Re: [orca-list] I experience very positive results with new QT Accessibility Bridge related with Skype

[Thomas Ward <thomasward1978 gmail com>]

Hi Alex,

I here you there. I think the problem is that because qt-atspi
requires a lot of newer packages like the latest atk, at-spi2-core,
at-spi2-atk, QT 4.8, etc you have to upgrade or recompile a number of
dependencies to get it to work. Even though Ubuntu 11.04 is only six
months old it is still using Gnome 2.32, and the dependencies required
for qt-atspi are Gnome 3.x from what I can see. So based on what I'm
reading from the full dependency list something like the latest Arch
or Ubuntu 11.10 is required for the minimum stable versions of the
requirements for qt-atspi. That's why I'm falling flat on my butt
trying to get it to work. I'm pretty sure by next spring everything
will be less painful as many of the required dependencies will be
picked up by a number of distributions as Gnome 3.x and newer
accessibility packages become more mainstream.


On 9/26/11, Alex Midence <alex midence gmail com> wrote:
> Yeah, I tried it myself a few months back and got nowhere.  I did give
> up.  Time's limited these days.  I'll probably pick it up again when
> it's in beta testing or maybe not even till there's an rc ready.  I
> wish just getting it to work wasn't such a painful, long drawn out
> process.  There's just *got* to be  an easier way.  Glad it's worked
> for some folks.  I was very eager to try qt-at-spi out.  I don't do
> Skype but I'm keenly interested in Rosegarden.
>
> Alex M
>
> On 9/25/11, Thomas Ward <thomasward1978 gmail com> wrote:
> > Hi Attila,
> >
> > Mind giving us a detailed description how you got the Qt accessibility
> > up and working? I've been working at this for two weeks and am getting
> > nowhere real fast. I followed all the docs to the letter, compiled
> > everything, set the proper flags, and zip. None of the test
> > applications that come with qt-atspi or the Qt based apps I have
> > installed on Ubuntu 11.04 talk. Orca just sees a blank screen. Its
> > driving me a bit nuts, and I've all but given up on Qt/KDE
> > accessibility at the moment because I'm not getting anywhere. Some
> > advice as to why my qt accessibility is busted would help.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > On 9/23/11, Hammer Attila <hammera pickup hu> wrote:
> > > Hy,
> > >
> > > I sending this letter both this list and Orca list.
> > > I looked how works new QT accessibility bridge for example with Skype,
> > > and I experienced very positive results and good progress, thank you
> > > everybody hard work with working QT accessibility. I using Orca Screen
> > > reader, and don't have sighted assistance when I tested Skype with the
> > > new QT accessibility bridge, so if I determining wrong a Skype dialog
> > > control or test result, excuse me everybody.
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