Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 6.3

Chapter 27. KDE Additional Packages

Kdeaccessibility-3.5.9

Introduction to Kdeaccessibility

Kdeaccessibility provides KDE programs to aid handicapped users. Programs include a screen magnifier, a text to speech plugin service to allow an application to speak using the DCOP interface, and an application for computer speech for mute users.

Package Information

Kdeaccessibility Dependencies

Required

kdebase-3.5.9

Recommended

libjpeg-6b, libxml2-2.6.31, and ALSA-1.0.13

Optional

Akode-2.0.2

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/kdeaccessibility

Run-Time Dependencies

Several KDE accessibility programs access other programs at run time for rendering speech from text. These include FreeTTS-1.2.1, Festival, Festival Lite, Epos, or MBROLA with optionally Txt2pho.

Installation of Kdeaccessibility

Install kdeaccessibility with: 

./configure --prefix=$KDE_PREFIX --disable-debug \
    --disable-dependency-tracking &&
make

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Contents

Installed Programs: kmag, kmousetool, and kmouth
Installed Libraries: kdeaccessibility support libraries
Installed Directories: None

Short Descriptions

kmag

is a screen magnifier for KDE.

kmousetool

is a utility which clicks the mouse whenever the mouse cursor pauses briefly.

kmouth

is an application that enables persons that cannot speak to let their computers speak.

Last updated on 2008-05-09 08:00:42 -0500