Re: [g-a-devel]gok/gnopernicus questions

[David Bolter <david bolter utoronto ca>]

Hi Brian,

This sounds like a very useful endeavour. For the first item I'd like a 
clarification:

Brian Cameron wrote:
> I am helping my manager put together a list of marketing requirements
> for the Sun GNOME desktop, and I had a few questions about Gok and
> Gnopernicus to help me flesh things out.
>
> 1. What preference options are available in gnopernicus and gok 
>    which are necessary requirements in order for these programs
>    to be useful to people with disabilities?

Some might argue that most all the gok preferences are necessary 
requirements (e.g. choosing scanning speed).  There are preferences 
outside gok that also are pertinent such as AccessX, as well as the 
"Enable assistive technologies" checkbox.

Could you provide more detail?


> 2. Could the gnopernicus team provide me with a list of braille
>    displays that are currently supported?
>    
> 3. What i18n issues exist in gok & gnopernicus.  My understanding is
>    that gnopernicus only supports English voices with text-to-speech,
>    that the braille display currently only supports Latin characters
>    and that certain Gok XML files have not yet been translated, and
>    that there are issues with translating them due to the length
>    of the files.  Is this a full/accurate understanding of the 
>    existing l10n/i18n/g11n issues in gok & gnopernicus?
>  

The gok xml translation issues can be followed here:
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=90500

Bill and I need to discuss the remaining i18n loose ends in the gok code 
as well as the xml issue(s). He has suggested this all be solved for 
GNOME 2.4.1 and I am in agreement.

I'm guessing you'd like some good prose from the perspective of "Known 
Localization Issues" - is this correct?

cheers,

David