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Base system accessibility wishlist


This includes documenting wherever appropriate accessibility-related changes made to the base system. Documentation-only changes go into Doc instead.

  • Speech output support in vt(4): D35754 available for feature testing.
  • Daemon to speak vt(4) console: D35776 available for feature testing.
  • Provide a VTY screenreader (which one?) in the installer itself, as self-configurable as possible, and that can be started on the initial menu with a simple key or key combination.
  • Add a VTY screenreader (POLA says the same one) to the packages available from the installer so the installed OS can be speech-friendly from the first boot.
  • Document in the handbook.
  • Screenreader support in the loader. (Earlier boot stages are probably unfeasible.)
  • Speech recognition instead of a keyboard (that's a very tough one, maybe untractable - accents, spelling variants, ESL speakers, and I'm probably missing some).
  • Other color schemes than white-on-blue (installer) or white-on-black (out-of-the-box default for VTYs), both configurable from the installer including for the installed OS.
  • accessibility/wishlist/base.txt
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