[wplug] Blind Linux

[David Gerard Matthews]

I seem to recall that SuSE used to support things like Braille displays 
right out of the box.  It's been awhile since I used SuSE, but it's a 
good newbie distro in general, and I think adaptive technologies are 
one of their strong suits.
-dgm

On Tuesday, April 22, 2003, at 03:25  PM, Gary Morrow wrote:

> Wplug had a fairly active group of blind/vision impaired users a few 
> years ago.  Since I don't see any replies saying "I'm blind ..." I 
> guess none are still subscribed.
>
> As I recall Linux was a good solution since it has a good text 
> interface.
>
> Check out Blinux:
> http://leb.net/blinux/
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/blinux-newbie
>
> There is also a mailing list:
> https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list
>
>
> Jennifer Landefeld wrote:
>
>> Also, consider Macintosh (if you like I'll see if I can get in touch 
>> with groups
>> that might have older but recent enough hardware to donate to the 
>> cause).
>>
>> Apple has built a good bit of adaptive technology right into the OS. 
>> Speech
>> options are built in. Universal Access settings include text size 
>> (zoom) and
>> color options, speech, keyboard and mouse settings as well as 
>> accommodating
>> some assistive devices.
>>
>> Speech recognition is also included but I don't know how robust this 
>> feature is
>> as I don't make use of it currently.
>>
>> -Jenn
>>
>>
>> On Tuesday, April 22, 2003, at 01:38  PM, John Strange wrote:
>>
>>> Honestly,
>>>
>>> I don't think linux would be the way to go for someone who is blind,
>>> unless you are really ready to take the time to piece together
>>> something, you might be better off picking up a commmercial package 
>>> that
>>> just works and doesn't frustrate your user.
>>>
>>> That's just pure IMHO though.  At 13 I don't think she's interested 
>>> in
>>> linux rather than just trying to fit in with everyone.  I could be
>>> totally wrong but if she is trying to do that I personally would set 
>>> her
>>> up a windows box that you can just install the apps and make work 
>>> with a
>>> commerical screen reader.  If you lack the funds I'm sure there are
>>> local stores that are more than willing to help you pick up the parts
>>> nad stuff you need.  I even have some stuff at home extra memory and
>>> drives if you need it.
>>>
>>> - John
>>>
>>> On Wed, 2003-04-23 at 01:23, Ben Beige wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello Folks,
>>>>     I'm looking to set up a system for my younger sister (almost 
>>>> 13) who
>>>> happens to be blind. I want to use Linux, since it will be much 
>>>> easier for
>>>> her than windows in the long run.  I've hear of the BLinux project 
>>>> and
>>>> tried to look into it, it seems to rely on emacspeaks (emacs w/ 
>>>> voice
>>>> synth) but I'm not entirely sure on where to begin, for the most 
>>>> part she's
>>>> want to IM (bonim is a console based AIM client I believe) email, 
>>>> and do
>>>> home work(well likely use emacs if emacspeaks is her voice 
>>>> program), and
>>>> surf the web (lynx/links). I just don't really know where to start 
>>>> w/
>>>> setting this all up, what distro is the most user friendly for this 
>>>> and was
>>>> wondering if anyone had input/experience w/ this.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Ben
>>>>
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