[accessibility-guide] added info on virtual keyboards, extra desktops, and fixed revision history
Gerard Ryan
galileo at fedoraproject.org
Mon Sep 27 17:42:16 UTC 2010
commit 1622d43e88b5e7950383d96810da979bf5df427f
Author: Gerard Ryan <mail.gerardryan at gmail.com>
Date: Mon Sep 27 13:38:45 2010 -0400
added info on virtual keyboards, extra desktops, and fixed revision history
en-US/Article_Info.xml | 2 +-
en-US/Desktops.xml | 14 +++++++-
en-US/On_Screen_Keyboards.xml | 18 ++++++++++
en-US/Revision_History.xml | 73 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
en-US/Screen_Readers.xml | 7 ++++
5 files changed, 109 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/en-US/Article_Info.xml b/en-US/Article_Info.xml
index a8ea92d..4f99bfb 100644
--- a/en-US/Article_Info.xml
+++ b/en-US/Article_Info.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
<title>Accessibility Guide</title>
<subtitle>Using Fedora with a visual, hearing, or mobility impairment</subtitle>
<productname>Fedora</productname>
- <productnumber>13</productnumber>
+ <productnumber>14</productnumber>
<edition>0.10</edition>
<pubsnumber>1</pubsnumber>
<abstract>
diff --git a/en-US/Desktops.xml b/en-US/Desktops.xml
index e9ca0f4..eff4ce1 100644
--- a/en-US/Desktops.xml
+++ b/en-US/Desktops.xml
@@ -6,10 +6,22 @@
<para>Certain desktops have their own internal settings that can help with accessibility.</para>
<section>
<title>KDE</title>
- <para>In KDE, keyboard and mouse settings can be configured in kcontrol. These settings are available by selecting <menuchoice><guilabel>Personalization > Accessibility</guilabel></menuchoice>. Additional information on Accessibility Tools in KDE can be found at <ulink url="http://accessibility.kde.org/"></ulink></para>
+ <para>In KDE, keyboard and mouse settings can be configured in kcontrol. These settings are available by selecting <menuchoice><guilabel>Personalization > Accessibility</guilabel></menuchoice>. Additional information on Accessibility Tools in KDE can be found at <ulink url="http://accessibility.kde.org/"></ulink></para>
</section>
<section>
<title>GNOME</title>
<para>In GNOME, accessibility controls can be configured by selecting <menuchoice><guilabel>System > Preferences > Assistive Technologies</guilabel></menuchoice>. Additional information on GNOME's accessibility tools can be found at <ulink url="http://library.gnome.org/users/gnome-access-guide/"></ulink></para>
</section>
+ <section>
+ <title>XFCE</title>
+ <para>In XFCE, accessibility options for the keyboard and mouse can be configured in the Accessibility Settings dialogue. To access these settings from the graphical menus, select <menuchoice><guilabel>Preferences > Accessibility</guilabel></menuchoice>. Alternative keyboard configurations, such as keyboard shortcuts, can be set by selecting <menuchoice><guilabel>Preferences > Keyboard</guilabel></menuchoice>. Similarly, extra mouse related settings are available by selecting <menuchoice><guilabel>Preferences > Mouse</guilabel></menuchoice>. Some minor additional accessibility options for XFCE can be found through <menuchoice><guilabel>Preferences > Window Manager Tweaks</guilabel></menuchoice>.</para>
+ </section>
+ <section>
+ <title>Sugar: Making computing accessible for children.</title>
+ <para>The <package>Sugar Learning Platform</package> is an innovative learning interface for children, which encourages learning, critical thinking, and creativity. <package>Sugar</package> was originally created for the OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) initiative. The traditional "office-desktop" style computer interface can be quite intimidating and is often not very accessible for children who are learning to read and write. <package>Sugar</package> offers an alternative, more child-friendly approach to learning and computing.</para>
+ <para>To install the <package>Sugar</package> platform in fedora, you can either select <menuchoice><guilabel>System > Administration > Add/Remove Software</guilabel></menuchoice> on the GNOME panel, and then type <package>sugar</package> in the screen that pops up; or alternatively type <command>su -c "yum install sugar"</command> in a terminal. There is also an alternate version of Fedora featuring the Sugar Platform, known as <package>Sugar on a Stick</package> It is available at <ulink url="http://spins.fedoraproject.org/soas/"></ulink></para>
+ <para>Various <package>Sugar Activities</package> are also available through the Fedora package repositories. To browse the available sugar activities through the GNOME package manager, select <menuchoice><guilabel>System > Administration > Add/Remove Software</guilabel></menuchoice> on the GNOME panel, and then type <command>sugar-</command> in the screen that pops up; you will be presented with a list of packages relating to <package>Sugar</package>. Alternatively, type <command>su -c "yum install sugar-"</command> in a terminal window.</para>
+ <para>More information on <package>Sugar</package> for learners, parents, teachers, and contributors can be found at the official website, <ulink url="http://sugarlabs.org/"></ulink></para>
+
+ </section>
</section>
diff --git a/en-US/On_Screen_Keyboards.xml b/en-US/On_Screen_Keyboards.xml
index 9650b39..87430c3 100644
--- a/en-US/On_Screen_Keyboards.xml
+++ b/en-US/On_Screen_Keyboards.xml
@@ -8,6 +8,24 @@
<title>GNOME On-Screen Keyboard</title>
<para>GNOME's On-Screen Keyboard or <command>gok</command> provides an on screen tool for selecting windows as well as composing input. <application>GOK</application> can be enabled as the default mobility application by selecting <menuchoice><guilabel>System > Preferences > Assistive Technologies</guilabel></menuchoice> then clicking the <guilabel>Preferred Applications</guilabel> button and selecting the preferred mobility application. Additional information can be located at <ulink url="http://live.gnome.org/Gok"></ulink></para>
</section>
+ <section>
+ <title>Indic Onscreen Keyboard</title>
+ <para><application>iok</application> is Indic Onscreen Keyboard. It provides virtual keyboard functionality. It currently works with Inscript and xkb keymaps for Indian languages. The following keymaps are currently available: Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Marathi, Malayalam, Punjabi, Oriya, Tamil, Telugu. <application>iok</application> can even try to parse and display non-inscript keymaps. Visit <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/iok/"></ulink> for more information on iok.</para>
+ <section>
+ <title>Installing <application>iok</application></title>
+ <para>To install <package>iok</package> in fedora, you can either select <menuchoice><guilabel>System > Administration > Add/Remove Software</guilabel></menuchoice> on the GNOME panel, and then type iok in the screen that pops up; or alternatively type <command>su -c "yum install iok"</command> in a terminal window.</para>
+ </section>
+ </section>
+ <section>
+ <title>Florence</title>
+ <para><application>Florence</application> is an extensible, scalable, virtual keyboard, whose sole requirement is a pointing device. </para>
+ <para>Once enabled, <application>Florence</application> displays an icon in the notification area on the GNOME Panel. <application>Florence</application> can be sent to the background when it is not needed, making it a practical solution for screens of all sizes. To toggle whether <application>Florence</application> is displayed or hidden, just click the icon. Alternatively, <application>Florence</application> can be set to autohide until an editable area is selected. <application>Florence</application> can also be configured easily to be transparent, through the <guilabel>Preferences</guilabel> dialogue. To edit all available <guilabel>Preferences</guilabel>, right-click on the icon on the GNOME Panel, and choose <guilabel>Preferences</guilabel> from the dropdown list.</para>
+ <para>Additional information on <package>Florence Virtual Keyboard</package> can be found at the project's homepage, <ulink url="http://florence.sourceforge.net"></ulink>. Once <application>Florence</application> is installed, to view full documentation right-click on the icon on the GNOME Panel, and choose <guilabel>Help</guilabel> from the dropdown menu.</para>
+ <section>
+ <title>Installing Florence</title>
+ <para>Florence is available in the fedora package repositories; to install either select <menuchoice><guilabel>System > Administration > Add/Remove Software</guilabel></menuchoice> on the GNOME Desktop and then type <package>florence</package> in the window that pops up, or type <command>su -c "yum install florence"</command> in a terminal window.</para>
+ </section>
+ </section>
<section>
<title>Caribou</title>
<para>Gnome's <application>Caribou</application> is an on-screen keyboard that is still in development. An alternative to the <application>Gnome On-Screen Keyboard</application>, <application>Caribou</application> is still a few months away from being available as a stable release. Additional information can be located at <ulink url="http://live.gnome.org/Caribou"></ulink>.</para>
diff --git a/en-US/Revision_History.xml b/en-US/Revision_History.xml
index 1fbf232..93b41c9 100644
--- a/en-US/Revision_History.xml
+++ b/en-US/Revision_History.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,25 @@
<simpara>
<revhistory>
<revision>
- <revnumber>0.10-1</revnumber>
+ <revnumber>0.14-1</revnumber>
+ <date>Wed Apr 21 2010</date>
+ <author>
+ <firstname>Gerard</firstname>
+ <surname>Ryan</surname>
+ <email>mail.gerardryan at gmail.com</email>
+ </author>
+ <revdescription>
+ <simplelist>
+ <member>Fixed Revision History</member>
+ <member>Added information on Indic Onscreen Keyboard.</member>
+ <member>Added information on Florence Virtual Keyboard.</member>
+ <member>Added information on Jovie for KDE.</member>
+ <member>Added information on XFCE and Sugar Desktops.</member>
+ </simplelist>
+ </revdescription>
+ </revision>
+ <revision>
+ <revnumber>0.13-1</revnumber>
<date>Wed Apr 21 2010</date>
<author>
<firstname>Gerard</firstname>
@@ -19,8 +37,8 @@
</simplelist>
</revdescription>
</revision>
- <revision>
- <revnumber>0.9-1</revnumber>
+ <revision>
+ <revnumber>0.12-1</revnumber>
<date>Mon Mar 06 2010</date>
<author>
<firstname>Joseph</firstname>
@@ -34,6 +52,55 @@
</revdescription>
</revision>
<revision>
+ <revnumber>0.11-1</revnumber>
+ <date>Sat Nov 28 2009</date>
+ <author>
+ <firstname>Eric</firstname>
+ <surname>Christensen</surname>
+ <email>sparks at fedoraproject.org</email>
+ </author>
+ <revdescription>
+ <simplelist>
+ <member>Commented out Emacspeak sections that still need work.</member>
+ <member>Changed to be the official version for Fedora 12.</member>
+ </simplelist>
+ </revdescription>
+ </revision>
+ <revision>
+ <revnumber>0.10-1</revnumber>
+ <date>Sat Nov 28 2009</date>
+ <author>
+ <firstname>Susan</firstname>
+ <surname>Lauber</surname>
+ <email>laubersm at fedoraproject.org</email>
+ </author>
+ <revdescription>
+ <simplelist>
+ <member>Made some minor readability, grammar, and style edits.</member>
+ <member>Added a number of markup additions for consistency.</member>
+ <member>Added information on enabling Orca in GNOME to the Screen_Readers section.</member>
+ <member>Added information on GNOME Magnifier to the Screen_Magnifiers section.</member>
+ <member>Moved On Screen Keyboards to their own section to clean up Other Tools.</member>
+ <member>Added information on gok (GNOME On-Screen Keyboard).</member>
+ </simplelist>
+ </revdescription>
+ </revision>
+ <revision>
+ <revnumber>0.9-1</revnumber>
+ <date>Sun Nov 22 2009</date>
+ <author>
+ <firstname>Eric</firstname>
+ <surname>Christensen</surname>
+ <email>sparks at fedoraproject.org</email>
+ </author>
+ <revdescription>
+ <simplelist>
+ <member>Added Gnome features Dasher and Caribou.</member>
+ <member>Commented out dated information on how Red Hat and Fedora had or had not tested some of the FOSS solutions.</member>
+ </simplelist>
+ </revdescription>
+ </revision>
+ <revision>
<revnumber>0.8-1</revnumber>
<date>Mon Nov 09 2009</date>
<author>
diff --git a/en-US/Screen_Readers.xml b/en-US/Screen_Readers.xml
index 6ee7e5a..705bfe1 100644
--- a/en-US/Screen_Readers.xml
+++ b/en-US/Screen_Readers.xml
@@ -7,6 +7,13 @@
<section id="Orca">
<title>Orca for GNOME</title>
<para>GNOME supplies its own screen reader, <package>Orca</package>. This package is installed by default on all Fedora systems. Additional information on <package>Orca</package> may be found by visiting <ulink url="http://live.gnome.org/Orca/"></ulink>.</para>
+ <para>To enable <package>Orca</package> you may run <command>orca</command> from the command line. This first time you will be asked a number of preference questions. After the initial configuration, run <command>orca</command> a second time to start <application>orca</application>. The graphical application which starts has options for changing the preferences, quitting the program, and obtaining help. During the initial setup, the questions are also said allow as they are displayed in the terminal. </para>
+ <para>Alternately, from the graphical menus select <menuchoice><guilabel>System > Preferences > Assistive Technologies</guilabel></menuchoice> and check the box labeled "Enable Assistive Technologies" then click <guilabel>Preferred Applications</guilabel> to ensure that either <application>Orca</application> or <application>Orca and Magnifier</application> is selected.</para>
+ </section>
+ <section id="Jovie">
+ <title>Jovie for KDE</title>
+ <para><package>Jovie</package> is the KDE system for Text-to-Speech, previously known as ktts. <package>Jovie</package> consists of a Text-to-Speech Daemon, a <application>Konqueror</application> plugin, and an extension for the <application>Kate</application> text editor. The Daemon provides text-to-speech functionality to applications, such as <application>KMouth</application> and <application>KNotify</application>, via D-Bus. It also provides an icon from the system tray, for additional features. From this tray icon, <package>Jovie</package> can speak the contents of a text file, speak the contents of the clipboard, and access the control module for configuration. Comprehensive information on jovie can be found on the KDE website: <ulink url="http://docs.kde.org/stable/en/kdeaccessibility/jovie/index.html"></ulink></para>
+ <para>To start <package>Jovie</package> in Fedora, run <command>jovie</command> from the command line. To start it from the KDE graphical menus, select <menuchoice><guilabel>Applications > Utilities > Text-to-Speech.</guilabel></menuchoice></para>
</section>
<section id="Speakup">
<title>Speakup</title>
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