From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from oflmta01bw.bigpond.com ([139.134.6.21]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.32 #1 (Debian)) id 16T9CL-0002f8-00 for ; Tue, 22 Jan 2002 17:15:21 -0500 Received: from data.home ([144.135.24.84]) by oflmta01bw.bigpond.com (Netscape Messaging Server 4.15) with SMTP id GQD24M00.23E for ; Wed, 23 Jan 2002 08:21:58 +1000 Received: from CPE-144-136-137-64.qld.bigpond.net.au ([144.136.137.64]) by bwmam06.mailsvc.email.bigpond.com(MailRouter V3.0h 47/10971130); 23 Jan 2002 08:14:51 Received: from geoff by data.home with local-esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 16T9Bq-0001VN-00; Wed, 23 Jan 2002 08:14:50 +1000 Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2002 08:14:50 +1000 From: Geoff Shang To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: Needs educating: Message from Linux (fwd) In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.2.20020122142535.02538ec0@198.144.194.210> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.7 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: On Tue, 22 Jan 2002, Charles Crawford wrote: > Thanks. I understand what you are saying. Does this mean that > there would not be a fix for X-Windows like the MSAA in Windows? Would we > need some kind of major off-screen model? The point here is that the fix would not be in X as such, but in whatever desktop environment you chose to use, such as gnome or KDE. Personally, I'd like to see KDE accessibal too. It's not that I have a preference, but choice is always good and it's the other big player. Geoff.