- From: Vadim Plessky <lucy-ples@mtu-net.ru>
- Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2001 21:43:22 +0000
- To: WAI IG <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Announcement on LinuxDevices: http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS8273163586.html which point out to page with more info: http://www.audiobraille.org/blinux/brlspeak.html BRLSPEAK: a Braille and Speech Mini-Distribution of Linux Accessibility: Too much blind computer users believe that only M$ OSes are accessible for them with braille or speech: this is not! There are alternatives, and one of it is called GNU/Linux. If you are looking for a free, powerful, blindfriendly, stable, open source, network-enabled, multi tasking, multi user and commandline-minded OS, then you must absolutely learn more about the Linux system, and for example read: The Linux Accessibility-HOWTO document, at: http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Accessibility-HOWTO/index.html Objective: BrlSpeak is here to make life easier for blind persons who wish to install a Linux distribution on their computer WITHOUT ANY assistance from a sighted person. The objective is to create and develop a blindfriendly Linux distribution, so that it should be possible for a blind user: a) To preconfigure the braille driver config-file before running Linux b) To compile the braille driver without having to see (/to hear) c) To have the braille display immediately operational when booting Linux for the first time Technical option: To be able to realize this performance, the distribution have been based on an UMSDOS Linux version. Why? Simply because each braille display runs under MS-DOS, and this property can be used to insert a preconfig facility before starting Linux. ~ ~ ~ Hope this information will be useful for all visually impared users! My best regards, -- Vadim Plessky http://kde2.newmail.ru (English) 33 Window Decorations and 6 Widget Styles for KDE http://kde2.newmail.ru/kde_themes.html KDE mini-Themes http://kde2.newmail.ru/themes/
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