Keeping in mind that that those of us who have not had the opportunity to work with computer tools used by the blind or visually challenged know very little about them, so naming names of products by themselves doesn't help us understand the process well...what would the "ideal" solution look like to you?
Modern hardware seems to be a problem here, too... I don't think we can do anything about that. I don't think OpenBSD is going to give up the "One Floppy Install" any time soon, nor do I think we will cram a text-to-speech reader into a floppy (or even a bsd.rd), so I'm doubting a pure OpenBSD solution will be coming soon, but it might be possible to have an independent OpenBSD installer, perhaps a "live" USB media, which might provide clues and assistance for an install for OpenBSD and initial package install. Ideally, this would be in a moderately release-independent form, so it wouldn't have to be updated for each snapshot. On the other hand, an option to simply beep or chirp at the login prompt when the system is ready for you might be helpful, too, and might be able to be added to the base system (though off by default!) Feel free to take this off list with me if you prefer. Nick. On 07/06/13 23:54, eric oyen wrote: > I have tried windows XP with NVDA on that laptop. I have also tried > Vinux on there as well. Windows did to me the same thing that OpenBSD > does. I had to have someone else install it (ugh!). Vinux was a bit > better as it allowed me to install using orca speech on a live dvd. > The problem is that I want something a bit more secure and a lot more > powerful (hello! OpenBSD) Windows is not useful for me and Vinux has > some package and support issues going on right now. so, I want > something that is secure (OpenBSD), stable (OpenBSD again) and > perfect for the blind user (with the addition of speech/braille of > course). With the exception of the last, OpenBSD would be perfect for > me. Its stable, doesn't require a fancy graphical interface to run > and has plenty of available ports that work. what more could a blind > power computer user want? > > -eric > >> Have you tried other OS besides openbsd where everything worked >> during install? If so, you can point that out to Alexander Hall who >> is one of those who commit to the installer. >> >> On Sat, 6 Jul 2013 19:43:07 -0700 eric oyen <eric.o...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> what hardware? my laptop machine. also, its new enough that the >>> only serial it has is USB (which, as far as I know, doesn't >>> support sserial redirection). I also have a desktop machine and >>> its new enough not to have any classic serial ports either. so, >>> no redirection there either. and since there is no way for me to >>> actually tell when it boots, getting to a login prompt and then >>> redirecting the screen output is not entirely possible without >>> someone sitting right there to tell me whats going on. >>> >>> This isn't anything like the old sparc pizza boxes where you >>> could do this at the outset and actually have it work the first >>> time. >>> >>> anyway, thats the rub for me. I like the OS, but this is the show >>> stopper for me. >>> >>> -eric >>> >>> On Jul 6, 2013, at 5:49 PM, Alexander Hall wrote: >>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> Letting the installer redirect the console to com0 does not cut >>>> it? What >>> hardware are we talking about? >>>> >>>> /Alexander >>> >> >> >> -- Amit Kulkarni <amitk...@gmail.com>
