On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 8:49 AM, Mark Doffman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > A new project has recently been added to freedesktop.org that aims to > translate the AT-SPI interface to D-Bus and provide API compatible > replacements for the AT-SPI libraries. The project was started with > GNOME's deprecation of CORBA in mind, but also with the goal of > providing cross-desktop accessibility. > > Coding began about in May of 2008 and a-lot of progress has been made. > There has not yet been a release, and the code is development quality, > but it would be very useful for people involved in the accessibility > community to take a look, test, and tell us where we might be going wrong. > > The repository is available at: > > http://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/at-spi2/at-spi2-core.git > or > git://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/at-spi2/at-spi2-core.git > > Included in this codebase is: > > A D-Bus version of the ATK bridge library. > A D-Bus version of the AT-SPI Registry daemon. > A D-Bus version of the pyatspi library. > A D-Bus version of the cspi library (Currently in disrepair) > The D-Bus AT-SPI specifications. > > A page detailing the current status of the project and instructions for > testing is located at http://www.linuxfoundation.org/en/AT-SPI_on_D-Bus. > > The mailing list for the project is > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I hope that these libraries will one day be stable enough to replace the > CORBA versions, as the use of D-Bus has a number of advantages to GNOME > accessibility. I think the most important of these is that we improve > our chances of having QT applications accessible using GNOME tools such > as Orca, Accerciser and GOK, as well as gaining the possibility of these > tools being used in KDE. > > Thanks > > Mark > _______________________________________________
I can provide packaging for opensuse and maybe fedora I think. I had packages for opensuse and I think it would work for fedora as well, but not sure. Let me know, Stephen _______________________________________________ gnome-accessibility-list mailing list gnome-accessibility-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-accessibility-list
