Re: 2.4 Proposed Modules - gok

[Bill Haneman <bill haneman sun com>]

On Thu, 2003-05-08 at 16:33, Jeff Waugh wrote:
> <quote who="Bill Haneman">
> 
> > On Thu, 2003-05-08 at 15:48, Jeff Waugh wrote:
> > 
> > > [1] A valid alternative escape route that doesn't require yucky dialogue
> > > designs would be always-present keyboard combinations for turning on a11y
> > > support and setting it back to its defaults (which ought to be designed to
> > > assist everyone)...
> > Does not apply to this GOK dialog of course, since it concerns the way
> > non-keyboard access works; the target users cannot use the keyboard at
> > all.
> 
> But then they have other means to turn a11y features on... Like preferences
> dialogues and panel applets, surely? (tongue-powered mouse cursors and stuff
> are independent of the keyboard...)

Ah, no.  There are no such features at this time.  GOK is their only
lifeline to the desktop, and the GOK config dialog is their means of
enabling/controlling this.

If the user can control a mouse-like device, including button clicks, it
may be possible for them to configure GOK via the dialog, but some users
cannot click any kind of switch (they can only move their heads, for
isntance), others cannot point reliably but can click one or more
switches (without pointing).   GOK's access methods allow for these
different capabilities and means of using devices.

- Bill

> 
> - Jeff
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