Roadmap/ Forecast/ Hopes :)

[chrys at linux-a11y.org]

Howdy List,

surprise, its me again ;).

I want to talk about plans and roadmaps.
We concentrate on making the most basic desktop opperations accessible  
currently.

The next importaint Tasks are:
1. missing a11y labes in default start menu
2. keyboard for default start menu navigation needs improvement
3. task switcher (alt + tab) is not accessible

i start fixing the missing a11y labels on the default start menu.

My plan (hope) is to get the list aboe fixed to the next major plasma release.

Are here people arround who wanna help working on KDEs a11y? Maybe  
someone wants to do some pioneer work :) and write something down to  
the wiki? or wants set some a11y labels or keyboar navigation? QML is  
pretty easy. that said. think about and join ;)!

I read a mail from Frederik about the project structure. ( i didnt get  
this message somehow), what i want to answer here inline as well  
(since it fits the topic):
Frederik wrote:

> I wonder if anyone wants to be project manager, I'm not very good at  
> that personally.

Sure i can do that if nothing against?

> I wrote a quick blog post as well. http://blogs.fsfe.org/gladhorn/2018/10/14/
> screen-reader-accessibility-for-the-plasma-desktop/
> Right now I think we have two big tasks outlined that should be tackled:

awsome blog post :)!

> 1) Getting Orca started
> I think this is about some research, confirming that it works with  
> the shortcut. In a later stage it would be even better to get it  
> integrated with the login screen (both sddm or the gnome login - gdm  
> should be possible to get to work). But I'd keep things simple at  
> first, let's make sure users can get to Orca after login. Let's  
> collect issues and get them sorted out.

This works like an charm to me. i use it a lot for my tests. Also the  
checkbox in the a11y settings works.
the login screen is no priority i think. GDM is alread providing this  
feature. there is also startx.

> 2) Break down the Plasma issues
> There will be a lot of small and big problems. I think we should try  
> to sort them in some form. Maybe it would be good to work towards  
> enabling some workflows at first. What are the most important things  
> you'd like to do? Where are the blockers. Over time this can  
> encompass more and more, but we need to start somewhere.

i fully agree with that. Basic operations first. Desktop, Task  
switcher and start menu should be priority.
another thing. I m very thankful for your and hein´s help and trust.

> Cheers,
> Frederik

chees chrys