Blirc - a Self-Voicing IRC Client

Blirc is a self-voicing IRC client, designed to be used by blind / visually impaired IRC users.

Installation

If you'd like to run this from source (Currently the only way):

git clone https://github.com/lower-elements/blirc
cd blirc
pip install .
python -m blirc

At this time, no config initialisation has-been implemented yet. If you don't copy the configuration file to your user-directory, the app might respond with unexpected behaviour.

• On Windows, copy config.toml.example in to your standard App Data folder, E.G c:\users\Alice\app data\local\lower-elements\blirc
• On Mac OS, copy it to your Application Support folder, E.G /Users/Alice/Library/Application Support/blirc
• On most other Unix-based operating systems, copy it to ~/.config/blirc

Rename config.toml.example to config.toml after copying it to it's destination, then edit it and change / add whatever settings you need.

Keybinds

Here's a complete list of the keybinds you need to use the program. These will be customisable in the future.

Shortcut	Description
/	Send a message.
m	Say the message currently focused in the buffer.
N	Say the name of the currently selected network.
B	Say the name of the currently selected buffer.
- and =	Switch networks.
SHIFT+- and SHIFT+=	Switch to the first and last network, respectively.
[ and ]	Switch buffers.
SHIFT+[ and SHIFT+]	Switch to the first and last buffer, respectively.
, and .	Go up and down the list of messages in the current buffer.
SHIFT+, and SHIFT+.	Switch to the first and last message, respectively.
CTRL+1-9	Switch to the nth network.
CTRL+0	Switch to the last network.
1-9	Switch to the nth buffer in the current network.
0	Switch to the last buffer in the current network.

License

Blirc: Your favourite blindy IRC client
Copyright (C) 2022-2023  Michael Connor Buchan <mikey@blindcomputing.org>

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.