On Wed, 2007-11-28 at 21:48 +0100, Marco Michna wrote:
Dobrý večer,
Bryen wrote (shortened):
- One person identified needing sound output, and thus required someone else to install openSuse before he could use it. He is in this business professionally.
IMHO there is the possibility to use a hardware synthesizer during the installation - but I'm not sure which devices are supported and how good this is supported.
- In the opensuse general mailing list, there was a newcomer who stated he used a braille terminal and was having difficulty installing openSuse. He disappeared after that one night, so I don't know whether he was successful or not. My guess is, since we haven't heard from him, probably not. Unfortunately, I don't know braille nor do I own a braille terminal, so it isn't something I can test out for functionality.
The braille display is supported since SuSE Linux 7.0 and there also is a nice community if you have problems. Maybe the user which you talk about didn't come back to the general list because he found the english blinux mailinglist. If thats the case then we need to do some advertising.
Here you can find the archive of the english blinux mailinglist:
Very interesting. Thanks for pointing me out to this. I'm trying to read up on blinux now and what exactly it is/means. But it looks like that mailing list has been very quiet for some time. Although, I'm not certain I agree with a separate mailing list for blind users. Nor should it be for very specific types of users. For example, I am both blind AND deaf. But many of the tools that I use to make it easier are also tools that you may use in everyday life. There are too many variations of impairment to allow for such specific silos of mailing lists. The general support mailing list is a more accurate place and that's where I keep my eye out for such people looking for assistance that I can offer. Enlighten me if you know anything more about blinux. Is it a collection of tools or a separate installation CD? If it is a separate os installation, is it usable by both people with disabilities and people without disabilities?
I will add the blinux info to http://en.opensuse.org/Communicate/Mailinglists
In fact, AFAICT, building these features into the installer would probably make Yast the most accessible installer the world has ever seen.
It is already :) No ... I'm not biased :)
I wouldn't consider you biased. And if you feel that it is a highly accessible installer, then we need to work on documenting it so more people are aware. I'm not interested in re-inventing the wheel if such comprehensive and easily-used tools are already in existence and integrated. If there is any documentation in existence that you may already be aware of, please point me to it so I can review it and test things out.
Thanks for your feedback.
And I appreciate the information you have given me. Thank you very much!
Greetings, Marco -- ---Bryen---
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