FW: D-BUS based magnification API

["Ian Pascoe" <ianpascoe btinternet com>]

Hi Peter

I would expect the magnifier's base features to be able to support:

- a magnification window, either full or partial screen
- the ability to have the mouse pointer either fixed centrally and the
screen move instead of the pointer, or the mouse pointer when hitting the
magnification window edge to move the viewed surface
- basic colour enhancements which for me would be high contrast inverse
video ie white on black
- a magnification level of up to at least 6x or 8x

and if technically available on the fly zoom level changes.

Looking at an MS equivilant, to provide the same standard as ZoomText did in
it's version 7 software.

The other enhancements you describe would fit perfectly well into the
"modern" package.

For screen readers, the base equivilant of Orca 2.18.x

But as you'll appreciate this is very much a personal opinion as these are
the two areas I use.

Ian






-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Korn Sun COM [mailto:Peter Korn Sun COM]
Sent: 30 August 2007 20:43
To: ianpascoe btinternet com
Cc: gnome-accessibility-list gnome org
Subject: Re: D-BUS based magnification API


Hi Ian,

Thank you for joining this conversation!

I have a question about your C, below.  If the magnifier can only offer,
let's say, basic magnification everywhere; but on 5 year old and younger
hardware it can also do really nice font smoothing and provide an
overlay circle around the mouse and additional highlighting of the caret
and...; if that is the case, would you prefer that the magnifier simply
not offer those other features because we can't guarantee having them
everywhere?  Or would you be comfortable with this additional set of
features being available when running on more modern systems?


Regards,

Peter Korn
Accessibility Architect,
Sun Microsystems, Inc.


> Gentlemen
>
> Being one of Will's referred to end users, I am following this thread with
> interest.  In general work I fall into the category of screen reader and
> magnifier.
>
> Ignoring the various details on internal communication and window
managers,
> the following are, for me, the over-riding necessities:
>
> A.  It works - I want to have a continual happy experience with no
glitches
> etc whilst utilising the various AT components.
>
> B.  Ease of use - any migration to any other "internal" system should not
> affect the experience of a user that's grown up and accustom to the
various
> AT components and the way they work.
>
> C.  Transportability - when a user moves between different PCs  of
different
> specs and age, the base features should work on any box.
>
> IMO it is this last point that's the lynch pin.  If an end user is
confident
> that no matter what the spec or age of a PC is, they can always get a
> minimum level of support from the AT components, that's great.  Otherwise,
> it's going to be a walk away and find something else that does work.
>
> And as for a user GUI, it's so much better to have everything in one place
> than have to work with each individual component seperately - by all means
> give the component it's own GUI for those hardly ever used settings etc,
but
> have one place where the common settings can be easily accessed.
>
> HTH
>
> Ian
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gnome-accessibility-list-bounces gnome org
> [mailto:gnome-accessibility-list-bounces gnome org]On Behalf Of Peter
> Korn
> Sent: 30 August 2007 17:53
> To: Willie Walker
> Cc: gnome-accessibility-list gnome org;
> gnome-accessibility-devel gnome org
> Subject: Re: D-BUS based magnification API
>
>
> Hi Willie, Carlos, gang,
>
>
>> ...
>>
>>
>>>> Are you coming to GNOME Boston 2007?  Magnification is one of the
>>>> critical things we want to talk about for the accessibility summit.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Ow... it would be a dream :-), but I don't have passport and don't
>>> have money, so no :-(, but I really like to know what become
>>> discussed.
>>>
>>>
>> Bummer.  This discussion, however, will be of great use for the summit
>> and we should continue having it.
>>
>>
>
> Perhaps we could arrange to have this conversation at the GNOME summit
> at a time when both Carlos and I (and other interested parties) can call
> into it?
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Peter Korn
> Accessibility Architect,
> Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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