[OpenIndiana-discuss] Accessibility of OpenIndiana with Screen Readers and Other Assistive Technology

[Aaron Hewitt]

it looks like this should work, thanks.


I need to figure out a way to install with accessibility; the live image 
uses the MATE desktop I was told so this should be possible.

On 01/06/2025 14:27, Richard L. Hamilton wrote:
> If speech-dispatcher is available (some things I've read says orca uses it), then TDSR https://github.com/tspivey/tdsr <https://github.com/tspivey/tdsr> (which is in Python 3) perhaps could be as well. Presumably TDSR isn't already packaged for OpenIndiana, but if speech-dispatcher is available, that shouldn't be too difficult for someone into packaging.
>
> This is JUST the result of a few minutes googling. I have no idea of the feasibility or utility of the possible result. I've never needed such things for myself nor been required to be part of providing accessibility support for others beyond voluntarily researching relevant (Windows or macOS) builtin features for acquaintances that couldn't figure it out for themselves. I usually sit at macOS these days although I have Solaris, Windows, assorted Linux, and other OSs at least occasionally running at home; and the only accessibility feature I use is macOS screen zoom sometimes, since I'm somewhat nearsighted but no longer focus really close either, so I usually use the computer without glasses as a compromise.
>
>> On Jun 1, 2025, at 08:35, Aaron Hewitt <aaronhewitt at fastmail.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I've been a long-time Linux user.
>>
>> Recently, I have been considering the switch to OpenIndiana.
>>
>> I checked the OpenIndiana package repository and found that Orca, the screen reader I use under Linux, is available.
>>
>> What I could not find, however, was any reference to a console-based Screen Reader.
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>> Does such a thing exist for OpenIndiana, for the cases where a graphical session is not functional or not required?
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Aaron.
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