PrusaSlicer accessibility development
I've become interested in helping a blind person with his 3D printing. I'd like to connect with:
- other developers of PrusaSlicer
- other C++ programmers working in accessibility areas
- power users of PrusaSlicer
- PrusaSlicer users wanting to have input on such an endeavor
I myself am a programmer working in various languages since 1981, somewhat jack of all trades, avid 3D modeler, and fan of PrusaSlicer.
I want to make sure work I do in PrusaSlicer is helpful to as many people as possible, extensible, robust, and valid for incorporation in future releases.
As a starting point, I've cloned and built PrusaSlicer ( https://github.com/prusa3d/PrusaSlicer) and made modifications to add 3 new view orientations using the keymappings '7', '8', and '9'. One accessibility feature I'd like to help implement is a way to cycle through a series of such views. e.g, rotating around at fixed increments, exporting a screenshot-like image of each view. (The blind user I'm communicating with works by taking screenshots and asking ChatGPT, etc., to describe them.)
Thanks,
Gary
RE: PrusaSlicer accessibility development
All PrusaSlicer development related questions should be asked on the Issues section of the project on Github, which is located under the URL that you provided.
You can create an issue with details about the problem and can ask them if they are willing to accept the pull request.
Notice that there is incoming PrusaSlicer 3.0 with some major changes so they may not be eager to merge anything prior that release.
See my GitHub and printables.com for some 3d stuff that you may like.
RE: PrusaSlicer accessibility development
Thanks @_kaszpir_. I'll follow up as you suggest.
Is the 3.0 source available? (I can't find it.) Does it typically become available at the time of the release?
Gary
RE: PrusaSlicer accessibility development
I believe it is in private repo, not yet cloned to the public repo, but you should be able to create an issue anyway and ask if they are interested, how to create a PR and so on.
See my GitHub and printables.com for some 3d stuff that you may like.
RE: PrusaSlicer accessibility development
Thanks, will do.
Aside from creating the issue, do you know of any avenues for connecting with other interested parties? I can google around, but any hints would be great.
Gary
RE: PrusaSlicer accessibility development
Not really. I think there may be some related github issues already, though.
See my GitHub and printables.com for some 3d stuff that you may like.
Don't forget that under EU law they are required to consider and if possible to make provision for accessibility issues; as such an approach offering collaboration or specialised user testing might be welcomed.
Cheerio,
RE: PrusaSlicer accessibility development
Thanks, I started looking at issues. It's a large collection 😉