[mythtv-users] A Plea to the Programmers

Lee Maisel maisel at lobo.net
Tue Oct 2 05:57:36 UTC 2012


Anthony Giggins wrote:
>
>
> On 2 October 2012 11:16, Lee Maisel <maisel at lobo.net 
> <mailto:maisel at lobo.net>> wrote:
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>     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:
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>         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>
>         <mailto: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.
>
>             On Sun, Sep 30, 2012 at 10:07 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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>                 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:
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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>>
>                     <mailto: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! :)
>
>                         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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That's a GENIUS Idea!
I'll bet that would work!  Or modify it to pipe the same data to 
Festival, (I assume it's ASCII)

Lee



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