Brian, Where is the site for the GNOME Accessibility Team located?
Thanks! Will On Fri, May 29, 2015 at 12:15 PM William Best <standard7...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 has been replaced by Caribou [2].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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