From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from gscodenh01.cr.usgs.gov ([136.177.7.10]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1ColZb-0006FE-00 for ; Wed, 12 Jan 2005 11:42:19 -0500 Received: from PUNK ([130.118.172.119]) by gscodenh01.cr.usgs.gov (Lotus Domino Release 6.5.2) with SMTP id 2005011209414600-172081 ; Wed, 12 Jan 2005 09:41:46 -0700 Message-ID: <001b01c4f8c5$9b4eb950$77ac7682@azwaterDOM.wr.usgs.gov> From: "Sean McMahon" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: <20050110174910.GA445@romuald.net.eu.org><01c601c4f7a1$30a6ce50$6601a8c0@geekspeak><20050111151112.GU790@rednote.net><036c01c4f7f2$59f48580$6601a8c0@geekspeak><20050111173213.GV790@rednote.net><20050111215858.GW790@rednote.net><03ea01c4f82c$fe6d9360$6601a8c0@geekspeak><20050112001509.GX790@rednote.net> Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 09:41:46 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1437 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1441 X-MIMETrack: Itemize by SMTP Server on gscodenh01/SERVER/USGS/DOI(Release 6.5.2|June 01, 2004) at 01/12/2005 09:41:46, Serialize by Router on gscodenh01/SERVER/USGS/DOI(Release 6.5.2|June 01, 2004) at 01/12/2005 09:42:18, Serialize complete at 01/12/2005 09:42:18 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Subject: Re: An Accessible Adobe Reader for Linux X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Sean McMahon , "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 16:42:20 -0000 This is something speakup could access? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Adam Myrow" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2005 6:18 PM Subject: Re: An Accessible Adobe Reader for Linux > On Tue, 11 Jan 2005, Janina Sajka wrote: > > > It is possible to query all available objects on the gnome desktop, or > > for a particular app, and obtain data, including text labels, data > > values, etc. So, it is reasonable to consider that one might, for > > instance, create an ncurses interface to gui applications. No one has > > built such an interface to my knowledge, but the opportunity is there. > > Actually, somebody has tried this. It is known as "cursing GTK." I > haven't tried it out, mainly because the person who was working on this > wasn't exactly fluent in English, and I couldn't comprehend exactly what > one would need to do to get it working. In any case, the web site for > this is at: http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/cursed/cursed.html. As > I said, the English is pretty bad, but apparently, somebody with a lot of > patience might be able to make use of this. > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup