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Sure wish blind people could jump head-long into Linux. But nope it's only for the abled people. Linux's a11y stack is very old and only now getting tests writt
by devinprater 4y ago
Sure wish blind people could jump head-long into Linux. But nope it's only for the abled people. Linux's a11y stack is very old and only now getting tests written for it and such.
- WesolyKubeczek 4y agoIt’s a hard problem in FOSS. Either you have a company with resources enough to make it happen on an ongoing basis, or you spend X time scratching your own itch to perfection and then tiredly stop caring about the world moving on. Which may explain some blind Linux users swearing by their setups like they are the best things since sliced bread, while others might be meh. It would be damn nice, though, even for able-bodied folks to be able to use their computers or phones without having to look at them once in a while, and no, voice assistants in their current shape don’t really count. They are still far from being “instant” and understanding you unambigiously every time. I would welcome software UIs that are usable by all people without having to go into some kind of low vision mode where everything is different. Or one-handed mode where everything is different.