runtime/doc/userguide/accessibility.docbook

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   2 <chapter id="accessibility">
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   4 <chapterinfo>
   5 <authorgroup>
   6 <author>
   7 <firstname>Gary</firstname>
   8 <surname>Cramblitt </surname>
   9 </author>
  10 </authorgroup>
  11 </chapterinfo>
  12
  13 <title>Accessibility</title>
  14
  15 <indexterm><primary>Accessibility</primary></indexterm>
  16
  17 <para><acronym>KDEAP</acronym> (the &kde; Accessibility Project) aims to ensure that &kde;, as a desktop environment, is accessible to all users, including those of us with physical disabilities. In addition to the accessibility aids in the <link linkend="kcontrol-regional-and-accessibility">Control Center</link>, &kde; has several other accessibility tools, which are available in the &kde;-Accessibility package. This package may not be installed on your computer; if it is not, you can download it from here:</para>
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  19 <para><itemizedlist>
  20 <listitem><para><ulink url="ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/stable/apps/KDE3.x/accessibility/kdeaccessibility-1.0.0.tar.gz">kdeaccessibility-1.0.0.tar.gz</ulink>, or
  21 <ulink url="ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/stable/apps/KDE3.x/accessibility/kdeaccessibility-1.0.0.tar.bz2">kdeaccessibility-1.0.0.tar.bz2</ulink></para></listitem>
  22 <listitem><para><ulink url="ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/stable/apps/KDE3.x/accessibility/kdeaccessibility-1.0.0.md5">MD5</ulink></para></listitem>
  23 <listitem><para><ulink url="ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/stable/apps/KDE3.x/accessibility/kdeaccessibility-1.0.0.lsm">lsm file</ulink></para></listitem>
  24 </itemizedlist></para>
  25
  26 <para>For more information on the project, visit the <ulink url="http://accessibility.kde.org/">&kde; Accessibility Home Page</ulink>.</para>
  27
  28 <sect1 id="kmousetool">
  29 <title><application>KMouseTool</application></title>
  30
  31 <indexterm><primary>Mouse</primary><secondary>clicking
  32 automatically</secondary></indexterm>
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  34 <para>
  35   <application>KMouseTool</application> is a   &kde; program, which clicks the mouse for you, so you
  36   do not have to. <application>KMouseTool</application> works with any mouse or pointing device.
  37 </para>
  38 <para>
  39 <inlinemediaobject>
  40         <imageobject>
  41                 <imagedata fileref="kmousetool.png" format="PNG" />
  42         </imageobject>
  43         <textobject>
  44                 <phrase>KMouseTool</phrase>
  45         </textobject>
  46 </inlinemediaobject>
  47 </para>
  48
  49 <itemizedlist><title>Related Information</title>
  50         <listitem><para><application>MouseTool</application> Website: <ulink url="http://mousetool.com/">http://mousetool.com</ulink></para></listitem>
  51         <listitem><para><ulink url="help:/kmousetool"><application>KMouseTool</application> Handbook</ulink></para></listitem>
  52 </itemizedlist>
  53
  54 </sect1>
  55
  56 <sect1 id="kmagnifier">
  57 <title>KMagnifier</title>
  58
  59 <indexterm><primary>Magnifier</primary></indexterm>
  60
  61 <para>KMagnifier (or <command>kmag</command>, to use its &UNIX; name) is a small utility for Linux to magnify
  62   a part of the screen. It magnifies the area of the screen around the
  63   mouse pointer or, optionally, a user-defined area. Additionally, it can save
  64   a magnified screenshot to disk.
  65 </para>
  66
  67 <para>
  68 <inlinemediaobject>
  69         <imageobject>
  70                 <imagedata fileref="kmag.png" format="PNG" />
  71         </imageobject>
  72         <textobject>
  73                 <phrase>KMag</phrase>
  74         </textobject>
  75 </inlinemediaobject>
  76 </para>
  77
  78 <itemizedlist><title>Related Information</title>
  79         <listitem><para>Website: <ulink url="http://kmag.sourceforge.net/">http://kmag.sourceforge.net</ulink></para></listitem>
  80         <listitem><para><ulink url="help:/kmag"><application>KMag</application> Handbook</ulink></para></listitem>
  81 </itemizedlist>
  82
  83 </sect1>
  84
  85 <sect1 id="kmouth">
  86 <title><application>KMouth</application></title>
  87
  88 <indexterm><primary>Speech</primary></indexterm>
  89
  90 <para><application>KMouth</application> is a KDE program which enables people who cannot speak to let their
  91  computer speak, &eg; mutal people or people who have lost their voice.
  92  It has a text-input field and speaks the sentences that you enter. It also has
  93  support for user-defined phrasebooks.
  94 </para>
  95
  96 <para>
  97 <inlinemediaobject>
  98         <imageobject>
  99                 <imagedata fileref="kmouth.png" format="PNG" />
 100         </imageobject>
 101         <textobject>
 102                 <phrase>First screenshot of <application>KMouth</application></phrase>
 103         </textobject>
 104 </inlinemediaobject>
 105 </para>
 106 <para>
 107 <inlinemediaobject>
 108         <imageobject>
 109                 <imagedata fileref="kmouth2.png" format="PNG" />
 110         </imageobject>
 111         <textobject>
 112                 <phrase>Second screenshot of <application>KMouth</application></phrase>
 113         </textobject>
 114 </inlinemediaobject>
 115 </para>
 116 <para>
 117 <inlinemediaobject>
 118         <imageobject>
 119                 <imagedata fileref="kmouth3.png" format="PNG" />
 120         </imageobject>
 121         <textobject>
 122                 <phrase>Third screenshot of <application>KMouth</application></phrase>
 123         </textobject>
 124 </inlinemediaobject>
 125 </para>
 126
 127 <itemizedlist><title>Related Information</title>
 128         <listitem><para>Website: <ulink url="http://www.schmi-dt.de/kmouth/index.en.html">http://www.schmi-dt.de/kmouth/index.en.html</ulink></para></listitem>
 129         <listitem><para><ulink url="help:/kmouth"><application>KMouth</application> Handbook</ulink></para></listitem>
 130 </itemizedlist>
 131
 132 </sect1>
 133
 134 <sect1 id="ktts">
 135 <title><application>KTTS</application> - Text-to-Speech</title>
 136
 137 <para><application>KTTS</application> is a &kde; application for the conversion of text into audible speech. Currently, since &kde; 3.4, you can use <application>KTTS</application> to speak any text from the &klipper;, the &kde; clipboard, any text from a plain text file (using &kate; or otherwise), speak any portion of text from a &HTML; page in &konqueror;, and much more.</para>
 138
 139 <para>To get <application>KTTS</application> up-and-running you will need to start by running <command>kttsmgr</command>, the &kde; Text-to-Speech manager.</para>
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 143 <itemizedlist><title>Related Information</title>
 144         <listitem><para>Website: <ulink url="http://accessibility.kde.org/developer/kttsd/">http://accessibility.kde.org/developer/kttsd/</ulink></para></listitem>
 145         <listitem><para><ulink url="help:/kttsd"><application>KTTSD</application> Handbook</ulink></para></listitem>
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 147 </itemizedlist>
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