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Subject:    Re: [kde-promo] Re: Press Announcement for KDE 3.4
From:       Olaf Schmidt <ojschmidt () kde ! org>
Date:       2005-03-15 12:10:37
Message-ID: 200503151310.42875 () amen-online ! org
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[Achim Woessner, Montag, 14. März 2005 20:05]
> If you would like to see another alignment feel free to write a comment
> here.

Just one small thing. The statement "Especially visually-impaired people 
and speech-impaired users will benefit" is confusing, because we don't 
have anything for blind users. By using unclear language here, we might 
cause negative comments saying: "They claim to have something for the 
visually impaired, but they only have something for a small part of the 
visually impaired."

I also agree with Tackat's suggestions about this paragraph. Following 
Coolo's comment I split the paragraph into two, and I tried hard not to 
make it much longer:

"One of the milestones in this new release will be advanced KDE 
Text-to-speech framework. It integrates into KPDF, Kate, Konqueror, and 
KSayIt, and it allows to read out notifications from all KDE 
applications. Especially partially-sighted people and speech-impaired 
users will benefit, but it should also prove a fun desktop experience 
overall.

For people with low vision, several high contrast themes including a 
complete monochrome icon set have been added. 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 screen for partially-sighted users. Standard 
accessibility features including "Sticky Keys", "Slow Keys" and "Bounce 
Keys" are also available 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. The KDE project will continue its close cooperation with the 
accessibility community to reach even more people in the future."


I also have two additions for "Highlights At A Glance":
* A new high contrast style and a complete monochrome icon set
* An icon effect to paint all icons in two chosen colors, converting third 
party application icons into high contrast monochrome icons

Olaf

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KDE Accessibility Project

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