Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2025 03:07:19 +0000 From: Pau Amma <pauamma@gundo.com> To: =?UTF-8?Q?Elias_St=C3=A5hlberg?= <elias.stahlberg@harrastenurkka.fi> Cc: freebsd-accessibility@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd installer and blind users Message-ID: <fd3d53555d80e2a43f8f5ac671526a48@gundo.com> In-Reply-To: <eced9f61-9994-46c0-8d92-92339adefe02@harrastenurkka.fi>
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On 2025-08-22 10:15, Elias Ståhlberg wrote: > is there screen reader support in the freebsd installation, Not yet, but I just saw https://mastodon.social/@FreeBSDFoundation/115074191915732768 , a request for features/enhancements requested for the next major FreeBSD version (not sure offhand whether that means 15.0 or 16.0) and replied pointing to your email. > I have the impression that improvements to accessibility are being > made, at what stage they are. There's a documentation effort in progress. In case you haven't come across those URLs yet: https://www.freebsd.org/status/report-2025-01-2025-03/#_vision_accessibilityaccessibility_handbook and https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-accessibility/2025-July/000050.html . There was also work in progress on a rudimentary speech synth feature for text (not GUI) virtual consoles, but that's not enough for a TUI-based installer, I think. And speaking of TUI installers, there's also a speech-friendly (or friendlier) replacement for the port configuration dialog, portoptscli (ports-mgmt/portoptscli). Let me (or others on the list) know if you'd like elaboration. -- #BlackLivesMatter #TransWomenAreWomen #AccessibilityMatters #StandWithUkrainians English: he/him/his (singular they/them/their/theirs OK) French: il/le/lui (iel/iel and ielle/ielle OK) Tagalog: siya/niya/kaniya (please avoid sila/nila/kanila)home | help
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