Bug#1028062: debian-installer: Audio-based Installation - Question for keyboard layout and choice of hot keys
Package: debian-installer
Severity: normal
Dear Maintainer,
I had to install debian using the audio-based installation and I'd like to contribute feedback.
The audio-based installation came in handy because I had to install onto an older machine that
happened to be unable to display the BIOS and/or natve CLI via DVI/HDMI. I am not visually impaired.
In parallel, I ran the exact same installation on a virtualbox. However, controlling the installation
using keyboard (German) and ear phones (instead of a monitor) was quite an experience. Here are my two
opinions:
1) The hotkeys aren't read aloud most of the time. The engine appears to silent ?, < and >. I suggest to
replace them by j, f (and d for example). j and f are the two keys that have a little physical bump
on many layouts. Impaired people will find them quickly.
2) Having to use a Germany keyboard, I had to web search for the english keyboard layout to know what key woul
d
repeat the current question. I suggest to move the question about the keyboard layout up a little.
Thanks for your efford!
Peter
-- System Information: Debian Release: 11.6
APT prefers stable-updates APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable-security'), (500,
'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 5.10.0-20-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU threads) Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8
(charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash Init: systemd (via
/run/systemd/system) LSM: AppArmor: enabled
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