Hi Folks,
Link to an interesting Newsforge article below. This article is,
perhaps, not strictly related to the use of Mac OS X by the
blind...but it speaks to some broader accessibility issues which
affect us - developers and end users alike. Also valuable, perhaps,
for purposes of drawing some comparisons between the state of
accessibility in Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) and commercial
solutions like Mac OS X (the Mac OS being an interesting nexus of the
two).
Here's an interesting excerpt from posted comments on the article:
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"While proud of his accomplishments, Marini also feels that the
situation is far from optimal. For instance, he has not found "a
distribution that boots" and detects "Italian speech synthesizers, or
Braille terminals with the brltty driver." For now, Marini says that
the only solution is to find somebody without impaired vision who is
willing to help install Linux."
Interesting but can any of the other OS's out there be installed
without the assistance of an unimpaired user?
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I know of at least one. Anyway, here's the link:
http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/03/13/1628249&from=rss
Joe
