Well I suppose that I will try to join their next meeting. Is anyone else interested in doing so?WillOn Fri, May 29, 2015 at 12:22 PM Jeremy Whiting <jpwhiting kde org> wrote:Seems to be here: https://wiki.gnome.org/Accessibility/
On Fri, May 29, 2015 at 10:19 AM, William Best <standard7452 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 <standard7452 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 <cesar 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 has been replaced by Caribou [2].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="">
>>>
>>> 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 <cesar crea-si com
>>> > <mailto:cesar 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 <esj eggo org
>>> > <mailto:esj eggo org>
>>> > > <mailto:esj eggo org <mailto:esj 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
>>> > <standard7452 gmail com <mailto:standard7452 gmail com>
>>> > > <mailto:standard7452 gmail com
>>> > <mailto:standard7452 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!
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> > >
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