Re: boot-time accessibility issues

2020-03-12 Thread Jude DaShiell
I would try something with timing and detection of a sound card in addition to the monitor. Ubuntu systems use ks.cfg files Debian uses preseed files. I saved from several years ago a ks.cfg file in braille that was offered by a website in England and believe it or not actually got ubuntu in an e

Re: boot-time accessibility issues

2020-03-12 Thread Rich Morin
The idea of detecting the presence (or absence) of a blind-related device seems worth pursuing, even if there are some issues to be resolved. For example, following Jude's notion of checking for a monitor, maybe Avahi and SSH could be enabled whenever a monitor isn't found. For that matter, ena

Re: boot-time accessibility issues

2020-03-12 Thread Devin Prater
At least if a Braille Display is connected, accessibility resources should be enabled. Also, I don’t think desktops and such should have an accessibility toggle. If it doesn’t bother the visuals, accessibility setting for the desktop GUI itself, not Orca and such, should always be set to on. Tha