All, I am familiar with GOK, and actually tracked down the original authors of that software. I believe they were from the University of Toronto, and were no longer interested in doing that. I am not sure about caribou. I think a nice solution would be to integrate switch/pointer access in conjunction with speech recognition.
This is a software application that some of the people I work with use: http://goo.gl/43Mev6 It is nearly $1000 USD though. I think there has to be someone out there with the skills to create something like this as an open source project. That is what I would like to help accomplish. Thanks! Will On Fri, May 29, 2015 at 12:02 PM Cesar Mauri <ce...@crea-si.com> wrote: > Will, > > Not sure, not much into Gnome specific development, but in the past > there were efforts devoted to a project called GOK [1]. It was a > on-screen keyboard which supported scanning access. It seems that now it > has been replaced by Caribou [2]. Not sure about its current status. The > folks involved in this project might provide you more insight. > > [1] > > https://developer.gnome.org/accessibility-devel-guide/stable/idp5239184.html > [2] > > https://wiki.gnome.org/action/show/Projects/Caribou?action=show&redirect=Caribou > > Regards, > > César > > El 29/05/2015 a las 17:37, William Best escribió: > > 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 > > <mailto: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> > > > <mailto: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> > > > <mailto: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 > > <mailto:gnome-accessibility-list@gnome.org> > > > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-accessibility-list > > > > _______________________________________________ > > gnome-accessibility-list mailing list > > gnome-accessibility-list@gnome.org > > <mailto:gnome-accessibility-list@gnome.org> > > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-accessibility-list > > > >
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