Hi Cesar, 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. >> >> Something else that you may like to look at is the FreeIconToSpeech >> wiki<http://wiki.laptop.org/go/FreeIconToSpeech>. They had an alpha release but it looks like development stopped at that point. You may find that there are members of the OLPC/Sugar community who are interested in the type of project you are discussing.
Best, Meg
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