[Kde-accessibility] Support for onscreen keyboard

Piñeiro apinheiro at igalia.com
Tue Jan 17 09:10:54 UTC 2012


On 01/17/2012 04:31 AM, Kyle Pablo wrote:
> Hello Frederik,
>
>     If Maliit will work with the Plasma Active API that's great.  I'm
> really interested in seeing KDE have a virtual/onscreen keyboard with
> enhanced features for the disabled.  I can type faster on my Android
> phone (word completion) compared to using xvkbd or kvkbd.  I use to
> use kvkbd but the pressing of the buttons became too sensitive.

Hi Kyle,

although Maliit is a really mature and featured on-screen-keyboard, it
seems that their developers doesn't have in his TODO accessibility
features. From here:

http://www.murrayc.com/blog/permalink/2011/11/16/maliit-the-only-real-on-screen-keyboard/

"Note that Maliit is not trying to be an on-screen keyboard for
accessibility."

And you can also see my questions (my nickname is API) on the responses
section in relation with their plans in relation to Accessibility.

BR

>
>
> Thanks,
> Kyle
>
> On 01/16/2012 10:49 AM, Frederik Gladhorn wrote:
>> Hi Kyle,
>>
>> I just read through the bug and I didn't see you answering about Maliit.
>> > From what I understand it is quite usable for Plasma Active, so I
>> see no
>> reason why it wouldn't work with regular KDE.
>>
>> If you have further feedback, we need to coordinate with the Plasma
>> devels
>> since they have been working on the current virtual keyboard of KDE.
>>
>> Cheers
>> Frederik
>>
>> Torsdag 12. januar 2012 14.25.23 skrev Kyle Pablo:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>>       I'm a disabled user who has been using Linux/Fedora/KDE for
>>> over 10
>>> years.  I can no longer type using a keyboard.  I use an onscreen
>>> keyboard (xvkbd) for typing, it is inadequate.  I have posted a
>>> whishlist feature on KDE's Bug Tracking System
>>> here--->http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=265452.
>>>       I also posted on KDE Brainstorm for a
>>> request--->http://forum.kde.org/brainstorm.php#idea97545_page1.
>>>       I am not programmer.  I love using Linux.  Any support or
>>> feedback
>>> in getting this feature implemented would be awesome.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Kyle
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