Re: [g-a-devel] What's the Status of Audio in GDM?

[Jason White <jason jasonjgw net>]

On Fri, May 09, 2008 at 01:28:55AM -0500, Brian Cameron wrote:
> There really needs to be a way to launch the AT programs, including
> keybinding and mouse gesture launching.
> 

There are two requirements, I think.

1. Standard and working keyboard and mouse commands to launch Orca from gdm
prior to login. Orca must then remain active after login.

2. Configuration options to enable Orca to be launched automatically, by
default, from gdm without any "gestures" being necessary.
 
> Navigating a list is more complicated for blind users, since they
> have to process each line of information.  Text-to-speech engines
> may not do a good job of reading arbitrary user names.  On multi-user
> machines, there could be many users in the list, making it time
> consuming to navigate.  A blind user would likely prefer to simply enter
> their username rather than having to navigate a list.   Having to
> navigate to "Other" is perhaps not too bad, as long as the blind
> user can get to it quickly and without first having to parse through
> a bunch of user names.  

Preferably, there should be two text fields:

1. Login name
2. Password

The first could be a combo box with a list.