[mythtv-users] A Plea to the Programmers

[Lee Maisel]

It's the latest distribution of MythBuntu.  .25  Installed via the CD.

I'm thinking if someone is intimate with building "Themes" for MythTV, 
they should have all the information needed.
Using something like festival to read the screens or whatever is 
highlighted (preferred) should be easy.
I also have noticed that since I have a soundcard on the motherboard, 
AND the HDMI output, maybe the speech output could go thru the alternate 
soundcard.

Thanks man!

Lee

Monkey Pet wrote:
> Lee, what distribution are you running? Ubuntu? Fedora?  Can you give 
> me the versions and stuff?
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> On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 1:17 AM, Monkey Pet <monkeypet at gmail.com 
> <mailto:monkeypet at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>     Hi Lee, I haven't forgotten this yet.  I also haven't started yet.
>      However, you might want to repost to the mythtv list to see if
>     anyone else (like a core developer) can get to it before me.
>      Unfortunately, money won't make things go faster, nor would I
>     accept any money, I need to juggle family/work.
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>     On Sun, Sep 30, 2012 at 10:07 PM, Lee Maisel <maisel at lobo.net
>     <mailto:maisel at lobo.net>> wrote:
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>         I have programmed my remote with jump points for her so she
>         can push one button to go to TV and one button to "listen to
>         music" and another for recorded programs, etc.
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>         However I still need the screens to be read, AT LEAST whatever
>         is focused or selected.
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>         I'm now using MythTV .25
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>         I'm far from rich, but I'd be willing to pay what I can to
>         someone to develop this for her.  As I said she is severely
>         disabled and blind, so this is something she needs when I'm
>         not around.
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>         Thanks!
>
>         Lee
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>         Monkey Pet wrote:
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>             On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 6:44 PM, Lee Maisel
>             <maisel at lobo.net <mailto:maisel at lobo.net>
>             <mailto:maisel at lobo.net <mailto:maisel at lobo.net>>> wrote:
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>                 Hi Monkey Pet! :)
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>                 A "panic button" to get her to the main menu if
>             anything goes wrong.
>                 One button to music, another to TV, another to
>             Recordings, and
>                 another to videos
>                 All that I can do in mapping I think (Jump Points)
>                 BUT the main thing is for it to be able to announce
>             where it's at,
>                 and read whatever is highlighted, such as particular
>             show in the
>                 guide, or when navigating songs or videos.
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>                 I would have thought that it would have been easy as a
>             screen
>                 reader setup, but apparently mythtv is not coded that
>             way.  I'm
>                 guessing the menu items are graphic elements instead
>             of text.
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>                 I had hoped that anything highlighted was simple text,
>             and a
>                 rudimentary reader could just vocalize what's selected.
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>             I have no idea how screen readers are setup and/or used,
>             so I am going to start at ZERO.  Also I never fully looked
>             into the mythtv codebase, again starting from ZERO.
>
>             I am going to google search my way around for generic
>             information first, then get familiar with the mythtv
>             codebase, then try to see how difficult it is to alter the
>             codebase.  My plan to start on the mythtv 0.26 codebase.
>
>             Don't get your hopes up though, i need to ramp up on so
>             many things :)
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>              
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>                 Thanks for your help!!
>
>                 Lee
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>                 Monkey Pet wrote:
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>                     Hi Lee, can you give some common menu navigation
>             that your
>                     wife would use? I am not a myth-developer, but I
>             am willing to
>                     poke around the code.
>                      
>                         Thanks!!
>
>                         Lee
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