[SUE-list] Newsletter May 2009

[Ramona B. <bu...@it...>]

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* SUE-Newsletter May 2009 *
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SUE is short for Screenreader & Usability Extensions, an effort to make
screen reading on Linux more usable. SUE is based on the former Linux
Screen Reader (LSR), an excellent platform for all kinds of assistive
applications. SUE itself is the first of those assistive applications,
namely a screen reader for graphical user interfaces on the GNOME
desktop.

SUE is available either from SVN trunk or in version 0.4.0 from our
download section at Sourceforge.net. Documentation including
installation instructions may also be found at
http://sue.sourceforge.net.

* News:
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. SUE has been presented at last week's SightCity in Frankfurt/Main. We
demonstrated the behaviour of SUE with different applications in front
of a very interested audience. Lots of you also asked about our
prototypes of the large print display and the new Braille monitor.
Thanks a lot for your interest!

* Bugfixes:
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. Bug: The script for gEdit contained a bug, that prevented the correct
information gathering for a word in the spellchecking dialog. This bug
is now fixed.

* Current work:
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. We are working on the next prototype which will provide support for
OpenOffice spread sheet.
. The enhancement of the Braille output continues. Right now the Braille
device gives a lot of lengthy information out. This is one of the
aspects we are currently working on. The information output should be
short and pregnant. We also plan to implement user settings specifically
for the Braille output. Further more a Braille device is also an input
device and we want to support this functionality of the device in an
intelligent way.
. We are also working on a new Braille monitor, which uses the compiz
window manager.
. Implementation of the large-print monitor continues along with
contrast/color filter generators for Compiz/ eZoom.
. Firefox support remains an important issue.
. The SUE documentation is about to be re-structured and updated.


If you are intrested in testing SUE but experience problems at any
point, please don't hesitate to send a message to this mailing list.
If you find a bug, you may add it to our bug tracker on SourceForge.net
or send an e-mail with your bug description to
sue...@it....
A few notes on how to submit a bug in either of those ways and which
information to include are available on both our project wiki at
http://www.sue-projekt.de (in German) and our documentation page at
SourceForge.net (in English). To request a feature, you may use the same
means of communication.


Thanks a lot for your tests, comments, and feedback!

The SUE team

-- 
Ramona Bunk

SUE: Screenreader & Usability Extensions
http://sue.sourceforge.net

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