[mythtv-users] A Plea to the Programmers

[Michael T. Dean]

On 08/01/2012 11:41 AM, Devin Heitmueller wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 11:34 AM, Lee Maisel wrote:
>> Hi!
>>
>> My wife is blind, and severely physically handicapped. She does enjoy her TV
>> and music. She is able to listen to her shows, etc. She easily learns the
>> functions of remote controls, etc. However, what is really needed is someone
>> to write a voice add-on for MythBuntu.
>>
>> It should be very simple, using Festival or whatever speech program they
>> want. All that's needed really is for whatever text that happens to be
>> highlighted on the screen/menu/etc to be spoken!
>>
>> She can easily get lost in the menus and frustrated because if nobody
>> sighted is around, she has no idea what the TV is doing because she can't
>> see it!
>>
>> If someone would just write a simple addon to speak whatever is highlighted,
>> that would be perfect for her.
>>
>> I would, but I'm no programmer.
>>
>> So I'm asking, if anyone feels like taking it on, please let me know. You
>> would make her VERY happy, and end a whole lot of frustration for her.
>>
>> We are using the latest MythBuntu.
> It seems like this is all about getting the Qt Accessibility stuff
> working.  Anybody have any experience in that area?  Are code changes
> typically required?
>
> I found this article related to Qt Accessibility on Linux, but it's a
> bit ambiguous.
>
> http://labs.qt.nokia.com/2011/08/23/accessibility-on-linux/
>

We'd almost definitely need some support code, too, since MythTV is 
built without using standard Qt widgets, which are designed for use in a 
"2-foot" user interface, since MythTV is typically used as more of a 
10-foot user interface.

Mike