I'm still trying to figure out how this information should be maintained and
presented. My current notion is to create a YAML (YAML Ain't Markup Language)
file for each package, including build information, comments, descriptions,
links, etc. Scripts could then process this into:
- control files for apt-get, etc
- Markdown (etc), for Jekyll and GitHub Pages
- ???
Note that the same control files can be used to create an OS for Perky
(Perkian?)
or enhance a Debian-based desktop operating system (as suggested by Pranav).
So,
keep those cards and letters coming in...
Here's a hand-edited update. I researched each package a bit, adding
descriptive
text snippets and relevant links. I also added several candidate packages.
-r
<!-- SW_TP.md -->
# Third-party Software
We'd like to offer various third-party packages and services. Here are some
possibilities for inclusion:
## Infrastructure
### Braille Display
- BRLTTY
daemon which provides access to the Linux/Unix console
`https://github.com/brltty/brltty`
`https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=brltty`
`http://www.brltty.com`
- LaTeX Access
translation of LaTeX into (Nemeth or UEB) braille
`http://latex-access.sourceforge.net`
- Mate (named after the South American plant yerba mate and its tea)
desktop environment, based on GNOME 2
`https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MATE_(software)`
`https://mate-desktop.org`
`https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=mate`
`https://wiki.debian.org/Mate`
### File Syncing
- Dropbox
file hosting service (commercial)
`https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dropbox_(service)`
`https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=dropbox`
`https://www.dropbox.com`
- Syncthing
Open Source Continuous File Synchronization
`https://forum.syncthing.net`
`https://github.com/syncthing/syncthing`
`https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=syncthing`
`https://syncthing.net`
### Image Analysis
- ???
OCR (optical character recognition)
- ???
scene recognition
### Menu systems
- Adriane (Audio Desktop Reference Implementation And Networking Environment)
accessibility suite from Knoppix
`https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knoppix`
`https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knoppix#Adriane_Knoppix`
`http://knopper.net/knoppix/knoppix701-en.html`
`https://opensource.com/life/16/7/knoppix-adriane-interface`
`http://www.knopper.net/knoppix-adriane/index-en.html`
- HighLine (A higher level command-line oriented interface)
Ruby library for console-based I/O
`https://github.com/JEG2/highline`
`https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=highline`
`http://www.rubydoc.info/github/JEG2/highline/master`
`https://rubygems.org/gems/highline`
- TTY::Prompt
"A beautiful and powerful interactive command line prompt"
independent prompt component for TTY toolkit
`https://github.com/piotrmurach/tty-prompt`
`https://piotrmurach.github.io/tty`
`https://rubygems.org/gems/tty-prompt/versions/0.12.0`
- Xiki
executable wiki
`https://github.com/trogdoro/xiki`
`https://rubygems.org/gems/xiki`
`http://xiki.org`
### Screen Reader (alternatives)
- Orca
graphical screen reader for GNOME
`https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orca_(assistive_technology)`
`https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=orca`
`https://wiki.debian.org/Orca`
`https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Orca`
- eSpeak, et al
- eSpeak, eSpeak NG (Next Generation)
open source speech synthesizer that supports 99 languages and accents
`http://espeak.sourceforge.net`
`https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ESpeakNG`
`https://github.com/espeak-ng/espeak-ng`
`https://launchpad.net/python-espeak`
- espeakup
lets speakup use the espeak software synthesizer
`https://github.com/williamh/espeakup`
`https://groups.io/g/espeak-ng`
`https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=espeakup`
- Fenrir
"A TTY screenreader for Linux"
`https://github.com/chrys87/fenrir`
`https://wiki.linux-a11y.org/doku.php?id=fenrir_user_manual&s%5B%5D=fenrir`
- Piespeakup
adaptation of espeakup for the Raspberry Pi
`https://github.com/cromarty/ttsprojects/tree/master/raspberry-pi/piespeakup`
`http://techesoterica.com/?p=935`
`http://www.raspberryvi.org/stories/downloads.html`
- Speakup
"screen review package for the Linux operating system"
`http://www.linux-speakup.org`
`http://www.linux-speakup.org/projects.html`
`http://www.linux-speakup.org/speakup.html`
- Google TalkBack
open source screen reader used on Android
`https://github.com/google/talkback`
`https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Talkback`
- sbl (SUSE blinux)
screen reader for the Linux console
`https://software.opensuse.org/package/sbl`
`http://www.unix.com/man-page/suse/8/sbl`
- YASR (Yet Another Screen Reader)
`http://yasr.sourceforge.net`
### Terminal Multiplexer
- GNU Screen
`http://aperiodic.net/screen/quick_reference`
`http://www.linuxforums.org/articles/the-screen-program_55.html`
`https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Screen`
`https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminal_multiplexer`
`https://savannah.gnu.org/git/?group=screen`
`https://www.gnu.org/software/screen`
- tmux
`https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminal_multiplexer`
`https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tmux`
`https://github.com/tmux/tmux/wiki`
`http://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-current/man1/tmux.1`
### System Administration
- ???
wireless connectivity (eg, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi)
### Zoo
- The vOICe
image sonification (eg, for navigation)
`http://seeingwithsound.tumblr.com`
`https://www.seeingwithsound.com`
## Terminal-based applications
### Calculators
- bc
"an arbitrary-precision calculator language"
`https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bc_(programming_language)`
`https://www.gnu.org/software/bc/manual/html_mono/bc.html`
`https://www.systutorials.com/docs/linux/man/1p-bc`
- dc
"an arbitrary precision calculator"
`https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dc_(computer_program)`
`https://linux.die.net/man/1/dc`
- Wcalc
"a natural-expression command-line calculator"
`http://w-calc.sourceforge.net`
`http://w-calc.sourceforge.net/manual.html`
### Document reader
- AMIS
open source DAISY playback software
`http://www.daisy.org/amis/amis-daisy-2.02-daisy-3-playback-software`
`http://www.daisy.org/amis/features`
`http://www.daisy.org/forums/amis`
- AxAp (Accessibility Application)
CSV, EPUB, Markup, source code
`http://wiki.cfcl.com/Projects/AxAp/WebHome`
- Daisy-player
plays DAISY files
`http://www.jlemmens.nl`
- Pandoc
"a universal document converter"
`https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandoc`
`https://github.com/jgm/pandoc`
- For LaTeX documents, see "LaTeX Access".
- Xpdf
"viewer for Portable Document Format (PDF) files"
includes a PDF text extractor (pdf2text)
`https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xpdf`
`http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf`
`http://freecode.com/projects/xpdf`
`https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=xpdf`
### Emacs, et al
- GNU Emacs
customizable (Lisp-based) text editor, IDE, etc.
`https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emacs`
`https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Emacs`
`https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs`
`https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/emacs.html`
- Emacspeak
"The Complete Audio Desktop"
### email client
- Elm, Elm ME+
"an interactive mail system, Millennium Edition"
`http://www.elmme-mailer.org`
`https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elm_(email_client)`
`https://quark.phy.bnl.gov/www/docs/Users.guide.html`
`http://www.instinct.org/elm`
- Mutt
"small but very powerful text-based mail client"
"All mail clients suck. This one just sucks less."
`https://dev.mutt.org/trac/wiki/MuttWiki`
`https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutt_(email_client)`
`http://nongeekshandbook.blogspot.com/2009/02/mutt-email-client-that-sucks-less.html`
`http://www.mutt.org`
`http://www.sys-concept.com/Mutt-Quick-Reference-Letter.pdf`
- Alot, Notmuch
"terminal-based mail user agent"
"fast, global-search and tag-based email system"
`https://github.com/pazz/alot`
`https://notmuchmail.org`
- Alpine, Pine
text-based email clients
`http://alpine.freeiz.com/alpine`
`https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpine_(email_client)`
`https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pine_(email_client)`
`https://www.washington.edu/alpine`
- Sup
"email client written in Ruby"
curses-based email client with tags and threads
`https://sup-heliotrope.github.io`
`https://github.com/sup-heliotrope/sup`
`https://github.com/sup-heliotrope/sup/wiki`
### game
- Fizmo
"Z-Machine interpreter in plain C"
`https://fizmo.spellbreaker.org`
`https://github.com/chrender/fizmo`
- Frotz
"A Portable Z-Machine Interpreter"
`https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z-machine`
`http://frotz.sourceforge.net`
`https://github.com/DavidGriffith/frotz`
- Muddy (Muddy Map Explorer)
"interactive, text-based exploration and navigation of geographic data"
`http://wiki.cfcl.com/Projects/Muddy/WebHome`
### IM (Jabber, XMPP) client
- Poezio
Console XMPP client, written in Python
`https://github.com/poezio/poezio`
`https://poez.io/en`
- Profanity
"A console based XMPP client"
`https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Profanity_(instant_messaging_client)`
`https://github.com/boothj5/profanity`
`http://www.profanity.im`
### IRC client
- BitchX
full-featured, scriptable IRC client
`http://bitchx.sourceforge.net`
`https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BitchX`
`https://github.com/BitchX/BitchX1.2`
`http://www.bitchx.com`
- ERC
`https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/ERC`
`https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ERC_(software)`
`https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_mono/erc.html`
`https://www.gnu.org/software/erc`
- ii (IRC It)
`https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ii_(IRC_client)`
`http://tools.suckless.org/ii`
- ircII (IRC client, second edition)
`https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IrcII`
`http://www.eterna.com.au/ircii`
- Irssi
"Your text mode chatting application since 1999"
`https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irssi`
`https://irssi.org`
- ScrollZ
`https://github.com/ScrollZ/ScrollZ`
`http://www.scrollz.info`
- sic (simple irc client)
`http://git.suckless.org/sic`
`https://github.com/comotion/sic`
`http://tools.suckless.org/sic`
- WeeChat
"The extensible chat client"
`https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WeeChat`
`https://github.com/weechat/weechat`
`https://weechat.org`
### REPL (Read-Eval-Print loop)
- iex (Interactive Elixir)
"Elixir's interactive shell"
`https://hexdocs.pm/iex/IEx.html`
- irb (Interactive Ruby)
`https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interactive_Ruby_Shell`
`http://ruby-doc.org/stdlib-2.0.0/libdoc/irb/rdoc/IRB.html`
`https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/documentation/quickstart`
...
### text editor
- GNU emacs
`https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Emacs`
- GNU nano
`https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_nano`
`https://www.nano-editor.org`
- vim (Vi IMproved)
clone of Bill Joy's vi text editor program for Unix
`https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vim_(text_editor)`
`http://www.vim.org`
### web browser
- ELinks
"Full-Featured Text WWW Browser"
`http://elinks.or.cz`
`http://elinks.or.cz/documentation/manpages/elinks.1.html`
`http://elinks.or.cz/documentation/manual.html`
`https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELinks`
- eww (Emacs Web Wowser)
web browser written entirely in Emacs Lisp
`https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eww_(web_browser)`
`https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_mono/eww.html`
- Links
open source text and graphic web browser
`https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Links_(web_browser)`
`http://links.twibright.com`
`http://links.twibright.com/user_en.html`
- Lynx
customizable text-based web browser
`https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynx_(web_browser)`
`http://lynx.invisible-island.net`
- w3m
text-based web browser and terminal pager
`https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W3m`
`http://pub.ks-and-ks.ne.jp/prog/w3mmee`
`http://w3m.sourceforge.net`
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