Hi All, On Jul 20, 2012, Dónal Fitzpatrick wrote:
> no no Gordon it is a Mac app but it's dependencies are X11. It's a mac > installer, everything. Sorry for the confusion. There is also a windows > version. This is just a very bad port to OSX. >> <snip> >> Essentially Humanware have this product which they sell predominently on >> windows. It's an OCR app based on a camera mounted on a metal frame. The >> devs have ported (in inverted commas) to mac by using X11 and Wine. I've retitled the subject line to correct the spelling of "EyePal". My understanding is that the EyePal itself is a hardware device with camera for OCR of text, but is controlled with software. The problem with using X11 instead of Quartz as the interface, is that X11 is essentially a visually based protocol that is used for things like remotely drawing/displaying images on other devices. (It could be the basis of a remote desktop that is totally inaccessible.) For example, the freeware alternative to Microsoft office products, Open Office, has both an X11 port and a Quartz port to the Mac. Only the port that uses the Quartz interface can be accessible to VoiceOver. Both X11 and Quartz contains the information on how and where characters and other elements get drawn on the screen. X11 is a standard that works across many operating system platforms for performing these operations, but Quartz is only a Mac system platform. X11 has no hooks in it for accessibility with VoiceOver because it long predates it. In some sense the port to OS X via X11 was probably easier, because many operating systems support X11. HTH. Cheers, Esther <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
