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<chapter id="accessibility">

<chapterinfo>
<authorgroup>
<author>
<firstname>Gary</firstname>
<surname>Cramblitt </surname>
</author>
</authorgroup>
</chapterinfo>

<title>Accessibility</title>

<indexterm><primary>Accessibility</primary></indexterm>

<para><acronym>KDEAP</acronym> (the &tde; Accessibility Project) aims to ensure that &tde;, as a desktop environment, is accessible to all users, including those of us with physical disabilities. In addition to the accessibility aids in the <link linkend="kcontrol-regional-and-accessibility">Control Center</link>, &tde; has several other accessibility tools, which are available in the &tde;-Accessibility package. This package may not be installed on your computer; if it is not, you can download it from here:</para>

<para><itemizedlist>
<listitem><para><ulink url="ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/stable/apps/KDE3.x/accessibility/tdeaccessibility-1.0.0.tar.gz">tdeaccessibility-1.0.0.tar.gz</ulink>, or 
<ulink url="ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/stable/apps/KDE3.x/accessibility/tdeaccessibility-1.0.0.tar.bz2">tdeaccessibility-1.0.0.tar.bz2</ulink></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><ulink url="ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/stable/apps/KDE3.x/accessibility/tdeaccessibility-1.0.0.md5">MD5</ulink></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><ulink url="ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/stable/apps/KDE3.x/accessibility/tdeaccessibility-1.0.0.lsm">lsm file</ulink></para></listitem>
</itemizedlist></para>

<para>For more information on the project, visit the <ulink url="http://accessibility.kde.org/">&tde; Accessibility Home Page</ulink>.</para>

<sect1 id="kmousetool">
<title><application>KMouseTool</application></title>

<indexterm><primary>Mouse</primary><secondary>clicking
automatically</secondary></indexterm>

<para>
  <application>KMouseTool</application> is a   &tde; program, which clicks the mouse for you, so you
  do not have to. <application>KMouseTool</application> works with any mouse or pointing device.
</para>
<para>
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	<imageobject>
		<imagedata fileref="kmousetool.png" format="PNG" />
	</imageobject>
	<textobject>
		<phrase>KMouseTool</phrase>
	</textobject>
</inlinemediaobject>
</para>

<itemizedlist><title>Related Information</title>
	<listitem><para><application>MouseTool</application> Website: <ulink url="http://mousetool.com/">http://mousetool.com</ulink></para></listitem>
	<listitem><para><ulink url="help:/kmousetool"><application>KMouseTool</application> Handbook</ulink></para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>

</sect1>

<sect1 id="kmagnifier">
<title>KMagnifier</title>

<indexterm><primary>Magnifier</primary></indexterm>

<para>KMagnifier (or <command>kmag</command>, to use its &UNIX; name) is a small utility for Linux to magnify
  a part of the screen. It magnifies the area of the screen around the
  mouse pointer or, optionally, a user-defined area. Additionally, it can save
  a magnified screenshot to disk.
</para>

<para>
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	<imageobject>
		<imagedata fileref="kmag.png" format="PNG" />
	</imageobject>
	<textobject>
		<phrase>KMag</phrase>
	</textobject>
</inlinemediaobject>
</para>

<itemizedlist><title>Related Information</title>
	<listitem><para>Website: <ulink url="http://kmag.sourceforge.net/">http://kmag.sourceforge.net</ulink></para></listitem>
	<listitem><para><ulink url="help:/kmag"><application>KMag</application> Handbook</ulink></para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>

</sect1>

<sect1 id="kmouth">
<title><application>KMouth</application></title>

<indexterm><primary>Speech</primary></indexterm>

<para><application>KMouth</application> is a TDE program which enables people who cannot speak to let their
 computer speak, &eg; mutal people or people who have lost their voice.
 It has a text-input field and speaks the sentences that you enter. It also has
 support for user-defined phrasebooks.
</para>

<para>
<inlinemediaobject>
	<imageobject>
		<imagedata fileref="kmouth.png" format="PNG" />
	</imageobject>
	<textobject>
		<phrase>First screenshot of <application>KMouth</application></phrase>
	</textobject>
</inlinemediaobject>
</para>
<para>
<inlinemediaobject>
	<imageobject>
		<imagedata fileref="kmouth2.png" format="PNG" />
	</imageobject>
	<textobject>
		<phrase>Second screenshot of <application>KMouth</application></phrase>
	</textobject>
</inlinemediaobject>
</para>
<para>
<inlinemediaobject>
	<imageobject>
		<imagedata fileref="kmouth3.png" format="PNG" />
	</imageobject>
	<textobject>
		<phrase>Third screenshot of <application>KMouth</application></phrase>
	</textobject>
</inlinemediaobject>
</para>

<itemizedlist><title>Related Information</title>
	<listitem><para>Website: <ulink url="http://www.schmi-dt.de/kmouth/index.en.html">http://www.schmi-dt.de/kmouth/index.en.html</ulink></para></listitem>
	<listitem><para><ulink url="help:/kmouth"><application>KMouth</application> Handbook</ulink></para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>

</sect1>

<sect1 id="ktts">
<title><application>KTTS</application> - Text-to-Speech</title>

<para><application>KTTS</application> is a &tde; application for the conversion of text into audible speech. Currently, since &kde; 3.4, you can use <application>KTTS</application> to speak any text from the &klipper;, the &tde; clipboard, any text from a plain text file (using &kate; or otherwise), speak any portion of text from a &HTML; page in &konqueror;, and much more.</para>

<para>To get <application>KTTS</application> up-and-running you will need to start by running <command>kttsmgr</command>, the &tde; Text-to-Speech manager.</para>

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<itemizedlist><title>Related Information</title>
	<listitem><para>Website: <ulink url="http://accessibility.kde.org/developer/kttsd/">http://accessibility.kde.org/developer/kttsd/</ulink></para></listitem>
	<listitem><para><ulink url="help:/kttsd"><application>KTTSD</application> Handbook</ulink></para></listitem>

</itemizedlist>

</sect1>
</chapter>