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Bug 632363 - should have a shortcut to start the accessibility panel
should have a shortcut to start the accessibility panel
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Product: gnome-settings-daemon
Classification: Core
Component: media-keys
2.91.x
Other All
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: gnome-settings-daemon-maint
gnome-settings-daemon-maint
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2010-10-17 15:18 UTC by Samuel Thibault
Modified: 2019-03-20 10:52 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
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Description Samuel Thibault 2010-10-17 15:18:03 UTC 
In a public place, somebody with disabilities (blindness, notably)
should be able to just press a shortcut to start the accessibility
panel and enable the accessibility features she needs.  AIUI, that
would be added to gnome-settings-daemon's a11y-keyboard plugin,
somewhere around ./plugins/a11y-keyboard/gsd-a11y-keyboard-manager.c:
gsd_a11y_keyboard_manager_ensure_status_icon()

Could you have a look at this relatively soon?  I'd like to see this
added to Debian Squeeze.  AIUI it shouldn't be technically difficult,
one just needs to agree on a shortcut.
Comment 1 Bastien Nocera 2010-11-17 13:40:53 UTC 
gnome-settings-daemon has had support for shortcuts for the magnifier, screenreader and on-screen keyboard for a while, though they don't have any shortcuts defined by default.

There's also some ability to dwell (use mouse gestures) to start up some of the a11y features.

Is that good enough, or do you need something else?
Comment 2 Samuel Thibault 2010-11-17 15:23:25 UTC 
Well, what we need is a _standard_ shortcut, enabled by default, so that people can just type it on any machine they encounter with gnome installed, without having to ask for enabling the shortcut.
Comment 3 Tobias Mueller 2011-03-01 08:46:58 UTC 
Maybe it's better to raise this on relevant mailing lists.
However, requested information has been provided. Hence I am reopening.
Comment 4 GNOME Infrastructure Team 2019-03-20 10:52:42 UTC 
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