Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 10 Mar 1996 00:00:09 -0400 (WST) | From | Jose Vilmar Estacio de Souza <> | Subject | Re: Blind-access patch for Linux 1.3.x |
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On Fri, 8 Mar 1996, Kenneth Albanowski wrote:
> On Thu, 7 Mar 1996 Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl wrote: > > > tytso: > > > > : I'm the most uncomfortable with the changes to the bootsector. We only > > : have so many configuration bytes available, and using a full byte for > > : the blind option seems to not be the best use of that resource. > > > > : Question: is it really critical that all of the hardware probe messages > > : always be accessible via the blind-mode console? How about this as a > > : proposal: > > > > : All kernels will have support for turning on/off "blind mode" via the > > ... > > > > I tend to agree with these sentiments, and have one additional remark: > > the use of the label "blind mode" is misleading. This is about one > > particular brand of Braille machine. > > So, we do not want to have a "blind mode" - we want a no-scroll mode. > > Two particular brands of Braille reader, apparently... But I both agree and > disagree with your statement. Yes, all it does is turn scrollback off. > However, if any future changes are needed for vision-impaired access, they > can be added to the same place. And calling it "blind mode" makes it obvious > what it's used for. If it's only called "no-scroll mode", nobody will be able > to find it or figure out what it's used for... YES, it is true. I think that much more things could be added to Linux to help blind people use it. Actually the unique OS that support some access to blinds is DOS. I think that it is going down and linux can be a good solution.
> > Andries > > -- > Kenneth Albanowski (kjahds@kjahds.com, CIS: 70705,126) > > > > >
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