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The KDE Desktop
All’ then establishes a connection between Kopete and the selected messaging
service.
The main application windows features a list of contacts. When you right-click a
contact marked as online, a menu opens with various options. Send that person a
message or start a chatting session. A chat allows invitation of additional partic-
ipants for real-time discussion. Connection to all participants is closed when the
creator of the chat session closes it.
Transfer files by right-clicking a username. Many options, such as ‘Delete Con-
tact’, ‘Show User Information’, ‘Block User’, and ‘Send File’, can be found in the
menu that opens. Clicking ‘Send File’ opens a dialog for selecting the desired file.
Confirming with ‘OK’ sends a dialog to the recipient asking whether he wants to
accept the file. If he accepts, the file transfer starts.
4.4.9 KDE Accessibility Tools
KDE offers handicap support for daily computer work. There are a number of
options in KDE, especially ‘Regional & Accessibility’ ➝ ‘Accessibility’ in the KDE
Control Center. Some additional programs also help meet particular needs.
KMag—Magnify Your Desktop
People with low vision have limited possibilities for improve the visibility of
their desktop. The font size can be increased, but that is not always a good so-
lution. The tool KMag solves this problem. It is a tool to magnify your desktop.
Start it with the command kmag then see a part of the screen in the KMag win-
dow.
With the toolbar, choose some important options, such as the zoom factor, the
refresh rate, and how KMag should behave. You can magnify around the mouse
cursor, show a window for selecting the magnified area, or magnify the entire
screen. With
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F5 , halt the process. Press it again to restart it.
KTTS—The KDE Text-to-Speech Manager
KTTS is an implementation of a system for producing speech from text. This en-
ables other applications to use this subsystem in a consistent manner. The ca-
pabilities of KTTS include speaking the content of a text file, KDE notification
events, and all or part of the text of a Web page in Konqueror. Before configure
KTTS, make sure that you have festival and the KDE accessibility package in-
stalled.
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