Re: boot-time accessibility issues
full circle, solutions zero.
On Thu, 5 Mar 2020, Rich Morin wrote:
> Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2020 23:54:14
> From: Rich Morin <rdm@cfcl.com>
> To: debian-boot@lists.debian.org
> Cc: debian-accessibility@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: boot-time accessibility issues
> Resent-Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2020 02:07:16 +0000 (UTC)
> Resent-From: debian-accessibility@lists.debian.org
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> Jude DaShiell said:
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> > If dummy was used for monitor type, the screen reader could come up talking without any monitor attached. ...
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> I can think of a couple of issues with this approach. First, there are various reasons for leaving a monitor off a system. For example, if a RasPi is being used as a server, running it "headless" might be a normal strategy, having nothing to do with blindness.
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> Contrariwise, there are various reasons a blind user might want to keep an active monitor. They might have a sighted associate with whom they occasionally collaborate. Alternatively, they might want to run a touch screen (e.g., to type on).
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> The fundamental problem is that keying off the presence of a monitor complects two separate and otherwise independent phenomena. So, it's just asking for conflicts.
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> -r
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