[Kde-accessibility] experimental idea with colour fonts

[michel]

Dear Gustav

.... yea, the colour alphabet requires some learning curve. You can learn any 
new alphabet in a week, but read fluidly quite a bit longer....

"harder for me to deal with"

The default is crap, just a demo. I just put in random colours. Even, all the 
numbers are the same colour :P. You'll need to chose what is easy for you.

you can change the colours here (easy GUI with easy colour selector)
Settings>configure kate>Fonts and colors>hilighting text styles

Remember, the strategy is not to see the shapes, but to use the colours as 
information carriers.

They are various things you can experiment with. I don't have your eyes, you 
have to do this your self. 

You can experiment with various details, like zoom and fonts. The fonts can be 
normal, or just some special fonts to increase the visibility of both colours. 
You can try the brutal, one colour for both the letter and background, you'll 
need then to be able to distinguish between 24 colours.... You can set all 
letters to normal, except for those that give you the most trouble. With this 
i believe you should see an instantaneous small improvement in your reading 
abilities. You should try, at least this last one, it's the easiest. Try to be 
creative.....

I'll edit and send you the greasemonkey script with your choices, if you are 
interested.

With custom colours you chose. Does it get any easier on your eyes?
You can't read fluidly immediately, that will take some time.
My question concerns the purely sensory aspect. Actual fluid reading requires 
some learning curve.

Regards

Michel

On Friday 10 October 2014 12:05:31 Gustav Degreef wrote:
> On 10/10/2014 11:39 AM, Burkhard Lück wrote:
> > Am Freitag, 10. Oktober 2014, 10:02:15 schrieb Gustav Degreef:
> >> On 10/09/2014 12:35 AM, michel wrote:
> >>> try creating the directory and put it in.
> >>> I hope that will work....
> >> 
> >> Sadly, it does not work.
> > 
> > Please create the folder "~/.kde4/share/apps/katepart/syntax/" and copy
> > the
> > file 140780-ColorsAlphabet.xml from
> > http://kde-files.org/content/show.php/Colors+alphabet?content=140780 into
> > this folder.
> > 
> > Then start KWrite or Kate, select Tools->Highlighting-Other->Colors
> > alphabet
> > 
> > Just tested this and it works.
> 
> Yes, it does.  The problem was that the download button opens the script
> on a new page and I was somehow not downloading the proper file.  Looks
> better than the webpage.
> 
> To read on the computer I use a special "telescopic" lens on my
> glasses.  I can not read otherwise unless I enlarge the font.
> 
> For me, it still harder to deal than the same black text on a black
> background.  For me optimal is yellow text on black background and in a
> larger font.
> 
> Your special backgrounds/characters are harder for me to deal with
> either with or without the telescopic lens.  I am not sure if I would
> have to "learn" how to process them, so as to make use of them.  I had
> to learn to use this telescope, and any new device/technique requires
> some learning before it becomes useful.  Gustav.
> 
> 
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