linux and accessibility applications

[Rejean Proulx]

I am a good example of what he is talking about.  I learned the Linux shell
in order to create a server, which I am extremely happy with.  I still use
Windows for most things and will continue to do so until Linux GUI equals
Windows, or at least comes close.  Current Linux shell is hard to use if
blanks are in file names and so on and on and on.  It is really like using a
big modern DOS.  A note like this will likely start a flame war, but so be
it.  Linux can't let the world go by and leave all blind people on a shell.
It didn't work in Dos and Windows, and it won't hold in Linux either.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom and Esther Ward" <tward1978 at earthlink.net>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Saturday, March 27, 2004 6:54 AM
Subject: Re: linux and accessibility applications


Hi. I realize that most of Linux users love the shell, but there is a reason
for the curren trends to add accessibility to the GUI, java swing, and other
GUI  based stuff. First, that is the way in which 99% of all sighted users
operate, and one way or another staying at the shell prompt will restrict us
equal access to flagship applications. Second, the large majority of
disabled computer users have grown in to Windows, and those I've asked will
not even try Linux until something like the Gnome accessibility project
matures enough that is equal with Jaws and Windows.
So in the end there is nothing silly in the trend at all, but we can only
have something else to gain. What we do with it will end up being decided by
personal preference.
Hth.





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