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<articleinfo>

<authorgroup
>	
<author
>&Mike.McBride; &Mike.McBride.mail;</author>
<othercredit role="translator"
><firstname
>Malcolm</firstname
><surname
>Hunter</surname
><affiliation
><address
><email
>malcolm.hunter@gmx.co.uk</email
></address
></affiliation
><contrib
>Conversion to British English</contrib
></othercredit
> 
</authorgroup>

<date
>2002-09-01</date>
<releaseinfo
>3.01.00</releaseinfo>

<keywordset>
<keyword
>KDE</keyword>
<keyword
>KControl</keyword>
<keyword
>accessibility</keyword>
</keywordset>
</articleinfo>

<sect1 id="accessibility">
<title
>Accessibility</title>
<sect2 id="accessibility-intro">

<title
>Introduction</title>

<para
>This module is designed to help users who have difficulty hearing audible cues, or who have difficulty using a keyboard. </para>

<para
>The module is divided into two tabs: <link linkend="access-bell"
><guilabel
>Bell</guilabel
></link
> and <link linkend="access-kb"
><guilabel
>Keyboard</guilabel
></link
>. </para>

<sect3 id="access-bell">
<title
><guilabel
>Bell</guilabel
></title>

<para
>This panel is divided into an <guilabel
>Audible Bell</guilabel
> section and a <guilabel
>Visible Bell</guilabel
> section. </para>

<para
>The top check box labelled <guilabel
>Use System Bell</guilabel
>, determines whether the normal System bell rings. If this option is disabled, the System bell will be silenced. </para>

<para
>The next check box down can be used to play a different sound whenever the system bell is triggered. To activate, place a mark in the check box labelled <guilabel
>Use customised bell</guilabel
>, and enter the complete pathname to the sound file in the text box labelled <guilabel
>Sound to Play</guilabel
>. If you want, you can select the <guibutton
>Browse</guibutton
> button to navigate through your filesystem to find the exact file. </para>

<para
>For those users who have difficulty hearing the System bell, or those users who have a silent computer, &kde; offers the <emphasis
>visible bell</emphasis
>. This provides a visual signal (inverting the screen or flashing a colour across it) when the system bell would normally sound. </para>

<para
>To use the visible bell, first place a mark in the check box labelled <guilabel
>Use visible bell</guilabel
>. </para>

<para
>You can then select between <guilabel
>Invert screen</guilabel
>, or <guilabel
>Flash screen</guilabel
>. If you select <guilabel
>Invert screen</guilabel
>, all colours on the screen will be reversed. If you choose <guilabel
>Flash screen</guilabel
>, you can choose the colour by clicking the button to the right of the <guilabel
>Flash screen</guilabel
> selection. </para>

<para
>The slider bar can be used to adjust the duration of the visible bell. The default value is 500ms, or half a second. </para>

</sect3>

<sect3 id="access-kb">
<title
><guilabel
>Keyboard</guilabel
></title>

<para
>There are three sections to this panel.</para>

<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term
><guilabel
>Use Sticky Keys</guilabel
></term>
<listitem>
<para
>If this option is enabled, the user can press and release the &Shift;, &Alt; or &Ctrl; keys, and then press another key to get a key combo (example: <keycombo action="simul"
>&Ctrl; &Alt; <keycap
>Del</keycap
></keycombo
> could be done with &Ctrl; then &Alt; then <keycap
>Del</keycap
>). </para>

<para
>Also in this section is a check box labelled <guilabel
>Lock Sticky Keys</guilabel
>. If this check box is enabled, the &Alt;, &Ctrl; and &Shift; keys stay <quote
>selected</quote
> until they are <quote
>de-selected</quote
> by the user. </para>

<para
>As an example: </para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term
>With <guilabel
>Lock Sticky Keys</guilabel
> disabled:</term>
<listitem>
<para
>The user presses the &Shift; key, then presses the <keycap
>F</keycap
> key. The computer translates this into <keycombo action="simul"
>&Shift;<keycap
>F</keycap
></keycombo
>. Now if the user types a <keycap
>p</keycap
>, the computer interprets this as the letter p (no shift). </para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term
>With <guilabel
>Lock Sticky Keys</guilabel
> enabled:</term>
<listitem>
<para
>The user presses the &Shift; key, then presses the <keycap
>F</keycap
> key. The computer translates this into <keycombo action="simul"
>&Shift;<keycap
>F</keycap
></keycombo
>. Now if the user types a <keycap
>p</keycap
>, the computer interprets this as the letter P (<keycombo action="simul"
>&Shift;<keycap
>P</keycap
></keycombo
>). </para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term
><guilabel
>Slow keys</guilabel
></term>
<listitem>
<para
>If this option is enabled, the user must hold the key down for a specified period of time (adjustable with the slider) before the keystroke will be accepted. This helps prevent accidental key strokes. </para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term
><guilabel
>Bounce keys</guilabel
></term>
<listitem>
<para
>If this option is enabled, the user must wait a specified delay (configurable with the slider) before the next key press can be accepted. This prevents accidental multiple key strokes. </para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>

</sect3>

</sect2>

</sect1>

</article>
