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Subject:    [kde-promo] Quote for KDE 3.4 announcement? (Quick reply needed!)
From:       Olaf Schmidt <ojschmidt () kde ! org>
Date:       2005-03-15 12:22:57
Message-ID: 200503151323.02614 () amen-online ! org
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Hi Janina, hi Lars!

We are about to release KDE 3.4 tomorrow with improved support for 
partially-sighted people. Since this is one of the main topics of the 
press announcements, it would be really nice if one of you could provide 
me with a short quote for the press release.

For example: "This is an important improvement for the accessibility 
community, and we are looking forward to further cooperation in the 
future", or something similar.

Unfortunately the time is really short, so please reply as soon as 
possible if you are interested in helping us here.

Thanks.

Olaf

PS: Some selected parts of the press announcement:


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.

[...]

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


-- 
KDE Accessibility Project

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