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Re: Assistance for Visually Impaired Student



Hi Larry,

> I teach a course in Digital Integrated Circuits at the local
> University.  One of my students is visually impaired-not totally
> blind but he requires a powerful reader for documents and the
> equilivant of a telescope to see the overhead projection of my
> course slides.  He has expressed interest in Linux but, quite
> understandably, would require some software assistance to view
> documents and circuit schematics, potentially enlarging them at
> specific areas.  I run Debian Lenny on my home system and Dual Boot
> with Ubuntu on my University laptop.  Can anyone point to some
> specific software that I might have him try.  

Vinux - it's an ubuntu-based distro that's VI accessible.
vinux.org.uk. There's a strong user community for support.

Good luck,

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