From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 26 09:32:08 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 93ABB1065673 for ; Mon, 26 Mar 2012 09:32:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from keithmck@yahoo.co.uk) Received: from nm18.bullet.mail.ird.yahoo.com (nm18.bullet.mail.ird.yahoo.com [77.238.189.71]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D7E738FC18 for ; Mon, 26 Mar 2012 09:32:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [77.238.189.55] by nm18.bullet.mail.ird.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 26 Mar 2012 09:32:00 -0000 Received: from [217.146.189.70] by tm8.bullet.mail.ird.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 26 Mar 2012 09:32:00 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by smtp150.mail.ird.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 26 Mar 2012 09:32:00 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yahoo.co.uk; s=s1024; t=1332754320; bh=BRB6T1D+kT6iH4YzS/GcRUvOY+aeNOP83fC7zxjwsSY=; h=X-Yahoo-Newman-Id:X-Yahoo-Newman-Property:X-YMail-OSG:X-Yahoo-SMTP:Received:Message-ID:Date:From:User-Agent:MIME-Version:To:Subject:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=5oCqjkv8NWzDQokvYZF6uDkxBBF++p1P/CrsGUlZwj/JCH7LZtV3FL7izVVdhWpGvZ7peKhZUS/i9UnDEdBIYuV6Gdws2rr1hgPHf2HwrS/cdfwrxHspZLaj4mO4s/IByllC60ZOVWGorIU/MOiNoMvNFrisEAHUNvZCd3cDpBQ= X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 753583.2605.bm@smtp150.mail.ird.yahoo.com X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-YMail-OSG: 054rDWoVM1kOTlo9PLcUwfaWhWqAPCNnqPW2Ydw9kRPBJLg ecHkms337T_GGZEY6vZsXCe7dUEoQ5Xj0T8CMgts_jFgWTKGcsem9m4w35D_ sixCO6pIQuLiJmLl0mAISFcGeeIgN6hyaqDKc5E4LhO3AzGASWnpEpmkzCNo Gravs9JRzigZS7qQL5dxmJwSUV9MMztn3yworA8KbUeYQQY5TFTAfqz6Lbqs Su02hv37ONGnN5hRQ8hODhvtRAV2RyWZjrEvQErr4U9MoBE5TshE4XOCcA4q PeozoHgA5H1a4Y6DO8gaRJcBgJSDt.sHMa2wsCF6sya6Dxszq4YAL_Fx01Uk CNBNjRIrXKFLDQiGEvNd6UOsUXiHixTe.GRpQ7ikzudYSJUipHZNU__ptaEK edUriq3DJpYaxnbOjQKKUIXQoe2Jp5f3w1SKF6A-- X-Yahoo-SMTP: 1Mnfo3CswBAvs7KkW0DJRtiO8I2i Received: from [192.168.1.65] (keithmck@86.140.31.142 with plain) by smtp150.mail.ird.yahoo.com with SMTP; 26 Mar 2012 02:32:00 -0700 PDT Message-ID: <4F7037A2.3000401@yahoo.co.uk> Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2012 10:32:18 +0100 From: Keith McKenzie User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.1.16) Gecko/20120207 Icedove/3.0.11 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Off-Topic: Computing for the Blind X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2012 09:32:08 -0000 On 25/03/12 23:33, Barbara La Scala wrote: > Apologies for the off topic posting but my stepfather is blind and he wants my advice > about how to get online. I have no idea where to start looking for information on hardware > and/or software for him. However, I vaguely remember someone on this list saying they > were visually impaired. If I'm remembering correctly, I'd really appreciate it if that person > would get in touch with me. > > Thanks > Barbara > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > I know this is the FreeBSD forum, but there is a Linux ready made live distro that might help. It is called Knoppix Adriane, & was conceived for the authors blind wife. It can be found at www.knoppix.net. I hope I haven't upset anyone for talking Linux here. :) Keith PS Re sent as it seemed to get blocked before: have changed email address. Apologies if it gets duplicated. -- Sent from Free Open Source Software (FOSS). Debian GNU/Linux