I hope you have enough sight to see the Pittsburgh lights at night! I used to love the view coming out of the Ft. Pitt tunnels. I grew up in one of the nearest North West suburbs, Ben Avon Heights, near Shannopin Country Club.
We welcome all interested in joining our community in any way. We even attempted to work with Tyler. I have not even given up on him contributing in the future.
Did you see Storm Dragon's bash and vi classes on irc lately? They were great for beginners and the sessions were logged. Let me know if you need the link on the Vinux server.
I am still attempting to get a basic bug tracking system configured for Vinux. This is where our individual bugs and requests for enhancements can be viewed and kept up to date. Most of the activities now are related to orca bugs, how well orca works with Firefox and putting together a new distribution based on Ubuntu 11.0.4 Natty. Tony has a bash script that builds the ISO file. It will need to be changed for Natty and tested until all of the bugs are worked out. We are almost ready to attempt a different approach which is based upon groups of packages contained in metapackages that entirely build the distribution. This will get around many limitations, like Internationalization.
A lot of the vital Vinux development efforts help track down bugs and patch them from the different projects, like orca, atk, espeak, speech-dispatcher, and so on.
We also occasionally, find nich projects that originally started and used in Vinux. I will paste my list of desired future projects and current Vinux projects. Some are fairly small bash or Python scripts. I apologize that I have not yet added a short description for each one.
Needed Applications Alex's ideas: - Mail configuration script - SpeakUp preferences dialog - gesture input - Apple MagicPad gestures - mouse / trackpad exploration feedback Vills wishlist:- Improved screen reader that can work with both the consoles and gnome-terminal
- new package manager
- TTS
- speech recognition
- FFOS character recognition needs improvement
Don's wishlist:
- DLNA remote client
Current Vinux Developed Applications
audiobook-converter Attila Hammer
cfh (Call For Help) Sina Bahram
dae Willem van der Walt - a digital audio editor made to work well with
speech in the console
easy -ocr nalin sathyan geditpdfkies Willem van der Walt - which is a menu system for use with speech and a lot of wrapper scripts that makes using the cli applications easier.
mark-up binder Isaac Porat
orca-teacher Attila Hammer
sonic and libsonic Bill Cox
speect HMM Synthesis Willem van der Walt
speedy-ocr Don Marang
talking-clock Storm Dragon
*Don Marang*
Vinux Software Development Coordinator - vinuxproject.org
<http://www.vinuxproject.org/>
There is just so much stuff in the world that, to me, is devoid of any
real substance, value, and content that I just try to make sure that I
am working on things that matter.
-- Dean Kamen On 5/17/2011 9:58 AM, Homme, James wrote:
Hi Don,I live right in the city, and if I ever get enough confidence, I'd like to help with Vinux. I can absolutely help with documentation. I actually started to learn shell scripting a long time ago because I had a little Java class I wrote that had something to do with Lightweight Directory application Protocol. I got pulled off the project before I could really get into either and make them stick. I know I can do it now, I just need to keep telling myself I can.Jim*From:*programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Don Marang*Sent:* Tuesday, May 17, 2011 9:28 AM *To:* programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx *Subject:* Re: Shell Scripting InfoThanks! My biggest problems are all health related. As Vinux Software Coordinator I do not even have the time to add the planned updates to my speedy-ocr ppackage. I have a limited amount of time I can sit at the computer and typing with one hand (more like two fingers) is slow. I need more developers contributing to Vinux so that I don't have so many different tasks to attempt.If, no when!, I get a moment to addand have problems editing I will call. I grew up in Pittsburgh, PA. My swiss chese memory tells me 412 is the area code for South Western Pa? Is my memory failing me? I love Pittsburgh! Are you fortunate enough to live close?*Don Marang*Vinux Software Development Coordinator - vinuxproject.org <http://www.vinuxproject.org/> There is just so much stuff in the world that, to me, is devoid of any real substance, value, and content that I just try to make sure that I am working on things that matter.-- Dean Kamen On 5/17/2011 8:58 AM, Homme, James wrote: Hi Don, I'm here if you need help. 412-544-1810. Jim*From:*programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Don Marang*Sent:* Tuesday, May 17, 2011 8:32 AM*To:* programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>*Subject:* Re: Shell Scripting InfoI do want to find the time to add Linux and JAWS Scripting stuff on that valuable site. I want to use that Open Login thing. I guess I still need to create an account first.*Don Marang*Vinux Software Development Coordinator - vinuxproject.org <http://www.vinuxproject.org/> There is just so much stuff in the world that, to me, is devoid of any real substance, value, and content that I just try to make sure that I am working on things that matter.-- Dean Kamen On 5/17/2011 6:44 AM, Homme, James wrote: Hi,First of all, I didn't author all of that content. Secondly, if you want to make an account over there and edit the information, you would make my week. But if you want to send me more accurate information to post, that would also be wonderful.Jim*From:*programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Don Marang*Sent:* Monday, May 16, 2011 10:07 PM*To:* programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>*Subject:* Re: Shell Scripting InfoThe information you posted is good. Of course, I take offense that programming in Linux can make you nuts. Perhaps that's because I had experience with Unix before being forced to use the crippled DOS and then Windows. DOS and batch files just stole a small part of this functionality from Unix. It should be noted that bash is simply command line statements strung together. Bash scripting becomes powerful because almost all of the applications and utilities provide command line options and can be used together like building blocks.GNU/Linux, and thus Vinux are great, not only because the Operating System and screen readers are free, the compilers and IDE is also free. Even the standard Vinux 3.0.1 distribution has support for bash, C, C++, Python and so on built-in. An IDE, like eclipse or libraries need to be installed to develop some languages.Other examples of C++ development is Firefox and Thunderbird.Java is also frequently used in GNU/Linux. Libre Office is a good example. Java using the SWT widgets has good accessibility in GNU/Linux. It requires no type of bridge.Would you like us to submit our favorite resources for the other languages? Vinux is a great place to get started with any of these languages, either using the command line or gnome.*Don Marang*Vinux Software Development Coordinator - vinuxproject.org <http://www.vinuxproject.org/> There is just so much stuff in the world that, to me, is devoid of any real substance, value, and content that I just try to make sure that I am working on things that matter.-- Dean Kamen On 5/16/2011 7:42 AM, Homme, James wrote: Hi,I took the liberty to add the information Don provided about Bash scripting to http://www.nonvisualdevelopment.org./content/what-programming-languages-are-most-useful-linux. Would someone please check this page for accuracy?Thanks. Jim Jim Homme, Usability Services, Phone: 412-544-1810. ------------------------------------------------------------------------This e-mail and any attachments to it are confidential and are intended solely for use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. 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