Re: gnome-accessibility-list digest, Vol 1 #620 - 4 msgs

[Bill Haneman <Bill Haneman Sun COM>]

Murray said, regarding Dasher, in reply to Matthew (I think):

> > Dasher 3.1.9 has just been released, and I'd like to propose 
> > it for 2.6. 
<snip> 
> As I understand it, Dasher is aimed at accessibility needs, and maybe at
> handhelds.
> 
> So it would be nice to hear from the accessibility folks about this. Do they
> like it? Are they using it? Does it meet their needs? Is there unwanted
> overlap with existing accessibility tools such as gok? Etc.

Choice is good ;-)

For some people I think Dasher might be a better or faster interface
than GOK; others will be unable to use Dasher.  There is some overlap,
but the two applications aren't redundant.

I haven't run dasher in awhile, but I was impressed with it when I did
run it.  I think it would make a nice addition to our platform's
accessibility suite.  What do other folks think?

best regards,

- Bill

> 
> Murray Cumming
> www.murrayc.com
> murrayc usa net
> 
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> Message: 4
> From: gnome-accessibility-list bernard-hugueney org
> To: Murray Cumming Comneon com, mjg59 srcf ucam org,
> 	desktop-devel-list gnome org
> Subject: Re: Dasher 3.1.9 released
> Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2003 16:27:28 +0200
> Cc: gnome-accessibility-list gnome org
> 
> Le Jeudi 23 Octobre 2003 16:00, Murray Cumming Comneon com a écrit :
> > > From: desktop-devel-list-admin gnome org
> > > Dasher 3.1.9 has just been released, and I'd like to propose
> > > it for 2.6.
> > > Dasher is a predictive text input system driven by simply
> > > pointing at a
> > > letter, with more probably letters being larger. Dasher also
> > > integrates
> > > with the Gnome accessibility and speech frameworks, allowing it
> > > to be used for application control and general communication.
> >
> > As I understand it, Dasher is aimed at accessibility needs, and
> > maybe at handhelds.
> >
> > So it would be nice to hear from the accessibility folks about
> > this. Do they like it? Are they using it? Does it meet their needs?
> > Is there unwanted overlap with existing accessibility tools such as
> > gok? Etc.
> 
> I'm not (yet) a Dasher user. I intend to use it on a handled (and/or 
> tablet PC). I also intend to use at-spi on these platforms to monitor 
> user interactions.
> I was fearing that handhelds were underpowered to run X & gnome for 
> at-spi, and the tablet pc seem too expensive if I cannot justify it 
> with good enough handwriting software.
> 
> Any advice on the best handeld (available in europe :-( )for Dasher 
> would be most welcome.
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> 
> Bernard
> 
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