Wow, this is a great idea! I've fallen off the *nix bandwagon in recent years but this sounds like a project / situation that would rekindle my interest :) It doesn't seem like too many devices are supported though...
On 8/19/20, Rich Morin <[email protected]> wrote: > After some informal research and reflection, I've decided that postmarketOS > is the most promising basis for a blind-accessible, Linux-based cell phone > operating system. Developers are working on getting it to support a large > number of devices (https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Devices), many of > which are available for very little money. > > PostmarketOS is based on Alpine Linux > (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpine_Linux), a popular, but very > minimalistic Linux variant. For example, it uses BusyBox to replace the > functions of more than 300 common commands. So, postmarketOS should run > pretty well, even on fairly old cell phones and tablets. > > In an effort to get things moving, I've started an Accessibility page in the > postmarketOS wiki. The "Packages" section contains entries for plausible > software packages (e.g., BRLTTY, Fenrir, Lynx, Orca, w3m), including short > descriptions and porting status. The "Resources" section contains links to > other, related pages. > > To be clear, I don't expect that the base postmarketOS releases will ever > contain these packages. However, there should be a way to create a > blind-accessible variant or upgrade path. If you find this notion > interesting, please check out the (WIP) Accessibility page > (https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Accessibility). If the page is missing > a favorite package, please add it yourself or email me so I can add it. > More generally, feel free to contact me off-list with comments, suggestions, > etc. > > -r > > _______________________________________________ > This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. > To post a message, send an e-mail to: [email protected] > For general information, go to: http://brltty.app/mailman/listinfo/brltty > _______________________________________________ This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. To post a message, send an e-mail to: [email protected] For general information, go to: http://brltty.app/mailman/listinfo/brltty
