"Rick Berger" <rbe### [at] rogerscom> wrote in message 
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> I'm interested in the use POV-Ray by people who have limited hand
> dexterity because of some physical condition or disability that limits
> their ability to use a mouse or any other type of pointing device.

POV-Ray provides a text-based language that enables you to effectively 
'describe' a scene in a text file. IMO the pointing device is far less 
significant than the keyboard for POV-Ray, but you would need to consider 
whether the dexterity issues you mentioned would be equally problematic for 
using a keyboard.  POV-Ray typically involves a lot of typing.

I have a little experience of designing systems to meet accessibility 
requirements, but most of the solutions I've come across that could help 
with keyboard entry would not be particularly effective for supporting the 
sort of keyboard entry required for entering or editing the POV-Ray Scene 
Description Language (SDL). For example, speech recognition tools are most 
effective where the context reduces the potential for ambiguity, such as in 
composing literature or responding to one of a predefined set of options, 
which is not particularly the case with POV-Ray SDL.

Do you see keyboard entry as being an issue or do you have some device or 
technology in mind to circumvent such issues?

Regards,
Chris B.

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