[wxperl-users] Call for (more) Volunteers

[Jouke V. <jo...@pv...>]

Hi wxperl-users,

As you may know, I've been working on Accessible software for disabled 
people since 2001. The best-known example of this is pVoice, but I've 
created many more of these kinds of programs (not all of them have been 
released in the wild).

As a spin-off of pVoice, I've released AAC::Pvoice a couple of years ago 
as a module set which enables the programmer to build switch-enabled GUI 
programs, but this module has been really specific for the audience that 
pVoice has. Not surprisingly, there weren't many people interested in 
working on that.

At YAPC::Europe in Birmingham I presented the first beginnings of the OA 
module. OA stands for Open Accessibility or Open Assistive. It's a new 
framework that uses wxPerl and aims to let you transform any 
wxPerl-based application into something that can be used by people with 
all kinds of disabilities, without having to write more than just a few 
lines of extra code. Features that it will include are (for example, but 
not limited to)

* Spoken (or audio) tooltips (for blind users)
* Switch access (for people who can't use a mouse or keyboard)
* Configurable on-screen keyboards for Text controls (where you can 
define the contents of the keyboard depending on what your textcontrol 
needs to accept)

I was able to give a short demonstration at the conference, and I got at 
least two people interested who will help, but more people are always 
welcome.

If you're interested, email me offline, or keep your eye on my 
use.perl.org journal at http://use.perl.org/~jouke

Cheers,

Jouke Visser

There's still a lot of work to be done