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NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-0.997]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.97)[-0.971]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[gmail.com,none]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip6:2607:f8b0:4000::/36]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[gmail.com:s=20230601]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; TO_DN_SOME(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; DWL_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[gmail.com:dkim]; FREEMAIL_FROM(0.00)[gmail.com]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:15169, ipnet:2607:f8b0::/32, country:US]; FREEMAIL_ENVFROM(0.00)[gmail.com]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[gmail.com:+]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-accessibility@freebsd.org]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; MLMMJ_DEST(0.00)[freebsd-accessibility@freebsd.org]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[2607:f8b0:4864:20::1131:from] X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4c8ZBC1c97z49Vf Hi, I am a blind user of FreeBSD and here's what I have done to get the = system installed on to my machine. I used a live system called Mfsbsd that I could ssh into and then used = bsdinstall from there. Afterwards I had to upgrade 14.2 to 14.3 with freebsd-update and this = worked fine. Have any more questions I'll help as best as I can. Tom -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-accessibility@FreeBSD.org = On Behalf Of Elias = St=C3=A5hlberg Sent: Friday, August 22, 2025 6:15 AM To: freebsd-accessibility@freebsd.org Subject: freebsd installer and blind users hi I am a completely blind user, is there screen reader support in the=20 freebsd installation, and like Debian, I have the impression that=20 improvements to accessibility are being made, at what stage they are. I=20 don't expect a polished, beautiful user experience, I am a nerd who=20 lives on the command line and in vim