From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 26 21:52:25 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 0FA0E1065673 for ; Mon, 26 Mar 2012 21:52:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhs@berklix.com) Received: from tower.berklix.org (tower.berklix.org [83.236.223.114]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8CC8B8FC0A for ; Mon, 26 Mar 2012 21:52:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mart.js.berklix.net (p5DCBDABD.dip.t-dialin.net [93.203.218.189]) (authenticated bits=0) by tower.berklix.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id q2QLqIDl070543; Mon, 26 Mar 2012 21:52:18 GMT (envelope-from jhs@berklix.com) Received: from fire.js.berklix.net (fire.js.berklix.net [192.168.91.41]) by mart.js.berklix.net (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id q2QLq4E3005890; Mon, 26 Mar 2012 23:52:04 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from jhs@berklix.com) Received: from fire.js.berklix.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by fire.js.berklix.net (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id q2QLpqrX007901; Mon, 26 Mar 2012 23:51:58 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from jhs@fire.js.berklix.net) Message-Id: <201203262151.q2QLpqrX007901@fire.js.berklix.net> To: Martin McCormick From: "Julian H. Stacey" Organization: http://berklix.com BSD Unix Linux Consultancy, Munich Germany User-agent: EXMH on FreeBSD http://berklix.com/free/ X-URL: http://www.berklix.com In-reply-to: Your message "Mon, 26 Mar 2012 14:21:08 CDT." <201203261921.q2QJL8te040400@x.it.okstate.edu> Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2012 23:51:52 +0200 Sender: jhs@berklix.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 21:52:25 -0000 Martin McCormick wrote: > There may be several people on this list who are blind, > meaning no usable vision to see a screen. I definitely fit that > description so I will gladly try to answer questions which ... Hi Martin, cc questions@ Might you be prepared to write a page for the FreeBSD handbook ? http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/index.html It could go under "V. Appendices" ? Having someone who is blind as author of such a page would make it more authoritative & useful for other blind people I assume. I guess you could start by correlate previous posting on this thread, + add your knowledge, keeping text short & linking to tools & equipment manufacturers ? (& inc. a URL to the Knoppix blind version) There's been a few people who have asked me over the years, & I've never really known where to point them. PS A near blind person in Germany told me a decade or more back: - each country has a different Braille !? - one line display systems in Germany are extremely expensive. Cheers, Julian -- Julian Stacey, BSD Unix Linux C Sys Eng Consultants Munich http://berklix.com Reply below not above, cumulative like a play script, & indent with "> ". Format: Plain text. Not HTML, multipart/alternative, base64, quoted-printable. Mail from @yahoo dumped @berklix. http://berklix.org/yahoo/