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

[Brian Cameron <Brian Cameron sun com>]

David:

> 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?

We are in the process of defining the "requirements" of the upcoming
accessible desktop.  We want the requirements to list the basic &
necessary preferences that are required for gok and gnopernicus to 
make the desktop appropriately accessible.  As opposed to preferences
that simply make the application nicer or more convenient to use.

> > 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

Thanks for the pointer.  Are there any other gok i18n issues other than
this bug?

> 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?

Actually I am asking about i18n/l10n/g11n issues for my own curiousity,
and not specifically about this list of requirements that I am gathering.
I have been in a number of meetings where I have been asked to detail
the known i18n/l10n issues, and haven't been able to answer such
questions with authority.  So, I just wanted to get a bit more familiar
with the issues involved.

Brian