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The
GNOME
Desktop
3.5
Assistive Technology Support
GNOME offers a number of applications to support users with disabilities. These
applications include an on-screen keyboard (GOK), a powerful screenreader
(Gnopernicus) with magnification, speech and braille support, and a text entry
interface (Dasher). Activate the support for any assistive technology via the the
GNOME control center that can be accessed by selecting ‘Desktop’ ➝ ‘Prefer-
ences’.
applications include an on-screen keyboard (GOK), a powerful screenreader
(Gnopernicus) with magnification, speech and braille support, and a text entry
interface (Dasher). Activate the support for any assistive technology via the the
GNOME control center that can be accessed by selecting ‘Desktop’ ➝ ‘Prefer-
ences’.
3.5.1
GNOME On-Screen Keyboard
Gnome On Screen Keyboard (GOK) provides a virtual keyboard on screen to
those users who cannot use standard mouse and keyboard devices to control
their computers. With appropriate hardware support, you can use a joystick or
any pointer device as the input device.
those users who cannot use standard mouse and keyboard devices to control
their computers. With appropriate hardware support, you can use a joystick or
any pointer device as the input device.
Figure 3.6: GOK in Use
The following example of using a text editor via GOK should illustrate the way
how GOK works.
how GOK works.
Procedure 3.2: Editing a Text File via GOK
1. Click ‘Launcher’ in the main menu. See Figure 3.6 on this page
2. Select ‘Text editor’ to launch a GNOME text editor and click ‘back’ to return
to the main menu.
3. Hit ‘Compose’ to launch the actual on-screen keyboard and start entering
your text. If in need of advanced editing funtionality like selecting, copy-
ing, pasting, or skipping characters, words, sentences, or lines, hit ‘Edit’. To
return to the keyboard window, hit ‘back’.
ing, pasting, or skipping characters, words, sentences, or lines, hit ‘Edit’. To
return to the keyboard window, hit ‘back’.
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