Thanks, David. However, I must set the record straight. This one was all Rob. My efforts in Nokia were well behind him.
Janina David Bolter writes: > Janina, it is all so awesomely cool. Thanks for all your efforts behind > the scenes. > > cheers, > David > > Janina Sajka wrote: >> This truly is wonderful news. I personally can't wait to take some of >> those KDE apps for a spin with Orca, and I expect there will be KDE >> based AT that will now be able to do the same with Gnome, Open Office, >> and Firefox. >> >> But, there's one more aspect of this I wanted to mention. Will notes >> that AT-SPI on Dbus will give us the opportunity to add accessibility to >> small and embedded devices--cell phones, pdas, etc. During the recently >> concluded Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit we heard an estimate >> from IDC that Linux will drive approximately 50% of all such devices by >> 2012. So, we may be on the verge of an explosion of accessibility >> opportunities. >> >> And, to top it all off, KDE and QT get the benefit of AT-SPI based >> realtime automated testing, just like Dogtail and LDTP are doing via the >> current Corba based AT-SPI. How awesomely cool is that? >> >> Janina >> >> >> Willie Walker writes: >> >>> This is indeed awesome news for the community, and it's great to see that >>> the people who did the AT-SPI/DBus feasibility study are the ones that >>> will be doing the work. >>> >>> Some of the major impacts of this work include: >>> >>> 1) Releasing accessibility from the shackles of the out-of-style >>> CORBA/Bonobo technology and into the hip with-it DBus space. >>> >>> 2) Unifying accessibility infrastructure across KDE and GNOME, paving the >>> way for users to be able to use one assistive technology to be used to >>> access both desktops. >>> >>> 3) By shedding CORBA/Bonobo, it helps enable accessibility solutions to >>> migrate to the small device and embedded space. >>> >>> All very exciting stuff! >>> >>> Will >>> >>> >>> JGJones wrote: >>> >>>> I came across this on Planet Gnome and thought it would be of interest >>>> if no-one heard of. Apologises if you all already know this and I'm a >>>> bit slow on the uptake :-) >>>> >>>> http://blog.floopily.org/2008/04/23/nokia-funds-d-bus-based-accessibility/ >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> gnome-accessibility-list mailing list >>>> gnome-accessibility-list@gnome.org >>>> http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-accessibility-list >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> gnome-accessibility-list mailing list >>> gnome-accessibility-list@gnome.org >>> http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-accessibility-list >>> >> >> -- Janina Sajka, Phone: +1.202.595.7777; sip:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC http://CapitalAccessibility.Com Marketing the Owasys 22C talking screenless cell phone in the U.S. and Canada Learn more at http://ScreenlessPhone.Com Chair, Open Accessibility [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Foundation http://a11y.org _______________________________________________ gnome-accessibility-list mailing list gnome-accessibility-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-accessibility-list
