Linux *can* be installed w/o sighted assistance. I've done it dozens
of times. And, there's several options for doing it too.
Speakup works, as does a second pc used as a terminal to the box
you're installing to. I generally use slackware when doing my
installs, but other folks have done the same thing with other
installs. Debian even includes a speakup kernel in their main
distribution now, so his statement that he needs sighted assistance
is not quite accurate.
On Mar 20, 2006, at 11:44 AM, Kafka's Daytime wrote:
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
