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From: Ramona B. <bu...@it...> - 2009-05-18 14:25:52
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***************************** * SUE-Newsletter May 2009 * ***************************** 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: ******* . 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: *********** . 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: *************** . 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 IT Science Center Rügen gGmbH Circus 14 D-18581 Putbus Telefon: +49(0)38301 8829-69 Fax: +49(0)38301 8829-59 E-mail: bu...@it... Web: www.it-science-center.de Geschäftsführer Gunther Dettmann, Ilvio Bruder Handelsregister Amtsgericht Stralsund HRB 6227 USt-Ident-Nummer: DE 244660253 |