Spoiler : project codenamed houdini

[Linux for blind general discussion]

Well,

sometimes reinventing the wheel isn't making something new but a shift
of current paradigms, like how we still use vhs player/tape deck
buttons as icons in operating systems.

For Sonar/Vinux, I was behind the scene for a while, I jumped in when
they a merge or a collaboration between the two was put public but I
leave it be, I can't give out straight my ideas and they don't catch
that I may have ideas to fix all this mess once and for all, just
found how I could achieve my path so I may try soon.(either live-build
or refracta)

I put Colord in a tray, it could answer some apps design issues but
for the custom desktop I plan to build, it will be useless by default.

Your ideas are noted, I may have a trick in my sleeve to implement one
later quite easily.

2017-10-06 5:11 UTC−04:00, Linux for blind general discussion
<blinux-list at redhat.com>:
> Howdy Mike,
>
>> I'm conceiving a Linux distribution with accessibility
> Awsome :) idea! But I wonder if it is not more efficient to join the
> vinux or sonar team and increase their manpower and implement missing
> features insteed of reainvent the wheel over and over?
> Sonar (it seems the offical site is down currently):
> https://sourceforge.net/projects/sonargnulinux/
> vinux:
> http://vinuxproject.org/
>
>> designing a colorblind/impaired accessible
>> interface with nice aesthetics
> does this mean that you want to create your own Destkop environment?
> About colorblind, maybe you are interested in colord. its an color
> management serverice using ICC profiles. maybe its useful to make
> red/green or grayscale ICC profiles using your desktop (and would have
> the nice side effect thats also useable on other desktops as well).
> Just an idea.
> https://www.freedesktop.org/software/colord/
>
>> I’d like to know what features most people would want. Any suggestions
>> are welcome, but I won’t promise I’ll implement them. :)
> Maybe an stand alone Magnification tool would be awsome :). I also
> remember that there was also a need to have a tool for "hands free"
> desktop control for people with motoric problems using at-spi, eye
> tracking and voice control (in fact there is nothing useful
> currently). I wanted to start working on last one but could not find
> the time currently, but its still on my Todo list (like too many other
> things lol).
>
> cheers chrys
>
> Zitat von Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com>:
>
>> Hello everybody out there using Linux –
>>
>> I'm conceiving a Linux distribution with accessibility and some
>> assistive technology, designing a colorblind/impaired accessible
>> interface with nice aesthetics, I did a few tests and it ended just as
>> expected, this alone may bring Linux to beat Mac os X on accessibility
>> side,
>>
>> It will be on top of Debian with apt-pinning for development purposes,
>> the 3 branches and the packages locking feature, will be used to allow
>> developpers to easily replicate bugs to fix them, allowing a
>> pseudo-versionning system at the same time, used the setup a while,
>> overall it was a breeze.
>>
>> My next aim would be to trim the system, hoping to be able to use a
>> window manager or a light desktop manager with accessibility tools,
>> accessibility reports of desktop environments, window managers and
>> softwares would be useful.
>>
>> At this point, I could slowly make a working setup, the issue is to
>> create the iso with a decent installer, name/logo/design is thinked
>> yet, so I mostly lack a coder and a graphist, otherwise it goes way
>> above what I expected for now.
>>
>> I also have a load of ideas I could implement later but understand
>> that the Debian focus don't mean it will be locked to it.
>>
>> I’d like to know what features most people would want. Any suggestions
>> are welcome, but I won’t promise I’ll implement them. :)
>>
>> Mike
>> Note : Didn't knew the rules for linking the project or contact
>> informations so I didn't put anything to identify it and myself for
>> now ...
>>
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