[mythtv-users] A Plea to the Programmers

Monkey Pet monkeypet at gmail.com
Thu Aug 2 06:29:08 UTC 2012


I wonder if you can get the makers of the android app mythmote (android
mythtv remote app) to add accessibility features to their app?  For
example, voice cmd interface, tv guide spoken word.  I think the
smartphones are probably even more unusable for the visually impaired.

On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 8:42 PM, Lee Maisel <maisel at lobo.net> wrote:

> That's a great Idea!  I will certainly set that up too anyway!
>
> A big reason for having the talking function is so that the tv guide will
> talk so so she can select a show or a recording.
>
> Thanks!
>
>
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> Yeechang Lee wrote:
>
>> Lee Maisel <maisel at lobo.net> says:
>>
>>
>>> She easily learns the functions of remote controls, etc.
>>>
>>>
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>> [...]
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>>> 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!
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Something that may help in the meanwhile is using JumpPoints. If your
>> wife ever gets lost, by setting up a button to get her to (say) "Main
>> Menu", and/or "Play music", or "TV Recording Playback", she will be
>> able to return to a known good location and proceed from there.
>>
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