Seems to be here: https://wiki.gnome.org/Accessibility/
On Fri, May 29, 2015 at 10:19 AM, William Best <standard7...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 has been replaced by Caribou [2].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 >>> > >>> > > _______________________________________________ > 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
