[ossrp-control] Re: Features So Far

But perhaps, just perhaps, to make the task slightly simpler for the first
pass, we could have some configurability but just permit saving a single
set of settings as the user's preferences.  Life starts to get, uh,
interesting when you get into the mess of sorting out what application is
really in control at any given moment.  Witness, for instance, how JAWS
will sometimes report the current application as some underlying DLL or
other widget that's in control unbeknownst to the user.  Just a thought in
the name of managing that scope creep a bit.  Honestly, I didn't *really*
expect the BIOS stuff to be in version 1.  Just thought it was a nice
thought as we did a little dreaming.

Cheers,
Jerry



                                                                                
                                                             
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Excuse me for stating the obvious Will, but I'd like to add a few more
things.  Since you know me, you can guess where I@m coming from <smile>

* Ability to use the command line
* Ability to set preferences relating to the screen reader
* Ability to make these settings specific to a particular application


I'm not sure the mouse support belongs in alpha 1 but I guess it could be
useful to some.

 Saqib


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Subject: [ossrp-control] Features So Far

Hi,

Here's my understanding of the important features that should be
investigated for version 1.  It doesn't feature everything, but then
there'll be versions after 1 in which more things can be brought in.

Functional requirements:
* ability to read *windows* login screen
* ability to work with widely used types of applications, e.g. word
processors, spreadsheets
* support for TTS engines that use the SAPI interface, as some of these
provide clearer speech than current formant synthesisers
* ability to use mouse or equivalent functionality
* must work with User Interface Automation
* ability to update components over the web
* support for Braille devices

Architectural requirements:
* based on .Net Framework/WinFX
* component based architecture

* Research requirements
* investigate mechanisms to provide more efficient interaction mechanics
* investigate techniques to convey all the semantic information contained
within a GUI through auditory and tactual/haptech transmission media.
* investigate means for clearer speech
* investigate perceptual psychology techniques for semantic conversion of
web based graphical turing tests to text

Project management requirements:
* risk analysis
* avoid scope creep
* requirements management
* beta 1 to be made publically available April 2006

These are fairly high level requirements, and if anyone feels anything is
being missed or would like to include anything, then say now.

Will




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