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List:       kde-promo
Subject:    Re: [kde-promo] Press Announcement for KDE 3.4
From:       "Barry O'Donovan" <barry.odonovan () kdemail ! net>
Date:       2005-02-02 12:58:42
Message-ID: 200502021258.42991.barry.odonovan () kdemail ! net
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On Wednesday 02 February 2005 01:08, Olaf Schmidt wrote:
> [Barry O'Donovan, Dienstag, 1. Februar 2005 22:34]
> This must be "accessibility", not "accessability". And maybe we could
> say "accessibility for impaired users" instead? Disabled is a bit
> strong...

Absolutely. I'll admit my complete lack of knowledge as to the correct 
terms in respect to accessibility issues.

> > Other accessibility applications include: KMouseTool which can
> > click the mouse for people with, for example, carpal tunnel
> > syndrome or tendinitis; KMagnifier to magnify sections of the
> > screen for the visually impaired; and KMouth to allow the computer
> > to speak for those who cannot.
>
> We don't have a solution for "the visually impaired" yet, because we
> have no solution for blind people until we port KDE to Qt 4. And the
> mentioned applications are not new to KDE (but have been improved).
>
> How about this: "Other accessibility applications have been improved:
> KMouseTool which can click the mouse for people with, for example,
> carpal tunnel syndrome or tendinitis; KMouth to allow the computer to
> speak for the speech impaired; and KMagnifier to magnify sections of
> the screen for partially sighted users, who might also be happy about
> the addition of several high contrast themes to KDE 3.4."

Fine by me. As an aside, I didn't mean to suggest that those 
applications were new; I was just trying to follow the original authors 
attempt to highlight accessibility features,

> > Standard accessibility features including "Sticky Keys",
> > "Slow Keys" and "Bounce Keys" are also available
>
> "...and are now easier accessible via keyboard gestures."

...and are now more easily accessed via keyboard gestures.
??

> > All of these features combine to open the world of computing to a
> > much wider audience and to a section of the population that is
> > often overlooked.
>
> Maybe add: "The KDE project is closely cooperating with the
> accessibility community to reach even more people, such as blind
> users, in the future."

How about:
"The KDE project will continue its close cooperation with the 
accessibility community to reach even more people in the future."

>
> > * Important additions to KMouth ** FIXME ** what features?
>
> This should rather be:
> * KSayIt for reading longer texts

> * Speech synthesis support in Konqueror, Kate and KPDF
>
> Olaf

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Regards,
Barry O'Donovan
http://www.barryodonovan.com/
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