On 12/22/2012 05:39 PM, Peter Vágner wrote:
Hello,
I understand mithtv is full solution but writing qt accessibility support is
going to be damn complicated. It is a huge codebase and no one has ever
considered accessibility before.
I would be happy if something like this existed but I think it is not a project
for a few open-source developers developing in their spare time.
The problem I have is: will it be more complicated, and more kludgy than trying
to extend what I've done by building on MythTV's support for LCD displays? All
of MythTV's user interface objects are subclasses of a base MythUI class, and
there aren't that many subclasses. I think an approach based on Qt
accessibility is doable.
FWIW, I'm retired and I used to be a pretty good developer, so I think I have
the ability and the time to make MythTV accessible to those with no or poor
vision.
Another problem I have, before investing more time and effort, is whether the mythtv devs
would be likely to accept my work into the mainline source code. For that, I think I need
to demonstrate there's a "market" for talking mythtv. That's why I joined this
list. Although mythspeech is not a complete solution, it is a starting point and I would
love it if I could recruit some more users.
BTW do you know projects such as gnome dvb daemon or tvheadent? These dont
implement user interface and perfecting and / or writing a totem plugin for
these would be avesome as well. Those apps can be setup without eye sight even
now however gnome dvb daemon is somewhat buggy and not used frequently and
tvheadent is stable, has web based interface. There is excelent fully
accessible client for Android for it. So maybe oneday someone will like to
create accessible client app for linux as well.
No, I am not familiar with those. I am a MythTV user, and a retired developer,
looking for ways to combine my interests and my skills. I'm not so sure I'm
ready to learn about projects that do less (from my perspective) than MythTV.
Greetings
Peter
On 22. 12. 2012 22:45, faginbagin wrote:
I'd like to announce Mythspeech, which makes it easier for the blind
and/or visually impaired to use MythTV, an open source DVR (digital
video recorder).
Information about MythTV can be found here: http://www.mythtv.org/
It is supported by Ubuntu and there is a Ubuntu based distribution
customized specifically for MythTV, Mythbuntu: http://www.mythbuntu.org/
More details about Mythspeech can be found here:
http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/MythSpeech
Mythspeech is not a perfect solution, but I'm told by one user:
"Maria is VERY happy with her talking MythTV, and it has made her life
so much easier!"
How imperfect is the current implementation of mythspeech? One glaring
example is that it cannot help with the initial setup and configuration
of MythTV. I think you will need some vision or a friend or family
member who can help with this step.
I would very much like to talk to developers with experience in
accessibility. The current implementation of Mythspeech builds on
MythTV's support for LCD displays and uses speech-dispatcher's API, but
I'm thinking a better long term approach might be to implement Qt's
accessibility classes. MythTV is a Qt application, but it does not use
Qt widgets.
I would also like to know if there are interested users whose first
language is not English. MythTV has been translated into many languages,
and mythspeech should be able to speak in those languages, if they are
supported by speech-dispatcher. But there are some things that could be
improved if there is interest.
Of course, I welcome any and all feedback, bug reports, etc.
Regards,
Helen
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