Am 25. Oct, 2018 schwätzte Eric Oyen so: moin moin Eric, It's good to hear that Apple's accessibility API is good. Thanks for the details. I will use that to prompt some people. I'm not in a position to get any changes, but perhaps awareness and a reminder will help. ciao, der.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 -- # https://www.LuftHans.com https://www.PhxLinux.org # Magic is science unexplained. - der.hans