Re: Debian Accessibility Project was: Re: linux for blinds
>>>>> "ML" == Mario Lang <mlang@debian.org> writes:
ML> I now took the time and summarized the current state of things
ML> regarding accessibility and Debian, and also tried to give a bit
ML> of overview which areas could use help from people.
BTW, there's the Free(b)deb project
(http://www.freebsoft.org/project-freebdeb.html), aiming at producing a
customized Debian-based distribution for the blind and visually
impaired. The project has received some sponsorship recently and we
hope to produce a usable installation CD or DVD during the next year.
Our resources are quite limited, so we try to achieve the simplest
imaginable goal as the first step -- to produce a medium that can be
used to install and configure a limited set of the most important
packages (from the point of view of the visually impaired people)
easily. "Easily" means in such a way, that a non-impaired knowledgeable
(i.e. one who is a bit familiar with system administration and has read
the accompanied documentation) person can install several systems
without big troubles in short time on a common hardware, e.g. during an
installfest, and get them running in a usual way.
>From the technical point of view, we're just at the beginning. Anyone
interested in participation is welcome to subscribe to the developers'
mailing list (freebdeb-devel-subscribe@freebsoft.org).
Regards,
Milan Zamazal
--
The seeker after truth should be humbler than the dust. The world crushes the
dust under its feet, but the seeker after truth should so humble himself that
even the dust could crush him. -- M. K. Gandhi
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