Accessible software means that people with physical limitations or various types of disabilities can use the program. In Germany, the developer Markus Lemcke is promoting barrier-free software development; after four text editors for Java and .NET, among others, his company Marlem-Software has now released an assistant in Python.

Ubuntu, Windows and macOS According to the blog post, Marlem’s PyAssistent is a language assistant like Siri or Cortana. However, with the subtle difference that users do not speak the commands, but enter them using the keyboard. The PyAssistent also replies by text output and can therefore be used by developers who cannot speak or who are deaf. Lemcke has the program for the operating systems Windows 10, Ubuntu 20. 04 and macOS 10. 15 according to own information successfully tested. The wizard, written in Python, evidently masters 200 commands.

voice assistant via text input control Depending on the operating system that users are using, the front end has a slightly different appearance; everything should be the same in terms of functionality. A video demonstration that explains how Marlem’s PyAssistent works is available on the Marlem Software website. The commands cover areas such as route planning, navigating with GoogleMaps, date and time, Internet search, weather forecast, calling up Internet pages, but also films, games, music and information on disability and accessibility.

Interested parties can Download the PyAssistent in the download area at Marlem-Software, there is a version as an executable file for Windows and a version with Python code, which is based on the three operating systems Windows, Ubuntu