[mythtv-users] A Plea to the Programmers

[Anthony Giggins]

On 2 October 2012 11:16, Lee Maisel <maisel at lobo.net> wrote:

> 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?
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 1:17 AM, Monkey Pet <monkeypet at gmail.com <mailto:
>> monkeypet at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     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.
>>
>>     On Sun, Sep 30, 2012 at 10:07 PM, Lee Maisel <maisel at lobo.net
>>     <mailto:maisel at lobo.net>> wrote:
>>
>>         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.
>>
>>         However I still need the screens to be read, AT LEAST whatever
>>         is focused or selected.
>>
>>         I'm now using MythTV .25
>>
>>         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.
>>
>>         Thanks!
>>
>>         Lee
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>         Monkey Pet wrote:
>>
>>             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:
>>
>>
>>                 Hi Monkey Pet! :)
>>
>>                 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.
>>
>>                 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.
>>
>>                 I had hoped that anything highlighted was simple text,
>>             and a
>>                 rudimentary reader could just vocalize what's selected.
>>
>>
>>             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 :)
>>
>>
>>                 Thanks for your help!!
>>
>>                 Lee
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>                 Monkey Pet wrote:
>>
>>
>>                     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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What about utilising the LCDd function that feeds the current menu item to
an LCD/VFD but rather to something that can volcalise?

Cheers,

Anthony
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