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

["david poehlman" <david poehlman handsontechnologeyes com>]

Luke, Not sure what you are after.  I cannot controll another pc with a
screen reader, I can transfer files and such though.

Johnnie Apple Seed

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Luke Yelavich" <themuso themuso com>
To: "GNOME Accessibility Dev" <gnome-accessibility-devel gnome org>
Cc: "GNOME Accessibility List" <gnome-accessibility-list gnome org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2004 12:48 AM
Subject: ATK over a network?


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.
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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