KDE turned 22 today

[Eric Oyen]

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 at 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 at 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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