Re: [orca-list] Changing the keybindings to be JAWS-like or NVDA-like (was Re: In Search Of The Main Developers Of Orca)

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I've searched around on the web and found the official webpage:
http://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/accessibility/iaccessible2

As stated before, it's released under BSD license, the simplified one:
http://accessibility.linuxfoundation.org/a11yspecs/ia2/docs/html/_license_page.html

Note, that it's a trademark of the Linux Foundation.

For bug reporting, please head over to http://bugs.linuxfoundation.org/ 
and mark
IAccessible2 as Component.

You can also subscribe to the public mailing list at 
accessibility-rfc a11y org
Archives at 
https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/accessibility-rfc

IAccessible2 seems to be an API similiar to AT-SPI Orca uses, when I 
screen the
Overview wiki page: 
https://wiki.linuxfoundation.org/index.php?title=Accessibility/IAccessible2/Overview

Hope, it helps somewhat.


André

Am 13.05.2014 19:45, schrieb Bhavya shah:
> Hey, Christopher Cholton Sir,
> Since there are so many Orca developers on this group itself only
> someone will have to step forward to help.
> Orca and NVDA both have their advantages and disadvantages. I am only
> suggesting the key bindings be made similar for the comfort of new
> users. Please interested developers step forward to make the necessary
> changes if other users have no issues.
> Please write Orca users if you would not want this change of key
> bindings. If you would like this change please write onlist so that
> devs can show up as well.
> As an ex-Windows user I would love to point out features that Orca
> lacks or need to be implemented.
> Also, can someone please explain what is this IAccessible2  and how
> can it be beneficil?
>
> On 5/13/14, Jason White <jason jasonjgw net> wrote:
> > Luke Yelavich <themuso ubuntu com> wrote:
> >
> > > Are there any apps that offer IAccessible2 on *nix?.
> >
> > No, as far as I am aware, there aren't any.
> > > Either way, a better approach would be to write an IAccessible2 
> > > wrapper
> > > for at-spi or atk, something similar to what java atk wrapper does 
> > > now.
> >
> > It has been done for Microsoft's User Interface Automation API under 
> > Mono,
> > for use with applications written in C#.
> >
> > I'm not aware of any application that would be portable, which 
> > supports
> > IAccessible2 and which might be run under Linux/UNIX, so I'm not sure 
> > that
> > there are any use cases to justify doing the work.
> >
> > In the case of Java and Mono, the environments were specifically 
> > designed
> > to
> > be available under multiple operating systems and we really need those
> > bridges
> > to ATK.