Re: Meeting Minutes Published - November 11, 2010

[Cesar Mauri <cesar crea-si com>]

 El 17/12/2010 12:21, Piñeiro escribió:
> So now the problems. Take into account that turn Orca cross-platform
> is not just be able to compile Orca on Windows. There are more pieces
> that it would be required to "turn":
>
>    * at-spi: Orca is a screen reader that gets all the information from
> at-spi. So at-spi should also be migrated.
>
>    * new bridge: right now, the communication path between the apps and
>      at-spi is the ATK bridge or the QT bridge. Windows apps doesn't
>      use ATK, AFAIK, it uses IAccessible2. So a new bridge should be
>      required.
>
> So, turn cross-platform Orca means turns two modules, and create a new
> one. This is a really big amount of work to do. And we enter in a
> vicious circle. You proposed that turn in order to get funds. But we
> would require a really big amount of funds to get that.
Thanks for your explanation which helped me to understand better how 
Orca works.

Agreed. Given this scenario it seems clear that the effort is greater 
than the return.

However, IMHO, I think that this approach could be taken into account 
for some new
AT projects, especially those less dependant on specific api's (for 
instance, I'm thinking
of AAC software). Beyond probably increasing funding opportunities 
(according to previous
comments in this thread), a larger user base could be reached. Is just 
my opinion.

César