What assistive technologies are available for GNOME 2.0?
The GNOME 2.0 platform, in addition to supporting third-party assistive technologies, includes solutions designed to assist users with disabilities. These include an on-screen keyboard to aid people who have difficulty with the keyboard or mouse, and a screen-reading package to assist users who are blind or visually impaired. The GNOME Onscreen Keyboard (GOK) provides users with physical impairments a wide variety of ways to enter text and manipulate the graphical user interface of applications and the GNOME desktop. This onscreen keyboard goes beyond the standard physical keyboard. It supports word prediction, scanning access, coded access, and customizable keyboard layouts. Dynamic keyboard functionality conveniently places menu bar options and other application elements onto the keyboard display for direct manipulation. The Gnopernicus Screen Reader is a screen-access package to assist persons who are blind or who have low vision. Gnopernicus combines the functions of a screen reade
