[Accessibility] Accessibility features in Wayland - feedback request

[Michael Pozhidaev]

Hi Peter,

Soory for the delay please! I am very interested in future accessibility
features that could be supported by Wayland but can I learn more about
where the process goes to for now?

Just for the beginning I could say that usually it is very good to imitate
all types of input events at various levels. In addition it could be
very important to listen all input events that come.

For example, for the accessibility work that I am doing now it  is good to
translate touchpad movements not into mouse pointer position changing but into
imitation of arrow keys pressing. 

So, it is very interesting to learn more what level of flexibility
is already implied and  think a bit what could be useful as well. 

Thank you a lot for this message! Very interesting! :))

Peter Hutterer writes:

> Hi list,
>
> As you may be aware, the input stack in Wayland is quite different to the
> one in X. most notably we're working on libinput as a shared input stack to
> be used between compositor. Most of the baseline is done, one of the things
> we're now looking into is accessibility, but this is where we lack feedback
> to decide what needs to be done and how.
>
> If you or someone you know require specific accessibility features, please
> let me know, I'd like to discuss with you why you need it, how that need is
> currently being addressed and whether we can improve on that. I'm
> specifically looking to get a grasp on the various requirements within the
> input stack, so anything from braille input devices to debouncing keys to
> button locking.
>
> Happy to have the discussion off-list if you prefer to stay more anonymous.
>
> Cheers,
>    Peter
>
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