Re: Interested in expanding Dasher for use with an IDE to program

2013-06-16 Thread Mats Lundälv
Hi all,   So what would be needed for making Dasher geared up for use with an IDE like Eclipse?   Would it not in fact be possible to achieve a lot by just producing a new learning text, with a suitable vocabulary for the statistical "prediction" function, and a tailored selection array including

Ang. Re: Ang: AT for LD

2012-01-09 Thread Mats Lundälv
Joanie and Christian, These are both very good suggestions that I hope may create a foundation for moving ahead with this. Mats Från: Joanmarie Diggs Till: Christian Hofstader Kopia: Mats Lundälv , Brian Cameron , "gnome-accessibility-list@gnome.org" Datum: 2012-01-09 02:25

Ang: AT for LD

2012-01-08 Thread Mats Lundälv
-Christian Hofstader skrev: -I would love to work on a system wide "screen reader" for people with learning disabilities. Something like K3000 (KESI) or WYNN from FS. Using the Gnome accessibility features along with visual effects should be able to do something really innovative.Christian

Ang: Re: [g-a-devel] GNOME Launches Campaign for Accessibility

2012-01-07 Thread Mats Lundälv
Hi, I'd just want to express my opinion about this being a very important discussion, and to reinforce what Christian says about the problem with promoting free systems with major a11y shortcomings for public use. Here we hear about the remaining difficulties for VI screenreader users, though this

Ang: Release of GEM (GEstures with Mouse)

2011-12-18 Thread Mats Lundälv
e for cross-fertilisation and perhaps integration with the Caribou project? Best wishes,Mats Mats Lundälv   DART, reg.hab., Drottning Silvias barn- och ungdomssjukhus, SUKruthusgatan 17, SE-411 04 Göteborg, Swedenwww.dart-gbg.orgtel (DART): +46 (0)31 342 08 04mobil:+46 (0)705 298093, fax: +46 (0)31

Ang: Re: Pictogram support (Montreal Summit)

2011-10-31 Thread Mats Lundälv
n.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby_character http://www.useragentman.com/blog/2010/10/29/cross-browser-html5-ruby-annotations-using-css/ Mats -Simon McVittie skrev: - Till: telepa...@lists.freedesktop.org Från: Simon McVittie Datum: 2011-10-31 13:10 Kopia: gnome-accessibility-list@gnome.org, Mats

Ang: Re: [Telepathy] Ang: Re: Pictogram support (Montreal Summit)

2011-10-31 Thread Mats Lundälv
n any development around this within AEGIS, but it will be interesting to keep this in mind in the planning for follow-up actions further on. Cheers, Mats -Danielle Madeley skrev: -On Fri, 2011-10-28 at 23:19 +0200, Mats Lundälv wrote:> Thanks both for this interesting information a

Ang: Re: [Telepathy] Pictogram support (Montreal Summit)

2011-10-28 Thread Mats Lundälv
Hi  Thanks both for this interesting information about the preconditions for graphics in IM! The XEP-0231specs look quite promising (to an amateur in the techy field, as I am)!  Another question then: Is there any support currently for Ruby Annotation  in any of these IM protocols? If not; Are ther

Ang: Re: Pictogram support (Montreal Summit)

2011-10-25 Thread Mats Lundälv
Hi Peter, Cesar and all, As Peter points out, and as I mentioned in my post in the gnome-accessibility list, the 'font track' for graphic symbols is a route to wider compatibility with existing protocols and formats. That's why we ended up transferring the symbol graphics to fonts, to allow symbol

Ang: Re: Montreal Summit

2011-10-25 Thread Mats Lundälv
Note that there is also the JavaPlaphoons version running on Linux and Mac OS X - plus a newly released Android version based on JavaPlaphoons (but currently with more limited functionality). I've just added Plaphoons (and ARASAAC) tot the OATSoft lising (www.oatsoft.org )Mats -gnome-accessibil

Ang: Re: Montreal Summit

2011-10-23 Thread Mats Lundälv
Hi Cesar and Meg, Sorry to be a little late in finding this thread. Great initiative Cesar, thanks!  I'd like to give you a little update about what's going on within the AEGIS project concerning AAC and graphic symbol support: We now have a working prototype in second alpha stage of graphic symbol

Ang: Re: Gnome on-Screen-Keyboard

2011-09-09 Thread Mats Lundälv
As Caribou is still in a relatively preliminary stage of development it may also be interesting to look at a couple of other alternatives: Florence http://florence.sourceforge.net/english.html - don't know the level of built-in language support. Onboard https://launchpad.net/onboard - that comes pa

Ang: Very New: Caribou 0.3.2

2011-06-19 Thread Mats Lundälv
Hi Eitan, Thanks for the update information - I read your blog with interest! A couple of questions and comments:  The modular approach for the Keyboard UI - among other things - looks really interesting! For the version that you are currently working on; What kind of tools and opportunities for hi

Ang: Re: Ang. Re: on-screen scanning keyboard

2011-05-08 Thread Mats Lundälv
, Eitan, as lately you are working hard on Caribou, you can propose to add a newer version of Caribou (see the Requested Version column). BR On 05/03/2011 01:46 PM, Mats Lundälv wrote: Hi David, Eitan,I strongly support David's suggestion of a live cd with Ca

Ang. Re: on-screen scanning keyboard

2011-05-03 Thread Mats Lundälv
Hi David, Eitan, I strongly support David's suggestion of a live cd with Caribou, or any other means to make it practically possible for interested end-users and facilitators to participate in the development !! I find it very frustrating so far to see the release announcements flash by withou

Ang: Re: Caribou: suggestion of some features

2010-11-30 Thread Mats Lundälv
Hi,I agree that it is absolutely essential to be able to control the position of the On-Screen Keyboard. Another rather straight-forward but efficient way to do this under the control of the user, is to provide key/button scripts that move the keyboard to different locations on the screen, e.g. top

Ang: Re: Eye Tracking

2010-11-27 Thread Mats Lundälv
Hi Ken and Matt,Note that the info in that BBC link is rather old and misleading. Dasher is no eye gaze software. It's an excellent alternative text input tool that may be used with any pointing device, including eye gaze, and a range of other input methods. The Inference group at Cambridge who are

Ang: Common phrases feature in Caribou

2010-07-08 Thread Mats Lundälv
David,There is not one perfect way of laying out an on-screen keyboard of course: It all depends on the individual user's needs and preferences in terms of selection/control method etc. A comprehensive OSK AT solution must in the end offer a set of sample layouts for different needs (such as layout

Ang: Most popular switch devices

2010-06-22 Thread Mats Lundälv
David,Please consider seriously to include support for a usb game device - the fire buttons 1 and 2 - if at all possible!There are special popular connectors for switch input using this interface, in particular JoyCable and JoyBox, marketed by numerous AT vendors in both Europe and North America (a

Ang: Re: a brief Caribou update

2010-03-09 Thread Mats Lundälv
Unfortunate tidings! I been wondering about the silence around Caribou, and this explains it.Good to hear that the two of you are doing your best to keep this moving - good luck, and I hope you'll find some supporters! Will check around in my circles what contributions that might possible to bring

Ang. Re: Ang. Re: Proposal: mouse-only Caribou for GNOME 2.30

2009-12-14 Thread Mats Lundälv
tch inputs. David -Original Message- From: Steve Lee [mailto:st...@fullmeasure.co.uk] Sent: 11 December 2009 13:36 To: David Colven Cc: Mats Lundälv; gnome-accessibility-list-boun...@gnome.org; Gnome Accessibility List Subject: Re: Ang. Re: Proposal: mouse-only Caribou for GNOME 2.30 2009/

Ang. Re: Proposal: mouse-only Caribou for GNOME 2.30

2009-12-11 Thread Mats Lundälv
I strongly support you on these points Steve: Go for USB game as the primary source of switch input - as it's a standard, but clearly separated from the basic keyboard and mouse input - and good interface products - like the JoyCable - are there on the market. Support for the other interface al

Ang: Proposal: mouse-only Caribou for GNOME 2.30

2009-12-09 Thread Mats Lundälv
Hi Ben,I have little insight in the schedules and procedures for adding things to a next Gnome release, but fully respect the need to limit the scope as you propose. Switch input and scanning are more complex issues than one would believe not having been messing with it. So it may well be wise to f

Vbf:Ang: [GOK] plan for GNOME 3.0 - please comment

2009-10-11 Thread Mats Lundälv
Hi all,I just got aware that the message below was by mistake only sent to Ben and not to the list, as intended. Here it comes a bit delayed ...Mats -Vidarebefordrat av Mats Lundälv/vgregion 2009-10-12 02:31 -Till: Ben Konrath Från: Mats Lundälv/vgregionDatum: 2009-10-06 03:31Ärende: Ang

Ang. Obama -- The Judas Goat

2009-01-26 Thread Mats Lundälv
Regardless of the disgust one may feel over the Israeli warfare in Gaza: I can recognise the ugly smell of a racist and anti-Semite when he comes in my proximity. How did this garbage find its way into the Gnome Accessibility list ?! Mats___ gnome-acc

Ang. Re: Problem with Java Access Bridge

2008-10-27 Thread Mats Lundälv
Doesn't this relate quite a bit to the other ongoing thread about Gnome accessibility on/off issues ? Mats Jeff Cai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sänt av: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2008-10-24 17:30 Till Robert Voigt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Kopia gnome-accessibility-list@gnome.org Ärende Re: Problem with Java Acc

Ang. GNOME Accessibility on by default, and Firefox

2008-10-27 Thread Mats Lundälv
al in Windows and Mac environments. There seem to be some promising techy suggestion on how to handle this, but also quite a challenge in terms of work and dependencies :-/ Mats Lundälv "Ian Pascoe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sänt av: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2008-10-26 13:21 Sänd svar till [EM

Ang. Re: GNOME Accessibility on by default, and Firefox

2008-10-24 Thread Mats Lundälv
I strongly support this too. It would smoothly remove one of the awkward issues presented to the user when starting an application like GOK - and which we discussed eralier this week. Mats Lundälv Jason White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sänt av: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2008-10-24 09:04 Till

Ang: Ang. Re: [GOK] Why ui grabbing in direct selection mode of gok?

2008-10-21 Thread Mats Lundälv
by default? Security issue I suppose? Cheers,Mats Lundälv   -Francesco Fumanti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> skrev: -Hello,Mats Lundälv wrote:> I appreciate the arguments for the ui grabbing in GOK - both for> switch input and direct selection users.> > But there are also reasons

Ang. Re: [GOK] Why ui grabbing in direct selection mode of gok?

2008-10-21 Thread Mats Lundälv
ative settings for the physical keyboard? This is a totally unmotivated interference in the basic system settings, and in fact creates accessibility problems for people supporting the OSK user. I regard this as being a design flaw that should be removed asap. Any comments on this? Cheers, Mats Lu