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Accessibility, what would the perfect blind Linux Desktop be like for you? (discussion.fedoraproject.org)
submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by Pantherina@feddit.de to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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Accessibility is a really important field. Everyone should have the right to use a free and friendly Operating System.

But its a pretty nieche topic, and I also think current ways of implementing it are not perfect.

I created a Thread on Fedora Discussion (Link) but Lemmy is way more active so I would love to spread attention to this topic, and collect your ideas.

  • How should a blind Desktop be structured?
  • Are there any big dealbreakers like Wayland, TTS engines, specific applications e.g.?
  • What do you think would be the best base Desktop to build such a setup on?
  • Would you think an immutable, out of the box Distro like "Fedora Silversound", with everything included, the best tools, presets, easy setup e.g. is a good idea?
  • How privacy-friendly can a usable blind Desktop be?

Also, how would you like to call it? "A Talking Desktop"?

I am excited for your comments!

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[-] Pantherina@feddit.de 3 points 11 months ago

Thanks for your experience!

So you would say terminal and text based is best.

This could be done rather easily, in comparison to a fancy desktop. Like this:

# start OS, login, terminal emulator opens
# terminal is always accessible when pressing 1 or something

> apps
Office
Web
Video
Audio
Games

> Office
Writer
Calc
...

> writer
# opens writer in a new desktop, fullscreen. Switches to the app and says its name

> 1
# switch back to terminal

> time
It is 12:53

> date
#...

And so on. This would be pretty nice! Flatpaks would be somewhat of a problem, one would need a script to alias the names to their short names, I did that and I think it works well, but still a bit specific.

Repo

Haha maybe window managers are the next big thing for accessibility?

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