Project Thoughts

(+) = likely an achievable project that's also viewed as being in very high need

• INFRASTRUCTURE

  • (+)Removing Bonobo dependency from AT-SPI completely (see also bug 16312)

  • (+)Supporting embedded/mobile platforms

  • Hardening of multi-user accessibility

  • Finishing the AT-SPI/Collection work

  • New AT-SPI interfaces: AccessibleChat (instant messaging window) and AccessibleTerminal

  • (+)Exploring/integrating liblouis in GNOME for Orca, printing via OOo, etc. Also work on expanding and improving the number of translation tables for various locales.

  • Expanding the number of locales supported by eSpeak

  • Further investigation into fixing broken audio (e.g., look at PulseAudio)

  • Replacing gnome-speech with a non-CORBA API
• ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGIES
  • Porting GOK to Python (or just rewrite it)

  • (+)Magnification: working with gnome-mag and/or finishing/integrating the eZoom magnifier plugin for Compiz-Fusion, including communication between eZoom and Orca

  • Exploring other plug-in and filter ideas for Compiz-Fusion: enhancements to eZoom, support for learning disabilities, etc.

  • (+)OCR

• TESTING
  • Keyboard macro recording/playback (e.g., macaroon work)

  • Enabling accessibility and adding accessibility testing as a 'make' target (see also BuildBrigade)

  • Increasing the number of tests in the Orca regression test suite
  • Automated tools to to "lint" Glade Files for accessibility problems
  • AT-SPI Conformance Testing
• DOCUMENTATION
  • Approachable documentation for programmers -- how to write an accessible application, how to make custom widgets accessible, accessibility best practices, etc.
  • (+)Approachable documentation for end users

    • For example: How to use applications with Orca