Hello Peter and all, Nice to see a discussion on LD issues. Initially when roadmap of Orca declared and LD was part of it, I started dreaming for Orca with reading support when and where required. I would like to be a part of it.
If requirements are clear, yes it has potential to get research funds. regards Leena On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 3:22 AM, Peter Korn <peter.k...@oracle.com> wrote: > ** > Christian, > > As Mats may recall (from conversations about this in AEGIS meetings), I > have also long been interested in seeing such an app. I personally believe > that the foundational work supporting GNOME Shell Magnifier is the right > place to start such an effort. Much of what you would like to offer > someone with LD is highlighting of various parts of the UI. Also > potentially stripping parts of the UI away that get in the way. A research > project called UI Façades (see http://www.cse.yorku.ca/~wolfgang/facades/and > the paper at > http://www.cse.yorku.ca/~wolfgang/papers/uifacades.pdf) gives a sense of > what is possible when you own the window manager, have X Composite & > OpenGL, and leverage AT-SPI. > > I personally hope developing something like this could be done in the > context of a significant, funded research project. > > > On 1/9/2012 4:38 AM, Christian Hofstader wrote: > > cdh: I agree entirely. THe idea I had was to start an entirely new > project but use parts of Orca where such would be convenient. > > Joanie: Is there a danger of depending on Orca for this support? I fear there > be. Perhaps the thing to do instead is identify the needs which are in > common, and develop a separate library or tool which Orca and this new > LD tool under consideration could each use (should they see fit to do > so). > > > cdh: I'm just tossing this idea around now. I have discussed it with some > friends but how the engineering would work is way off in the future. > > cdh: My idea is to provide an interface like KESI has in K3000 but instead of > doing everything in one unified ghetto app, add the augmentations on the > screen with information derived from AT-SPI. > > cdh: This will need to be a highly graphical piece of software so I'm not > likely the right person for the gig but I've studied the problem and have a > bunch of ideas for people with print impairments in the workplace. > > cdh > > _______________________________________________ > gnome-accessibility-list mailing > listgnome-accessibility-list@gnome.orghttp://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-accessibility-list > > > -- > [image: Oracle] <http://www.oracle.com> > Peter Korn | Accessibility Principal > Phone: +1 650 5069522 <+1%20650%205069522> > 500 Oracle Parkway | Redwood City, CA 94065 > [image: Green Oracle] <http://www.oracle.com/commitment> Oracle is > committed to developing practices and products that help protect the > environment > > _______________________________________________ > gnome-accessibility-list mailing list > gnome-accessibility-list@gnome.org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-accessibility-list > >
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