[mythtv-users] A Plea to the Programmers

[Lee Maisel]

Thanks man,  She's getting frustrated and I need to get this to work for 
her.  I appreciate the help!
Lee


Monkey Pet 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:
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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
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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:
>
>
>             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 :)
>
>          
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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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