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Hi Jeremy,

thanks a lot for offering to contribute to KDE Accessibility.

As you already wrote, Qt had an accessibility framework that can be used to=
=20
make Qt and KDE applications accessible with Orca or other assistive=20
technologies. One Trolltech developer (Harald Fernengel) even wrote a D-Bus=
=20
interface for it:
http://labs.trolltech.com/page/Projects/Accessibility/QDBusBridge

See also:
http://labs.trolltech.com/page/Projects/Accessibility/IAPoke
http://labs.trolltech.com/page/Projects/Accessibility/QDasher

This interface could be used by Orca. But it would need to be completed and=
=20
bug-fixed to achieve the full results, and in the meantime, it has become c=
lear=20
Gnome is now also moving to D-Bus for their accessibility framework.

It would make a lot of sense to rework Harald's code to use the same D-Bus=
=20
interfaces as Gnome.

The timing is very good to get involved now, since it has become clear at l=
ast=20
that a common approach with Gnome is possible. Important decisions about th=
e=20
=46ree Software accessibility architecture have been made (namely, Gnome's =
D-Bus=20
move).

Gunnar and I spent a lot of time on KDE Accessibility in the past, but we a=
re=20
now at a point where we simply do not have the time any more to continue wi=
th=20
this very important work. But I promise to help you as much as I can (by=20
answering questions and maybe by helping with the testing) if you wish to=20
continue with the work started by Harald, Gunnar and myself.

Olaf



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