[orca-list] I want to contribute in orca development, some tips needed

[Michael Whapples <mwhapples aim com>]

There is (or was) a video giving an introduction to orca scripting on
http://live.gnome.org/Orca which gives some of the basics, writing a
script for gaim as an example. I am sure there will be documentation
somewhere in the orca website regarding orca, but I haven't really
looked for it so don't know how much there is or how much detail it
gives.

Also you would be advised (as usual) to look at some examples, the
existing scripts that come with orca are in the python site-packages
directory in orca/scripts/ (eg. for me it
is /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/orca/scripts/). These scripts should
also explain what other systems you will need to learn about
(particularly if you want to improve on what exists). As a note, user
specific scripts should be stored in ~/.orca/orca-scripts/.

From
Michael Whapples
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> Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2007 17:31:15 +0530
> From: "krishnakant Mane" <researchbase gmail com>
> Subject: [orca-list] I want to contribute in orca development,  some
>     tips needed
> To: orca-list gnome org
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> hello,
> I have been  comfortabilly using orca for a last few days.  but I wish
> to have orca give the complete ease of use  to any user with no
> knowledge of gnu/linux.  the problem right now is that orca still
> needs finer adjustments to its audio interface in terms of the prompts
> and feedbacks it gives to the user.  like for example I discovered
> that when I copy or paist files or text, it does nto tell me that the
> file has been copied and when I am paisting a huge file into a folder,
> I don't gety any idea as to how much percentage has the progress bar
> really progressed.
> as a side note I still can't figure out how to run the package manager
> to install new softwares
> the moment I give the administration password nothing else is spoken
> and I have to take help of a sited person to choose packages to be
> installed.  So my offer is to enhance the orca experience better by
> contributing in the development.
> I think orca must be having a scripting model like jaws for windows
> has.  if that is the case then please tell me how I can get started.
> I want to make finer changes to the audio feedback of orca when things
> like cut or copy paist are going on.
> further firefox also needs some attention although there are enough
> people who are actively working on better accessibility of ff and
> orca.
> the other aspect I will like to work on is the open office side.
> so can some one guide me for general orca scripting and for open
> office accessibility and where can I get started to understand the
> accessibility methodology for open office?
> also for scripting orca what else will I need to know apart from
> python (which I already know pritty well)?
> regards.
> Krishnakant.
>
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