Features/Accessibility control panel
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Summary
Allow to Sugar user configure the keyboard accessibility options.
Owner
- Name: Esteban Arias, Ajay Garg (screenshots)
- Email: earias at plan.ceibal.edu.uy, ajay@activitycentral.com
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 (usage: self-explanatory)
Enable Sticky-Keys (usage: self-explanatory)
Enable Bounce-Keys (usage: self-explanatory)
Enable Virtual-Keyboard
Open keyboard.
Keyboard appears as a modal-window (that is, it would never disappear 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
Medium-sized (complete) keyboard
=Large-sized (complete) keyboard
(Large-sized) number-only keyboard
(Large-sized) letters-only keyboard
Enable Contrast
My-Settings view
Enable Capital-Letters
My-Settings view
Enable White-Mouse
My-Settings view (white-mouse could not be taken in snapshot)
Disable all features; return to normal mode
How To Test
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.