I know how to setup my own desktop using scripts and other tools. The big things are to make apps or getting close caption support in gnome, kde and other desktops, as well as apps to allow the deaf to play a podcast that would display on the desktop and have more close caption in video's and other ways for close caption to be useful for the hard of hearing and the deaf.
On Fri, Feb 8, 2019, at 18:41, der.hans wrote:
> Am 08. Feb, 2019 schwätzte Harold Hartley so:
>
> moin moin,
>
> Yeah, I remember going from basic to C. That was different :).
>
> Are there any particular types of applications you'd like to work on?
>
> Do you have something you'd like to automate for yourself?
>
> ciao,
>
> der.hans
>
> > The last time I did programming was in the 1980's when I did dos basic. Dos basic doesn't even compare with the programming languages of today.
> >
> > On Fri, Feb 8, 2019, at 18:24, der.hans wrote:
> >> Am 08. Feb, 2019 schwätzte Harold Hartley so:
> >>
> >> moin moin Harold,
> >>
> >> Helping with accessability is awesome!
> >>
> >> If you're not already familiar with programming I suggest a book that uses
> >> a language to teach programming concepts and branch out from there.
> >>
> >> I've been reading Practical Programming to re-familiarize myself with
> >> Python. It seems to be a decent book for learning to program. While I
> >> haven't done much development in years, I used to do a lot. As such, I'm
> >> not a beginning programmer, so my evaluation might be biased.
> >>
> >> https://pragprog.com/book/gwpy2/practical-programming
> >>
> >> The e-book is DRM free.
> >>
> >> Lots of software is written in Python, so there are many opportunities
> >> with it.
> >>
> >> A complaint that has come up on this list is KDE's lack of an
> >> accessability API. I know KDE wants to have one, but it hasn't yet
> >> happened.
> >>
> >> KDE work would likely be in C++, so you could target that language instead
> >> if you want to work on KDE.
> >>
> >> ciao,
> >>
> >> der.hans
> >>
> >>> I’m interested in open source projects. I would like to help those with disabilities to use a computer for anything. But the software isn’t out there to help those with disabilities. I know because I’m disabled and deaf.
> >>>
> >>> On Fri, Feb 8, 2019, at 11:57, techlists@phpcoderusa.com wrote:
> >>>> Hi Harold,
> >>>>
> >>>> Start with the end in mind. What is your goal? Web? Working on Open
> >>>> source projects?
> >>>>
> >>>> Knowing that will help us give you feedback.
> >>>>
> >>>> Keith
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On 2019-02-08 10:33, Harold Hartley wrote:
> >>>>> I am interested in learning to write code and not sure where to start.
> >>>>> I'm looking for anyone that can steer me in the right direction for
> >>>>> books or web site that can help me get started.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I currently run Fedora 29, with 1 TB drive, i3-7100 processor and
> >>>>> currently 4 GB ram but will be upgrading to 16 GB ram and with dual
> >>>>> monitors.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> So hopefully someone can point me in the right direction for info.
> >>>>> --
> >>>>> Harold Hartley
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> >>>>> Phoenix, AZ 85022
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> >>> wheelie207@ownmail.net
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
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