Re: Support for onscreen keyboard

Frederik Gladhorn <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.kde.devel.accessibility
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hi Kyle,

form my understanding Maliit should work on desktop just fine. That is why I asked. If it works good, we should simply adapt and embrace it for KDE.
If it doesn't we need to find a better solution.

Cheers
Frederik

On 17. jan. 2012, at 04.31, Kyle Pablo wrote:

> Hello Frederik,
> 
>    If Maliit will work with the Plasma Active API that's great.  I'm really interested in seeing KDE have a virtual/onscreen keyboard with enhanced features for the disabled.  I can type faster on my Android phone (word completion) compared to using xvkbd or kvkbd.  I use to use kvkbd but the pressing of the buttons became too sensitive.
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> Kyle
> 
> On 01/16/2012 10:49 AM, Frederik Gladhorn wrote:
>> Hi Kyle,
>> 
>> I just read through the bug and I didn't see you answering about Maliit.
>> > From what I understand it is quite usable for Plasma Active, so I see no
>> reason why it wouldn't work with regular KDE.
>> 
>> If you have further feedback, we need to coordinate with the Plasma devels
>> since they have been working on the current virtual keyboard of KDE.
>> 
>> Cheers
>> Frederik
>> 
>> Torsdag 12. januar 2012 14.25.23 skrev Kyle Pablo:
>>> Hello,
>>> 
>>>      I'm a disabled user who has been using Linux/Fedora/KDE for over 10
>>> years.  I can no longer type using a keyboard.  I use an onscreen
>>> keyboard (xvkbd) for typing, it is inadequate.  I have posted a
>>> whishlist feature on KDE's Bug Tracking System
>>> here--->http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=265452.
>>>      I also posted on KDE Brainstorm for a
>>> request--->http://forum.kde.org/brainstorm.php#idea97545_page1.
>>>      I am not programmer.  I love using Linux.  Any support or feedback
>>> in getting this feature implemented would be awesome.
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> Kyle
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