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 * '''Launchpad entry''': https://features.launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+spec/onboard-switching
 * '''Packages affected''': 

== Summary ==

Provide enhanced switch support for onBoard. This allows you to enter text and navigate the Gnome desktop using a single (or more) switch input device.

== Rationale ==

Some users cannot use a normal mouse or keyboard but only a single switch operated by light touch, air pressure, etc. onBoard currently has very basic support for entering text via switch operation, but the potential is much greater. 

== Use cases ==

 * Simon uses a single switch to operate his computer. When properly configured he can surf the web, write emails and send commands to his X-10-based environmental control system, to turn on lights, open doors and windows.

== Scope ==

 * Desktop navigation using AT-SPI
  * GOK reads widget information from an application and displays it on-screen within GOK, which can me controlled by switch input. An alternative approach is to perform operations directly on the host application the way at-poke does.
 * Enhanced switch input methods including configurable scanning sequences and multiple switches.
  * Investigate what the 2-3 most efficient input methods are for 1 and two switches and implement those.

== Design ==

== Implementation ==

=== Code ===

== Unresolved issues ==

 * Get suitable switch hardware for testing.

== BoF agenda and discussion ==

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