My Accessibility Stack and the future on Wayland – Insane Rambles About Technology
nocoffei.com

cross-posted from: https://feditown.com/post/3071906

Edit: To clarify, this is not my personal blog. It’s just intended to raise awareness and spread it around here as well. I just don’t believe in editorializing titles

  • rumba@lemmy.zipEnglish
    16·
    16 hours ago

    Yeah, even from a non-accessibility standpoint, they’re severely lacking. Text replacement shortcuts, mouse automation, it feels like a nightmare when you long for the control Windows users still have over their systems.

    I’ve been using the Speed of Sound appimage for voice input, but it’s just basic whisper to text on a global hotkey. I can get mouse control via python but only relative positioning. I tried to hack in some dead reckoning going to a bounding corner and coming back out but it’s super cagey with accelleration which i’m not willing to turn off.

    You’re not an edge case; there are lots of us out there who would use a proper input api.

      • esc@piefed.socialEnglish
        1·
        8 hours ago

        There is wdotool, it’s not complete re-implementation yet, but it works.

      • rumba@lemmy.zipEnglish
        2·
        10 hours ago

        same, these are surfaced in python, but it’s barely usable

        device = uinput.Device([
        uinput.BTN_LEFT,
        uinput.BTN_RIGHT,
        uinput.REL_X,
        uinput.REL_Y,
        ])

        device.emit(uinput.REL_X, 0)
        device.emit(uinput.REL_Y, 0)
        device.emit(uinput.BTN_LEFT, 1)
        device.emit(uinput.REL_X, -100)
        device.emit(uinput.REL_Y, -100)

        • jaybone@lemmy.zipEnglish
          2·
          6 hours ago

          Yeah I wrote something using a lower level interface. Like at the usb layer or some shit, I forget. I gave that up and went back to X.

    • esc@piefed.socialEnglish
      8·
      15 hours ago

      It’s not so bad like the article author describes, there is work being done to address the input issue e.g. libei and wayland protocols. (also N.Graham answer that says that it should be done on wayland level if they require universal solution is right if a bit unkind)

      • nyan@lemmy.cafeEnglish
        5·
        11 hours ago

        And how many years will it take before this reaches a usable state, when people need (not just want) it now?

        • esc@piefed.socialEnglish
          3·
          8 hours ago

          First, it is usable just not the way Talon requires (and its developer doesn’t want to support wayland). Second people can use LTS distributions that will ship X11 for many years, and by that time it will either be good enough or won’t.

    • exu@feditown.comOPEnglish
      5·
      14 hours ago

      Just to clarify, I didn’t write this blog post. It’s just intended to raise awareness and spread it around here as well. I just don’t believe in editorializing titles :)

      • Skullgrid@lemmy.world
        6·
        12 hours ago

        You can avoid the ambiguity by posting it as “Author: title of post”. This way we can see you attribute the post to someone else.