Mythspeech is a result of posts on both the mythtv-users and the mythtv-dev
mailing lists:
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/524971
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/530199
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/dev/525790
There was no response on the mythtv-dev list.
Helen
On 12/22/2012 05:21 PM, Hank Smith wrote:
the mytv team directly.
I to am on both ubuntu lists and they are pritty quiet.
hth
Hank
On 12/22/2012 3:18 PM, faginbagin wrote:
Hi Hank,
Would that be through the ubuntu-accessibility-devel list? I looked through the
archives for that list and it seems pretty quiet. There are occasional posts by
people asking questions, but no replies. That's why I haven't joined and posted
there. If you have other suggestions, I welcome them.
Helen
On 12/22/2012 05:10 PM, Hank Smith wrote:
please try to reach out to the developers. this program I am also told is one
of the better tv sulutions for linux.
Hank
On 12/22/2012 2:45 PM, 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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