a variety of other print 
disorders.  See http://www.texthelp.com/rwg.asp?q1=products&q2=rwg


Regards,

Peter Korn
Accessibility Architect,
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
>
> (sorry for cross-posting again)
>
> The Ubuntu Accessibility Team is hosting up to three development 
> projects during this year's Summer of Code. The SoC scheme is an 
> opportunity to  break some new ground and so we are focusing on new 
> tools. There are  technologies coming on line such as XGL/compiz which 
> we should take advantage of to provide a higher level of accessibility.
>
> The three main ideas are:
>
>  * An XGL/compiz-based desktop magnifier
>  * A simple and user-friendly on-screen keyboard
>  * A common Assistive Technology configuration utility
>
> See the Ubuntu SoC2006 page for details: 
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/GoogleSoC2006
>
> There is still time for students to submit their applications here:
> http://code.google.com/soc/student_step1.html
>
> I'll be acting as official mentor for the students, though I'm also 
> hoping for support from the wider AT community. So if you know any 
> suitable students please encourage them to apply or if you think you can 
> help in some other way such as with testing or advice, please join in! 
> Let's welcome these students to our community and give them a good start 
> on their projects!
>
> - Henrik
> Ubuntu Accessibility Team
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