onBoardSwitching
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Launchpad entry: https://features.launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+spec/onboard-switching
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Summary
Provide enhanced switch support for onBoard. This allows you to enter text and navigate the Gnome desktop using a single (or more) switch input device.
Rationale
Some users cannot use a normal mouse or keyboard but only a single switch operated by light touch, air pressure, etc. onBoard currently has very basic support for entering text via switch operation, but the potential is much greater.
Use cases
- Simon uses a single switch to operate his computer. When properly configured he can surf the web, write emails and send commands to his X-10-based environmental control system, to turn on lights, open doors and windows.
Scope
- Desktop navigation using AT-SPI
- GOK reads widget information from an application and displays it on-screen within GOK, which can me controlled by switch input. An alternative approach is to perform operations directly on the host application the way at-poke does.
- Enhanced switch input methods including configurable scanning sequences and multiple switches.
- Investigate what the 2-3 most efficient input methods are for 1 and two switches and implement those.
Design
Implementation
Code
Unresolved issues
- Get suitable switch hardware for testing.
BoF agenda and discussion
Accessibility/Specs/onBoardSwitching (last edited 2008-08-06 16:35:56 by localhost)