Yes, the backends do not currently support it, they only support sending named icons. Please contact them though. Best, Meg
On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 7:38 AM, Cesar Mauri <ce...@crea-si.com> wrote: > Hi Meg, > > El 13/10/2011 1:56, meg ford escribió: > > Thinking in people with language and communication disorders > >> (i.e. people not able to read/write due to cognitive/mental >> disorders), it would be interesting to have a IM client able to >> compose, send and display messages made up pictograms + text. >> So, messages would look like this: >> >> http://1.bp.blogspot.com/___**h4z60kN9fAk/TBnOIM61kUI/__** >> AAAAAAAAAQ8/TM0fBXcTvyA/s1600/**__cumplea%C3%B1os.png<http://1.bp.blogspot.com/___h4z60kN9fAk/TBnOIM61kUI/__AAAAAAAAAQ8/TM0fBXcTvyA/s1600/__cumplea%C3%B1os.png> >> >> <http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_**h4z60kN9fAk/TBnOIM61kUI/** >> AAAAAAAAAQ8/TM0fBXcTvyA/s1600/**cumplea%C3%B1os.png<http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_h4z60kN9fAk/TBnOIM61kUI/AAAAAAAAAQ8/TM0fBXcTvyA/s1600/cumplea%C3%B1os.png> >> > >> >> Also, it would be useful to add TTS support in order to hear >> messages written in plain text (which could be also useful for >> blind people). >> >> There had been some efforts in that way: >> >> >> http://www.fundmaresme.com/**messengervisual/<http://www.fundmaresme.com/messengervisual/> >> >> >> I will bring this up with the IM developers when they meet, and tell >> them that it was your suggestion. It sounds like a very promising >> idea to me, and if there is interest, I will be willing to help with >> it, as well. It could also be a useful tool for Sugar to have, so >> that children who are learning to read could communicate easily. >> >> >> but unfortunately only designed to work on an intranet and now >> abandoned :-( >> >> Furthermore, am I the author of a11y projects. If you have >> interest I would provide further details. >> >> >> Certainly! I will contact you and let you know what the IM >> developers have to say. >> >> I spoke to one of the developers of Telepathy about this, and here is >> what he said: >> >> Currently Telepathy does not support this type of feature. For example, >> users cannot send emoticons that they have drawn themselves. Therefore, >> you would need to write a library for this. If you are willing to write >> a library, they would be happy to have this feature. >> >> Secondly, they recommend that you write a seperate app for this feature, >> but use the Empathy contact list. They recommend that the feature be >> accessed through the accessibility menu. >> >> Lastly, if you would like to discuss this, please contact the developers >> on the mailing list: >> telepathy@lists.freedesktop.**org<telepa...@lists.freedesktop.org> >> <mailto:telepathy@lists.**freedesktop.org<telepa...@lists.freedesktop.org> >> >. >> >> >> I hope that this is helpful. Please let me know if you have any >> questions, and if you do begin work on this, I will be happy to be of >> assistance if I can >> >> Sincerely, >> Meg Ford >> > > Thanks for this feedback and for your assistance offer, but now we're not > in the position to start a new development front. Anyway I'll contact the > developers mailing list to, a least, leave the request and ask whether the > backends support this feature. > > Regards, > > César > > >
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