On Mon, 13 May 2019 at 11:24:57 +0300, Dumitru Moldovan wrote: > On Fri, May 10, 2019 at 08:05:08AM -0600, Aaron Bieber wrote: > > Hi misc@! > > > > I am looking to understand / enhance the OpenBSD experience for blind users. > > > > Do we have any blind users reading misc that can offer any insight into > > their > > usecases / pain points / work flows / wants? I am sure OpenBSD is lacking on > > this front, so use cases in *nix would also be helpful. > > I've worked for the GNOME project as a translator some years ago. I > know from the strings I've translated that they worked hard on a11y > (accessibility). I don't use GNOME anymore (except through its most > basic libs, such as GTK+), but I think it's usable under OpenBSD. > > A couple of links to get you going: > * https://help.gnome.org/users/gnome-help/stable/a11y.html.en > * https://wiki.gnome.org/Accessibility > > KDE has a similar a11y initiative, but it seems less entrenched than > GNOME's one: https://userbase.kde.org/System_Settings/Accessibility. > Even their tutorial suggests using the KDE apps under a GNOME desktop > when using a screen reader: > https://techbase.kde.org/Development/Tutorials/Accessibility/Screen_Reader_Setup#Screen_Readers > > Another interesting link I've found, touching on both GNOME and KDE, > but also listing alternatives to GNOME's Orca screen reader: > https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Accessibility/. > > Hope that helps! Not a blind user here... Also, was hoping someone > more knowledgeable would step in to answer. As far as I can tell, > there is no a11y support in OpenBSD's native console, so it seems blind > users can only use graphical applications under OpenBSD.
Thanks for the info! > -- PGP: 0x1F81112D62A9ADCE / 3586 3350 BFEA C101 DB1A 4AF0 1F81 112D 62A9 ADCE
