Cesar, I am going to try out your Viacam project with one of my individuals at the beginning of next week.
I would like to get a project going that would bring switch access to Gnome via a programmable on-screen keyboard. How can something like this get started? Thanks! Will On Fri, May 29, 2015 at 11:21 AM Cesar Mauri <ce...@crea-si.com> wrote: > Welcome William, > > I've been working with people with cerebral palsy for more than ten > years and I maintain the Enable Viacam [1] open source project. Here in > Spain I'm also involved in this project [2] (web page in Spanish, sorry) > in which we try to improve the social participation of people with > cerebral palsy through the use of technology. > > In my view, there is still a lot to be done and, in general, > accessibility is always lagging behind the pace of innovation, even more > in the FOSS arena. Unfortunately, most "state of the art" assistive > technology is privative and, often, scandalously expensive, as you > already know. > > As for speech recognition, we also had little success with people with > cerebral palsy due to their speech disorders (dysarthria). In most cases > we have to rely on other input methods such as alternative keyboards, > mouses, joysticks or even switches and scanning techniques. Up to our > knowledge, best solutions for specialised scanning access and AAC are > only available for Windows and, in general, privative. One exception is > SAW (Special Access to Windows) [3], very powerful but only for Windows > and hard to use for most people. It would great if we had something like > SAW but easy to use and available for FOSS environments. And this is > just an example. Also open to collaborate. > > [1] http://viacam.org > [2] http://aspacenet.aspace.org/ > [3] https://sourceforge.net/projects/sawat/ > > Regards, > > César > > > El 29/05/2015 a las 15:17, William Best escribió: > > Eric, > > > > I would love to help you with your project where I can. My strengths > > are not in writing code per se, but I understand the issues you face. > > I work with 120 individuals with all forms of disabilities. > > > > How successful have you been with using voice recognition using > > Windows? I have had limited success with voice recognition technology > > in my work. This is mostly due to the people who have physical > > disabilities have cerebral palsy which also presents speech problems > > in these cases. > > > > Access is difficult for folks with disabilities, and my goal is to > > collaborate with others to create open source versions of some very > > expensive propriety software systems. > > > > Could you send a video of you using your setup so I can visualize it? > > > > Thanks! > > Will > > > > On Fri, May 29, 2015 at 9:06 AM Eric Johansson <e...@eggo.org > > <mailto:e...@eggo.org>> wrote: > > > > Welcome to the list. I joined because I am disabled and > > unfortunately the accessibility models currently available do not > > help me in the slightest. I was hoping to find the time to serve > > my own needs which I know would serve the needs of other people > > like myself with upper extremities disabilities and dependent on > > speech recognition. > > > > Best laid plans etc cetera. :-) > > > > Here's where I'm at and I could use some help. > > > > the only really useful speech recognition environment right now is > > nuances naturally speaking followed closely by Microsoft. > > obviously the main problem is they only run on Windows. > > > > I have set up a prototype of a working environment where I run > > Windows as a virtual machine dedicated solely to speech > > recognition. Then I have a bridge which transfers key codes or > > other types of speech events over to Linux from windows. Right > > now, I've been somewhat successful with injecting speech generated > > characters into Linux applications. I'm working on the next > > generation now and running into problems with uinput. as soon as > > i fix those problems, using the community developed macro > > environment, we will have a reasonably useful speech recognition > > system driving Linux. > > > > What I mean by reasonably useful is that I can drive emacs, write > > prose and a bit of code. With any luck, that would only be a > > stone's throw away from being able to execute code on the Linux > > side as a result of interpreting a grammar on the Windows side. > > The remote execution capability would put us on a parity with > > what's available on Windows. > > > > Anyway, if you'd like to help, I would welcome assistance. > > > > > > > > On May 29, 2015 8:29 AM, William Best <standard7...@gmail.com > > <mailto:standard7...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > My name is William Best. I am not sure if this is the right > > group to join > > > for how I would like to contribute. > > > > > > My passion/career involves helping people with developmental > > disabilities > > > get better access to technology. Over the past year or so, I > > have been > > > experimenting with different Linux distributions to come up with a > > > low-cost, stable, and robust solution for the disabled people I > > work with. > > > > > > My goal is to help get features/apps that would help disabled > > people access > > > technology in a better way. > > > > > > Let me know if I am in the right group for this. > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > gnome-accessibility-list mailing list > > gnome-accessibility-list@gnome.org > > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-accessibility-list > > _______________________________________________ > gnome-accessibility-list mailing list > gnome-accessibility-list@gnome.org > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-accessibility-list >
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