Re: Happy Halloween from 5th toe the new version.



On Thu, 2002-10-31 at 21:32, Bill Haneman wrote:
> Hi:
> 
> I'd like to suggest that gok, the GNOME Onscreen Keyboard, be included
> in fifth toe for 2.2 (provided that's still OK with the GOK team at the
> University of Toronto).  It was previously proposed that GOK and
> gnopernicus (the integrated screenreader and magnifier from our BAUM
> contributors) be included in the 2.2 desktop release, but timing is
> probably not right for that.  However I think that inclusion of GOK in
> Fifth Toe makes a lot of sense, with a view towards maybe migrating it
> into the desktop later on.  GOK is, I believe, feature complete (at
> least for a 1.0 version) and should be stable enough for 2.2's Fifth
> Toe.

I think this is excellent food for 5th toe! As long as the release team
doesn't snatch it up for the main release, it's now on the list.

> GOK makes it possible for people with serious mobility disorders (such
> as Cerebral Palsy, paralysis, and neuromuscular problems of various
> kinds) to use the GNOME desktop by means of switches and/or
> head-pointers and other devices other than normal keyboards.
> 
> thanks,
> 
> Bill
> 

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