[release-notes/gnome-2-28] add a11y

[Paul Cutler <pcutler src gnome org>]

commit 6e7a60dda54ca204bb9eedcb3e4877c6f4eba2e7
Author: Paul Cutler <pcutler gnome org>
Date:   Tue Aug 25 09:31:39 2009 -0500

    add a11y

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+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN"
+  "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1.2/docbookx.dtd"; [
+<!ENTITY urlfiguresbase "figures/">
+<!ENTITY gnomeversion "2.28">
+]>
+
+<sect1 id="rna11y">
+	<title>What's New In Accessibility</title>
+
+	<para>
+	 GNOME has a passion for making software available to everyone, including
+	 users and developers with impairments that can make it harder to use their
+	 computer. To help, GNOME created the GNOME Accessibility Project and an
+	 accessibility framework that is now a standard on libre desktops.
+	</para>
+
+	<para>
+	 GNOME &gnomeversion; continues to build on its prior accessibility
+	 credentials with several improvements.
+	</para>
+
+	<sect2 id="rna11y.orca">
+	 <title>Orca Screenreader</title>
+
+	 <para>
+	  The <application>Orca</application> screenreader has had significant
+		work done to reduce program bugs and improve performance, with over 140 bugs
+		fixed for GNOME &gnomeversion;. Some of the improvements include:
+	 </para>
+	 <itemizedlist>
+	  <listitem><para>
+		 New support for different progress bar "verbosity levels" to allow you to control 
+		 whether progress bar updates should be spoken even if the progress bar is not in the active window;
+		</para></listitem>
+		<listitem><para>
+		 ability to move the mouse without performing a click;
+		</para></listitem>
+		<listitem><para>
+		 support for mouseovers including the ability to interact item displayed in the mouseover;
+		</para></listitem>
+	  <listitem><para>
+		 presentation of misspelled words when editing text;
+		</para></listitem>
+		<listitem><para>
+		 the speech and Braille generators have been re-written, and one improved feature is 
+		 speech support now also includes the ability to play sounds; and
+		</para></listitem>
+		<listitem><para>
+		 new support for different progress bar "verbosity levels" to allow you 
+		 to control whether progress bar updates should be spoken even if the progress bar 
+		 is not in the active window.
+		</para></listitem>
+	 </itemizedlist>
+
+  </sect2>	
+  
+  
+  <sect2 id="rna11y.webkit">
+  	 <title>Webkit Accessibility Support</title>
+  	 
+	<para>Much work has been done to improve WebKit accessibility, in particular
+			the addition of caret navigation and the initial implementation of Atk's
+			accessible text interface. Once the accessible text interface has been
+			fully implemented, users will be able to access content without using
+			the mouse and have it presented to them in speech and/or braille via the
+			Orca screen reader. 
+	</para>
+  
+  </sect2>
+
+</sect1>
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