Re: [orca-list] Making postmarketOS blind-accessible

[Rich Morin <rdm cfcl com>]

> On Aug 20, 2020, at 04:26, Peter Vágner <pvagner pvagner tk> wrote:
>
> ... I think it would be awesome to get alpine linux with speakup or fenrir to work. Then other things might 
> be added as needed. I'd say we need to create speech and braille enabled image for Alpine linux similar to 
> what talking arch is for arch linux. ...
>
> We *need* touch screen access on linux before we can seriously consider that as a viable platform.
>
> Otherwise we might just use our single board computers e.g. pine 64, raspberry pi... whatever with external 
> accessories.

Although I'm interested in the possibility of making Braille Screen Input work on Linux-based cell phones, 
this isn't a short-term goal.  And, given that none of the touch-based interfaces on Linux cell phones seem 
to pay any attention to blind accessibility, that's also going to be a slog.

That said, I think that a cell phone, ear buds, and a portable keyboard could provide a "viable platform", at 
least for the near term.  Having an economical, instant-on, portable computing and communication device could 
be a real boon to folks who are willing to live with some limitations.

-r