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 <PLUGd@LuftHans.com> 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 <PLUGd@LuftHans.com> 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
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