Re: Extending accessibility support in D-I for Lenny

[John Heim <jheim@wisc.edu>]

From: "Jason White" <jasonw@ariel.its.unimelb.edu.au>
To: <debian-accessibility@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Monday, February 19, 2007 8:58 PM
Subject: Re: Extending accessibility support in D-I for Lenny


> On Mon, Feb 19, 2007 at 05:59:57PM -0800, Tom Masterson wrote:
> > I may be strange but except in emergencies I don't even look at speech.
> > If I can't use a braille display (alva 3 series) I rarely even look at it
> > as a fully viable option.  Speech alone would be okay for a basic install
> > but I find braille faster and it doesn't require a soundcard.
>
> I use braille alone on my laptop, and braille and speech together on my
> desktop which has a DECTALK Express hardware synthesizer. However, I rely
> predominantly on the braille for all of my detailed work (e.g., writing 
> and
> editing documents).

Well, again, please don't take this as a criticism but I don't get the 
point. What does the fact that you use braille say about the accessibility 
of the debian installer?  What are we to take from that in terms of deciding 
on a direction for the installer?

If braille already works fine. Well, that is obviously good. But we're not 
thinking everybody should just get a braille display, are we?