Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo accessibility re i'm blind,

[Majid Hussain]

hi there,
now er days, the mate desktop is considderd very accessible,
compared to gnome,
orca is the screen reader used when a gui is launched,
espeakup is the screen reader that is used on the tty before xorg and
friends are launched,
it's what debian uses on the net install image,
hence me asking if espeakup would be able to be added to an iso image?
unless there's away of building your own iso image from a non  gentoo system?
Majid

On 22/04/2020, Ashley Dixon <ash@××××××××××.uk> wrote:
>> i'm blind and wanted to get started with gentoo.
>> what's accessibility like?
>> is there speech via orca the screen reader or sound on the minimal iso
>> via espeakup provided?
>> I red this document,
>> https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Accessibility
>> which seembs to be up-to-date, is there a update on this?
>
> On Wed, Apr 22, 2020 at 01:04:48PM +0100, Majid Hussain wrote:
>> hi there,
>
> Hi Majid, I hope you're well.
>
> Have  you  visited  [1]  ?   It  is  a  community  of  Linux-focused  blind
> and
> visually-impaired users, such as yourself, who have formed a  community  out
>  of
> building accessibility software; primarily screen-readers [2].
>
> You'd probably have the  most  difficulty  on  the  initial  set-up,  as
> Gentoo
> installation takes place, almost entirely, in  the  tty,  before  you  have
> any
> opportunity to install X.  You could try running it  in  some  sort  of
> virtual
> machine and see if a screen-reader could parse the contents of the V.M.\
> window.
>
>> I'm a complete newb with gentoo I would be greatful for your assistance
>
> How much prior Linux experience do you have ?  Do you know  of  a
> screen-reader
> that works well once you have got to the point of installing a window
> manager  ?
>
> This is the ONE situation  under  which  I  would  recommend  GNOME,  as  it
>  is
> generally the best with built-in accessibility features [3].
> Unfortunately,  a
> lot of the more niche W.M.s  (such  as  i3)  require  an  incredible  amount
>  of
> tinkering (and often  changes  to  the  code-base)  to  introduce  any  sort
>  of
> considering  for accessibility.
>
>> I'm looking for an adventure.
>
> Don't worry, all Gentoo users get a hell of an experience, blind  or
> otherwise.
> I'm sure you'll have an  incredible  amount  of  fun  using  this  distro.
> ;-)
>
>> not sure if this was the correct place to post my question?
>
> gentoo-user is the  general  space  for  any  user-land  (non-developer)
> issues
> regarding Gentoo, so I doubt there are  any  problems  with  you  posting
> here.
> Everything from this list (like all  Gentoo  lists)  gets  archived  on-line
>  by
> Gentoo at [4] and Google at [5], so in addition to solving  your  own
> problems,
> mailing lists provide the advantage of helping future users with similar
> issues.
>
> There is also the `gentoo-accessibility` list [6], but  it's  been  dead
> for  a
> while.
>
> (There are various other H.T.T.P.\ archiving  services,  such  as  M.Arc.
> [7],
> however  Gentoo  and  Google  are  the  most   popular   in   search
> results.)
>
> Hope this helps,
> Ashley.
>
> [1] http://www.linux-speakup.org/
> [2] http://www.linux-speakup.org/spkguide.txt
> [3] https://wiki.gnome.org/Accessibility
> [4] https://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-user/
> [5] https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/linux.gentoo.user
> [6] https://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-accessibility/
> [7] https://marc.info/?l=gentoo-user
>
> --
>
> Ashley Dixon
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kind regards,
Majid Hussain