The Orbit Writer is new, so I have no experience with it.
http://www.orbitresearch.com/product/orbit-writer/
There is also a Podcast at this link discussing it, which I haven't
listened to yet.
http://www.dr-carter.com/
On 8/17/2020 11:13 PM, Rich wrote:
On Aug 17, 2020, at 16:47, Chevelle <[email protected]> wrote:
Braille screen input would be fine, but the first challenge would be to get
Linux installed and have some accessible applications.
Agreed. I've been working on that problem, mostly by assembling a
machine-readable
list of plausible applications and some scripts to perform the installations.
I've
been concentrating on Debian, so Mobian would be a drop-in, but reworking
things to
support Alpine Linux shouldn't be all that hard.
In any case, braille screen input is a larger and longer-term effort, but I
wanted
to get some feedback on it before diving in...
Many Braille displays already have keys that allow Braille input. If I remember
correctly, some company is selling a $99 Braille keyboard that has Bluetooth.
Typically, braille displays are extremely expensive. I'd love to have a link
to the
$99 braille keyboard, if someone has it.
I would think your time would be better spent on making a Linux distribution
accessible, on phones. ... This site shows Linux projects for use on phones.
https://many.tuxphones.com/
Thanks for the link! I notice that most of the listings are for postmarketOS,
echoing their devices page (https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Devices). My
suspicion is that postmarketOS is the best candidate for a base distribution,
but clearly this is subject to change at any time.
All of which brings me to a question of social engineering. What is the best
way to build momentum for a blind-accessible Linux distribution for phones? If
each interested person has a different phone and uses a different version of
Linux, the community will be so fragmented that nothing will come together.
So, my tendency is to start with a particular base distribution or two (e.g.,
postmarketOS, Mobian) and start adding packages. However, another possible
focal point is the PinePhone, which supports a slew of OSes. So, I don't know.
-r
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