Re: [g-a-devel] ATK over a network?

[Bill Haneman <Bill Haneman Sun COM>]

On Wed, 2004-09-01 at 05:48, Luke Yelavich wrote:
> Hi all.
> While playing around with running X programs remotely, I was thinking of how
> Windows screen reader users are able to use Windows Terminal Services to access
> other machines, and get Windows screen readers to read it.
> 
> I was wondering whether anybody has thought of implementing a network protocol
> for ATK? There is very likely more to it, but the idea is escentially this.
> A user runs a GNOME/GTK/any application that uses ATK on a remote connection.

Luke, this is what AT-SPI is.  The existing GNOME assistive technologies
use at-spi over a local connection, but it uses CORBA which is fully
network-transparent.

> All keyboard and mouse actions are sent normally, but as well as the graphics,
> also send back accessibility information to the client, which programs like GOK
> or Gnopernicus can interpret as if the program was running on the local system.
> 
> I am not sure whether this would have to be done at the ATK level, or the GOK
> or Gnopernicus level, but I think it is one way we can certainly offer a method
> for users with disabilities to use programs remotely, which they may have to
> at some point.
> 
> Just some food for thought.
> 
> Luke
> 
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