Knowledge: assistive technology
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Links
- Slashdot: Ask Slashdot: Linux and Handicapped Access
http://www.slashdot.org/askslashdot/98/11/14/1358225.shtml - Discussion of adaptive and assistive software and hardware.
- Linux Accessibility HOWTO
http://sunsite.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/Access-HOWTO.html - How to use adaptive technology with Linux.
- GTKeyboard
http://opop.nols.com/gtkeyboard.html - GTKeyboard is a graphical keyboard that is written in C with the help of the GTK toolkit. It may be helpful for people with physical disabilities, and also for people with funky keyboard layouts, and even for keyboardless (???) websurfing kiosks running linux.
- Blind + Linux = BLINUX
http://leb.net/blinux/ - Linux software and support for the blind and visually impaired user. Clearinghouse for access documentation, applications and utilities, and beta testing.
- UNIX and Linux System Software Toolkits
http://trace.wisc.edu/world/computer_access/unix/unixshar.html - Computer Access tools for Unix and Linux.
- Morseall
http://sourceforge.net/projects/morseall/ - A morse code controlled shell for Linux. The goal is to enable users with limited mobility to use linux with only a single mouse button. Keys are entered by tapping morse code on the left mouse button.
- Omer Zak Web Site
http://www.zak.co.il/gpl/linux/ - Information on Deafness, Hebrew and Linux.
- HTML Authoring & Accessibility Resources
http://www.hicom.net/~oedipus/weave.html - Speech-friendly HTML authoring resources with an emphasis on accessibility and platform-independent web design. Information about Lynx, an extremely speech-friendly text-based web browser. Features links to, and descriptions of, patches, add-ons, ports, and developmental versions of Lynx.
- Installation of Linux by a blind user
http://liw.iki.fi/liw/texts/blind-install.html - The experience of one blind user of installing Linux.
- BRLTTY - Braille Display Under LINUX
http://www.mielke.cc/brltty/ - BRLTTY is a daemon which provides access to the Linux console (text mode) for a blind person using a soft braille display. It drives the braille terminal and provides complete screen review functionality.
- speakup Screen review for Linux
http://www.linux-speakup.org/ - Speakup is a screen review package for the Linux operating system. It allows you to hear all output directed to the console.
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