Source and binary rpms of Accerciser 0.1.0 are now available from the SpeakupModified.Org repository via all the usual methods: yum, rsync, http, and ftp.To add the SpeakupModified repository to your yum: rpm -iv http://SpeakupModified.Org/speakupmodified-release.rpm If you need to add our GPG key by hand: rpm -iv http://RPM-GPG-KEY-speakupmodified The above steps need be performed only once. Thereafter you can install Accerciser via yum: yum install accerciser Janina Peter Parente writes: > Accerciser is an interactive Python accessibility explorer for the > GNOME desktop. It uses AT-SPI to inspect and control widgets, allowing > you to check if an application is providing correct information to > assistive technologies and automated test frameworks. Accerciser has a > simple plugin framework which you can use to create custom views of > accessibility information. > > In essence, Accerciser is a next generation at-poke tool. > > == Features > > * ORBit, not cspi, based > > Like the modern LSR and Orca screen readers, Accerciser uses pyORBit to talk > AT-SPI with other applications. The legacy cspi module is avoided. > > * Plugin architecture > > Create a Python module, drop it in a folder, and have it load as a plugin pane > with full access to AT-SPI and the selected element in the accessibility tree > view. > > * Interface browser and event monitor plugins > > All the features you've come to expect from a poke tool, and then some. > > * IPython console plugin > > A full, interactive Python shell with access to the accessible object selected > in the tree view; all AT-SPI interfaces, methods and attributes; and any other > Python modules. Supports autocompletion and a million other niceties thanks to > IPython. > > * API browser plugin > > Shows the interfaces, methods, and attributes available on the selected > accessible object. > > * Global hotkeys > > Move the tree view quickly to the last focused accessible or the one under the > mouse pointer. Insert a marker into the event monitor log for easy > identification at a later time. > > * Customizable UI layout > > Move plugin tabs to different panels or even separate windows to view them > concurrently. > > * Accessibility! > > Accerciser does not disable its own accessibility. > > * Yelp documentation > > Included in the package. > > * Python powered > > Brits, not serpents.
