Re: Vision Accessibility Report 2

From: Alfonso Sabato Siciliano <alfix86_at_gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2025 18:37:47 UTC
On 2/4/25 23:30, Pau Amma wrote:
> On 2025-02-04 12:59, Alfonso Sabato Siciliano wrote:
>> This is the second report for the "Vision Accessibility" project, 
>> https://freebsdfoundation.org/project/vision-accessibility-subsystem-for-freebsd/
>
> Thanks for this.
>
>> Currently an effort for a new Accessibility Handbook is in progress. 
>> Its purpose is to describe the current assistive technologies 
>> available in the operating system, a possible index is below. The 
>> Part 2 is related to the vision assistive technologies. Tips and new 
>> ideas are welcome.
>
> 2 things come to mind:  1- if this is a separate handbook and not part 
> of the User Handbook, it should be referenced there in appropriate 
> sections; and 2- there should be a part for motion impairments, 
> including such things as keyboard navigation and on-screen virtual 
> keyboards.


Of course after the "Vision Part 2", it is important adding: "Motion 
Part 3" and "Hearing Part 4". For hearing a wrote a blog post about 
audio mono for unilateral deafness, a TODO is to allow users to connect 
hearing aids to FreeBSD; I haven't succeeded at the moment.


>>
>> Abstract
>> Preface
>>   Intended Audience
>>   Overview
>> Part I. General
>> Chapter 1. Introduction
>>   1.1. Accessibility
>>   1.2. Assistive Technologies
>>   1.3. Miscellaneous
>> Chapter 2. Help
>>   2.1. Mailing Lists
>>   2.2. Chat
>> Part II. Vision
>> Chapter 3. Virtual Terminal
>>   3.1. Introduction
>>   3.2. Colors
>>   3.3. Resolution
>>   3.4. Font
>>   3.5. Bell
>> Chapter 4. Colors
>>   4.1. Color temperature
>>   4.2. Contrast
>>   4.3. Ports Collection
>> Chapter 5. Low Vision
>>   5.1. Magnify
>>   5.2. Font
>>   5.3. Screen Resolution
>> Chapter 6. Blindness
>>   6.1. Screen Reader
>>   6.2. Speech Synthesizer
>>   6.3. Speech Dispatcher
>>   6.4. Ports Collection
>>   6.5. Ed Editor
>>   6.6. Edbrowse
>>   6.7. Liblouise
>> Chapter 7. Desktop Environments
>>   7.1. Gnome
>>   7.2. KDE
>>   7.3. XFCE
>>   7.4. Wayland
>> Chapter 8. Development
>>   8.1. Guidelines
>>   8.2. Checkers
>>   8.3. Libraries
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Alfonso
>