Features/Accessibility control panel

Summary

Allow to Sugar user configure the keyboard accessibility options.

Owner

• Name: Esteban Arias
• Email: earias at plan.ceibal.edu.uy

Current status

• Targeted release: 0.88
• Last updated: 28/12/2009
• Percentage of completion: 60%

Detailed Description

Added to control panel new section: "Accesibilidad". This item allow configurate Mouse keys, Sticky Keys and Bounce Keys.

• Mouse keys: move the mouse pointer with the numeric keypad.
• Sticky keys: allows the user to press key, such as Shift, Ctrl, Alt, and remain active until another key is pressed.
• Bounce Keys: allows you to configure the keyboard to ignore rapid, repeated keypresses of the same key.

Benefit to Sugar

Users with handicapped will be able to use the keyboard more accessible and move the mouse pointer with the numeric keypad.

Scope

We'll need to add an extension for the control panel and use the process "ax" to set configuration (mouseKeys, stickyKeys and bounceKeys).

UI Design

Enable Mouse-Keys

Enable Sticky-Keys

Enable Bounce-Keys

Enable Virtual-Keyboard

Open keyboard.

Keyboard appears as a modal-window (that is, it would never disappea now, unless explicitly closed).

Set settings to Speak-as-you-type

As keys are pressed, character is spoken

As keys are pressed, character is spoken

Enable Contrast

How To Test

Features/Accessibility control panel/Testing

User Experience

Users will see a new control panel section to configurate accessibility options.

Dependencies

None.

Contingency Plan

None necessary, revert to previous release behaviour.

Comments and Discussion

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