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[Sergio Costas <2116166@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

[ Impact ]

An user that relies on a screen reader won't be able to know what
characters are available in each key combination.

This has been fixed upstream with
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/tecla/-/merge_requests/32

[ Test plan ]

* Enable the screen reader
* Launch `tecla`
* Press any key in the keyboard. A popup with the available characters will be shown, but the screen reader will say nothing. With the patch, it will read the (currently) four alternative characters generated by that key when pressed alone, with Shift, AltGr...

[ Where problems could occur ]

This patch just adds an accessibility label, so, in general, any
possible problem should be just wrong accessibility data spoken through
the screen reader, but no impact is expected for the average user.

** Affects: tecla (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
     Assignee: Sergio Costas (rastersoft-gmail)
         Status: New

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Title:
  Tecla lacks accessibility when showing available keys

Status in tecla package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  [ Impact ]

  An user that relies on a screen reader won't be able to know what
  characters are available in each key combination.

  This has been fixed upstream with
  https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/tecla/-/merge_requests/32

  [ Test plan ]

  * Enable the screen reader
  * Launch `tecla`
  * Press any key in the keyboard. A popup with the available characters will be shown, but the screen reader will say nothing. With the patch, it will read the (currently) four alternative characters generated by that key when pressed alone, with Shift, AltGr...

  [ Where problems could occur ]

  This patch just adds an accessibility label, so, in general, any
  possible problem should be just wrong accessibility data spoken
  through the screen reader, but no impact is expected for the average
  user.

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