well, its pretty good in a remote session. I tried installing an X screen reader from ports and was met with a number of unsatisfied dependencies. that was several months back and I am not sure that things have changed that much. ORCA is about the only screen reader that will work reliably, but getting it there is a massive load of work hunting down source packages that are not yet in the ports tree.
I tried to get speakup running (by enabling Linux executables in Sysctl) but had problems with it wanting to load kernel modules (linux only). so, speakup is a dead end. ORCA is python based, so it has less of an issue. I seriously wish to have a console level screen reader that can startup after hardware detection is complete. one last item, the machine I am using to testbed this doesn't have a dedicated serial port (they no longer include those on commodity hardware anymore) so having the output routed there is out. there is a USB to serial converter, but it is rather expensive. I am not sure how supported that would be in OpenBSD (that is yet another project I have to hold off on until after I acquire my training up at the colorado center for the blind). one nice thing I like about OpenBSD is the ease of use that PF has. When properly commented, I can easily understand and edit the rules with nano )or ssh get it and edit it with textedit here on OS X which is easier). Anyway, thats my take on OpenBSD so far. I am still a few versions behind current. -eric On Jul 26, 2012, at 12:48 PM, Jack Woehr wrote: > Eric Oyen wrote: >> I mentioned being blind. > > So overall how is OBSD when one is a blind user? > > -- > Jack Woehr # "We commonly say we have no time when, > Box 51, Golden CO 80402 # of course, we have all that there is." > http://www.softwoehr.com # - James Mason, _The Art of Chess_, 1905
