On Thu, 21 Jun 2018 15:35:31 +0200, KatolaZ wrote in message <20180621133531.jq5a4lhwzaxbb...@katolaz.homeunix.net>:
> On Thu, Jun 21, 2018 at 05:04:37AM -0400, Hendrik Boom wrote: > > I've got a friend down the hall considering migrating from Windows > > to Linux. Ordinarily I'd sy no problem and advise him accordingly. > > > > But he is blind and I am not. He will have toe doubble challenge > > of figuring out Linux and at the saame time figuring out its > > accessiility subsystems. > > > > I have no idea what might work for him. Any ideas? > > > > (He probably doesn't know or care about systemd either way.) > > > > Hendrik, > > I would warmly suggest your friend to contact the linux-speakup > project: > > http://linux-speakup.org/ > > That's a bunch of cool people who have been writing quality software > for blind and visually impaired users under GNU/Linux. They also have > a quite active mailing-list. > > In Devuan, we have the minimal-live project which provides a > console-based setup focused on accessibility. I know that there are > several other distributions specifically tailored around the needs of > blind and visually-impaired users. ..boot any recent knoppix Live usb|dvd|cd with: "adriane ": http://www.knopper.net/knoppix-adriane/index-en.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knoppix#Adriane_Knoppix ..and with Alioth down, Klaus Knopper may want an alternative to http://debian-knoppix.alioth.debian.org/ for his sources listed as "Sources for the special components of the KNOPPIX-CD" in http://www.knopper.net/knoppix-info/index-en.html -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt Karlsen ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
