[sword-devel] Sword for the Blind

Don Elbourne don2 at elbourne.org
Sat Feb 20 18:50:36 EST 2021


Peter,

Great. Thank you. I will let you know when my friend finishes his 
review. He is blind and very knowledgeable on accessibility standards 
etc. We could probably recruit some programmers to help as well, if you 
are open to that.


--Â
by grace alone,

Pastor Don A. Elbourne Jr.
Lakeshore Baptist Church
https://lakeshorebaptist.net
The Dagg Center for the Blind
https://daggcenter.org


On 2/20/2021 8:57 AM, refdoc at gmx.net wrote:
> I would think there are two aspects to this.
>
> Making the programme responsive to assistive tools and making the text 
> accessible.
>
> I have had long involvement with libsword's filter system which 
> produces the text output.
>
> I would think it would be useful and the right thing to do to make the 
> text more accessible irrespective of when individual apps can follow 
> suit.
>
> My time is limited and I have been absent from CW for the better part 
> of two years, but I would love to ensure that this kind of work is 
> enabled to go forward from libsword's side.
>
> So, Don, if you would want to contact me offline we could maybe start 
> to talk this through?
>
> Peter
>
> Sent from my mobile. Please forgive shortness, typos and weird 
> autocorrects.
>
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [sword-devel] Sword for the Blind
> From: Jaak Ristioja
> To: sword-devel at crosswire.org
> CC:
>
>
>     Thank you for the offer, but unfortunately we don't currently have
>     the
>     developers or time to do this.
>
>     --
>     Best regards,
>     J
>
>     On 12.02.21 23:52, Don Elbourne wrote:
>     > Here is some good info on making Qt programs accessible to the blind
>     >
>     > https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/accessible.html
>     >
>     > If interested, one of my colleagues, who is blind and uses a screen
>     > reader, is willing to review BibleTime and make suggestions.
>     >
>
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