Hans, It would be an accessibility API. This way, any screen reader in the Linux ecology would be able to connect and read the results. Now, I know that Apple is not Linux related (they use Unix instead), but their API is a very good example of what can be done. And yes, ORCA is a screen reader and braille interface accessibility application. It works in GTK based DM’s the best (such as Unity, Gnome, etc.) and it’s python based, so there should not really be a reason why it can’t work in KDE. Now, back when I still had minimal vision, I liked KDE for it’s clean appearance and ease of configuration (even to editing any dot files to make changes). It had a look and feel similar to windows 95 or XP, only better. However, after I went completely total in 2010, I tried to get any screen reader that was available in linux to work in KDE. After many months and trails, I gave up and stuck with what worked. Oh, and even though Apple has macports of some of the more useful X desktop stuff (including gnome), they never ported ORCA, or BrlTTY, or Emacsspeak or any of the others, so I couldn’t use any of the available X desktop items here either. However, apple is a different issue to be discussed elsewhere. Anyway, I hope this helps. -Eric > On Oct 25, 2018, at 12:03 AM, der.hans wrote: > > Am 14. Oct, 2018 schwätzte Eric Oyen so: > > moin moin Eric, > > I passed your request on as part of the deluge they get from the public. > > I will try to get some actual humans to consider your request. > > As you know, I'm not too familiar with screen readers. Most of what I know > is from posts you and Steve have made over the years. > > Do you mean an acessibility API for the KDE desktop or an API that > applications would incorporate or both or something else? > > It looks like an accessibility API has been considered, but isn't yet > there for GNU/Linux, as described on the following page. > > https://accessibility.kde.org/developer/introduction.php > > ciao, > > der.hans > >> Now, all they need to do to make KDE perfect: add screen reader >> accessibility as an API. This way, ORCA could be used. >> >> -Eric >> >> >>> On Oct 14, 2018, at 10:09 PM, der.hans wrote: >>> >>> moin moin, >>> >>> today is the 22nd anniversary of the start of KDE. >>> >>> https://www.kde.org/announcements/announcement.php >>> >>> KDE has a timeline of important milestones starting with the creation of >>> UNIX. >>> >>> https://timeline.kde.org/ >>> >>> ciao, >>> >>> der.hans >>> -- >>> # https://www.LuftHans.com https://www.PhxLinux.org >>> # "I interviewed Jonathan Winters once in the late '80s, it was as if he were >>> # narrating a hallucination that I didn't see." -- Terry Gross, 03Aug2006 >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > -- > # https://www.LuftHans.com https://www.PhxLinux.org > # "If your girlfriend is crying crocodile tears it's because she's either > # got salt in her eye or she's been listening to Air Supply." > # -- Alice Cooper, 08Mar2005--------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss