That would be a great help. On Fri, Feb 8, 2019, at 18:58, der.hans wrote: > Am 08. Feb, 2019 schwätzte Harold Hartley so: > > moin moin Harold, > > Hmm, I wonder if ffmpeg has something for speech to text. > > A quick search turns up some projects using a Google API to convert speech > to text. > > I'm going to ask about the speech to text thing in #LibreLounge and see if > they have any suggestions. > > Perhaps some of our videophiles will have some suggestions for you. > > ciao, > > der.hans > > > I know how to setup my own desktop using scripts and other tools. The big > > things are to make apps or getting close caption support in gnome, kde and > > other desktops, as well as apps to allow the deaf to play a podcast that > > would display on the desktop and have more close caption in video's and > > other ways for close caption to be useful for the hard of hearing and the > > deaf. > > > > On Fri, Feb 8, 2019, at 18:41, der.hans wrote: > >> Am 08. Feb, 2019 schwätzte Harold Hartley so: > >> > >> moin moin, > >> > >> Yeah, I remember going from basic to C. That was different :). > >> > >> Are there any particular types of applications you'd like to work on? > >> > >> Do you have something you'd like to automate for yourself? > >> > >> ciao, > >> > >> der.hans > >> > >>> The last time I did programming was in the 1980's when I did dos basic. > >>> Dos basic doesn't even compare with the programming languages of today. > >>> > >>> On Fri, Feb 8, 2019, at 18:24, der.hans wrote: > >>>> Am 08. Feb, 2019 schwätzte Harold Hartley so: > >>>> > >>>> moin moin Harold, > >>>> > >>>> Helping with accessability is awesome! > >>>> > >>>> If you're not already familiar with programming I suggest a book that > >>>> uses > >>>> a language to teach programming concepts and branch out from there. > >>>> > >>>> I've been reading Practical Programming to re-familiarize myself with > >>>> Python. It seems to be a decent book for learning to program. While I > >>>> haven't done much development in years, I used to do a lot. As such, I'm > >>>> not a beginning programmer, so my evaluation might be biased. > >>>> > >>>> https://pragprog.com/book/gwpy2/practical-programming > >>>> > >>>> The e-book is DRM free. > >>>> > >>>> Lots of software is written in Python, so there are many opportunities > >>>> with it. > >>>> > >>>> A complaint that has come up on this list is KDE's lack of an > >>>> accessability API. I know KDE wants to have one, but it hasn't yet > >>>> happened. > >>>> > >>>> KDE work would likely be in C++, so you could target that language > >>>> instead > >>>> if you want to work on KDE. > >>>> > >>>> ciao, > >>>> > >>>> der.hans > >>>> > >>>>> I’m interested in open source projects. I would like to help those with > >>>>> disabilities to use a computer for anything. But the software isn’t out > >>>>> there to help those with disabilities. I know because I’m disabled and > >>>>> deaf. > >>>>> > >>>>> On Fri, Feb 8, 2019, at 11:57, [email protected] wrote: > >>>>>> Hi Harold, > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Start with the end in mind. What is your goal? Web? Working on Open > >>>>>> source projects? > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Knowing that will help us give you feedback. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Keith > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> On 2019-02-08 10:33, Harold Hartley wrote: > >>>>>>> I am interested in learning to write code and not sure where to start. > >>>>>>> I'm looking for anyone that can steer me in the right direction for > >>>>>>> books or web site that can help me get started. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> I currently run Fedora 29, with 1 TB drive, i3-7100 processor and > >>>>>>> currently 4 GB ram but will be upgrading to 16 GB ram and with dual > >>>>>>> monitors. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> So hopefully someone can point me in the right direction for info. > >>>>>>> -- > >>>>>>> Harold Hartley > >>>>>>> 17632 N. 5th place > >>>>>>> Phoenix, AZ 85022 > >>>>>>> [email protected] > >>>>>>> --------------------------------------------------- > >>>>>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] > >>>>>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > >>>>>>> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > >>>>>> --------------------------------------------------- > >>>>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] > >>>>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > >>>>>> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > >>>>> > >>>>> -- > >>>>> Harold Hartley > >>>>> 17632 N. 5th place > >>>>> Phoenix, AZ 85022 > >>>>> [email protected] > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> # https://www.LuftHans.com https://www.PhxLinux.org > >>>> # "The important thing is not to stop questioning; curiosity has its own > >>>> # reason for existing." -- Albert Einstein > >>>> > >>>> --------------------------------------------------- > >>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] > >>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > >>>> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > >>> > >>> > >> > >> -- > >> # https://www.LuftHans.com https://www.PhxLinux.org > >> # kill telnet, long live ssh - der.hans > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------- > >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] > >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > >> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > > -- > # https://www.LuftHans.com https://www.PhxLinux.org > # Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to > # see it tried on him personally. -- Abraham Lincoln > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
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