[mythtv-users] A Plea to the Programmers

[Nick Rout]

On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 6:09 PM, Anthony Giggins
<seven at seven.dorksville.net> wrote:
>
>
> 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
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>
> 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


"Something that can vocalise" would be festival I think.

Good idea on the LCDd front.