Re: Hi, I am blind

2018-06-07 Thread Tony Godshall
I think accessibility for the blind will help us all. For example, there are times when a sighted person might be better served with an audio interface, or an alternate visual interface. I hope to explore some of the options myself. Thanks for the pointers, Mengual. On Sun, Apr 15, 2018 at

Re: Hi, I am blind

2018-04-17 Thread Samuel Thibault
Paul Wise, le mar. 17 avril 2018 11:20:15 +0800, a ecrit: > On Mon, 2018-04-16 at 10:15 +0200, Samuel Thibault wrote: > > > Well, https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=855446 > > accessible-via seems different to what I propose. > > accessible-via references software that makes each

Re: Hi, I am blind

2018-04-16 Thread Paul Wise
On Mon, 2018-04-16 at 10:15 +0200, Samuel Thibault wrote: > Well, https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=855446 accessible-via seems different to what I propose. accessible-via references software that makes each package accessible. The proposed accessible-to would reference classes

Re: Hi, I am blind

2018-04-16 Thread Samuel Thibault
Hello, Paul Wise, le lun. 16 avril 2018 10:05:52 +0800, a ecrit: > On Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 6:20 AM, MENGUAL Jean-Philippe wrote: > > For example, adding a tag to mention if some package is or not > > accessible would be a good idea. > > There is already an accessibility facet, but it covers

Re: Hi, I am blind

2018-04-15 Thread Paul Wise
On Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 6:20 AM, MENGUAL Jean-Philippe wrote: > resources are on Development page of the Hypra website. I had never heard of Hypra so I had to go searching for it: http://hypra.fr/-What-is-Hypra-.html?lang=en This appears to be the development page you mentioned:

Re: Hi, I am blind

2018-04-15 Thread MENGUAL Jean-Philippe
Hi, Le 15/04/2018 à 15:49, Steffen Möller a écrit : > Hi, > > > The problem with Debian for supporting blind users is that most of its > developers are not (yet) visually impaired beyond wearing glasses. They > don't have the devices which are costly and even if they had then they > likely have

Re: Hi, I am blind

2018-04-15 Thread Steffen Möller
Hi, the Debian derivative KNOPPIX comes with a boot option "adriane" that may help you.  An English page I found on https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/knoppix-adriane.html which is a bit old (2009). The latest version with the Ariadne boot parameter is described and downloadable on

Re: Hi, I am blind

2018-04-14 Thread adri Orjales Vidal
Thanks everybody, I will use the accesibility list to talk about this, sorry and thanks again Enviado desde mi iPhone > El 14 abr 2018, a las 20:45, MENGUAL Jean-Philippe > escribió: > > Hi, > >> Le 14/04/2018 à 08:56, adri Orjales Vidal a écrit : >> Hello, I am blind

Re: Hi, I am blind

2018-04-14 Thread MENGUAL Jean-Philippe
Hi, Le 14/04/2018 à 08:56, adri Orjales Vidal a écrit : > Hello, I am blind and I need to use a screen reader so I can use my pc. I am > tired to use windows, and I wanted to start using Devian, but here I saw that > the screen reader Orca is kilometers away from NVDA, non visual desktop >

Re: Hi, I am blind

2018-04-14 Thread Samuel Thibault
Hello, Clément Hermann, le sam. 14 avril 2018 16:14:57 +0200, a ecrit: > There are no backports available > currently (https://backports.debian.org/, that would get you 3.28), and > I'm not sure how feasible it would be to backport it without backporting > all of GNOME. Only the at-spi part

Re: Hi, I am blind

2018-04-14 Thread Clément Hermann
Hi, (assuming you mean "Debian" and not "Devian" here, but that doesn't change much in this case anyway). On 14/04/2018 08:56, adri Orjales Vidal wrote: > Hello, I am blind and I need to use a screen reader so I can use my pc. I am > tired to use windows, and I wanted to start using Devian, but

Hi, I am blind

2018-04-14 Thread adri Orjales Vidal
Hello, I am blind and I need to use a screen reader so I can use my pc. I am tired to use windows, and I wanted to start using Devian, but here I saw that the screen reader Orca is kilometers away from NVDA, non visual desktop access, wich is a windows screen reader very fast. NVDA is open