Mythspeech - mythtv for blind/visually impaired

[Hank Smith]

please try to reach out to the developers. this program I am also told 
is one of the better tv sulutions for linux.
Hank
On 12/22/2012 2:45 PM, faginbagin wrote:
> I'd like to announce Mythspeech, which makes it easier for the blind 
> and/or visually impaired to use MythTV, an open source DVR (digital 
> video recorder).
>
> Information about MythTV can be found here: http://www.mythtv.org/
> It is supported by Ubuntu and there is a Ubuntu based distribution 
> customized specifically for MythTV, Mythbuntu: http://www.mythbuntu.org/
>
> More details about Mythspeech can be found here: 
> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/MythSpeech
>
> Mythspeech is not a perfect solution, but I'm told by one user:
> "Maria is VERY happy with her talking MythTV, and it has made her life 
> so much easier!"
>
> How imperfect is the current implementation of mythspeech? One glaring 
> example is that it cannot help with the initial setup and 
> configuration of MythTV. I think you will need some vision or a friend 
> or family member who can help with this step.
>
> I would very much like to talk to developers with experience in 
> accessibility. The current implementation of Mythspeech builds on 
> MythTV's support for LCD displays and uses speech-dispatcher's API, 
> but I'm thinking a better long term approach might be to implement 
> Qt's accessibility classes. MythTV is a Qt application, but it does 
> not use Qt widgets.
>
> I would also like to know if there are interested users whose first 
> language is not English. MythTV has been translated into many 
> languages, and mythspeech should be able to speak in those languages, 
> if they are supported by speech-dispatcher. But there are some things 
> that could be improved if there is interest.
>
> Of course, I welcome any and all feedback, bug reports, etc.
>
> Regards,
> Helen
>