State of accessibility on BSD systems

[Tony Baechler]

Cleverson wrote:
> Is there any blind user that uses FreeBSD for personal dayly
> productivity?
> Is it possible to install it without sighted assistance?
>   



Hi,

I used to use FreeBSD often until the power supply fried.  It was 
impossible to install without sighted help.  Once installed, I had to 
access it with ssh.  There are supposed to be screen readers that work 
under BSD but they didn't work for me.  You might have better luck with 
Gnome as they offer it in the ports collection and I think they include 
Orca.  In general, FreeBSD isn't even close to being accessible.  That's 
a real shame because it would be nice for blind people to have a choice 
and it is better at some things than Linux.  I also prefer the BSD 
license but that's another discussion.  If you can get sighted help and 
don't mind doing everything with ssh, it's fine and works as well as 
Linux with ssh.  If you want to actually use the console, forget it.