Spoiler : project codenamed houdini

[Linux for blind general discussion]

Howdy Mike,

> I'm conceiving a Linux distribution with accessibility
Awsome :) idea! But I wonder if it is not more efficient to join the  
vinux or sonar team and increase their manpower and implement missing  
features insteed of reainvent the wheel over and over?
Sonar (it seems the offical site is down currently):
https://sourceforge.net/projects/sonargnulinux/
vinux:
http://vinuxproject.org/

> designing a colorblind/impaired accessible
> interface with nice aesthetics
does this mean that you want to create your own Destkop environment?  
About colorblind, maybe you are interested in colord. its an color  
management serverice using ICC profiles. maybe its useful to make  
red/green or grayscale ICC profiles using your desktop (and would have  
the nice side effect thats also useable on other desktops as well).  
Just an idea.
https://www.freedesktop.org/software/colord/

> I’d like to know what features most people would want. Any suggestions
> are welcome, but I won’t promise I’ll implement them. :)
Maybe an stand alone Magnification tool would be awsome :). I also  
remember that there was also a need to have a tool for "hands free"  
desktop control for people with motoric problems using at-spi, eye  
tracking and voice control (in fact there is nothing useful  
currently). I wanted to start working on last one but could not find  
the time currently, but its still on my Todo list (like too many other  
things lol).

cheers chrys

Zitat von Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com>:

> Hello everybody out there using Linux –
>
> I'm conceiving a Linux distribution with accessibility and some
> assistive technology, designing a colorblind/impaired accessible
> interface with nice aesthetics, I did a few tests and it ended just as
> expected, this alone may bring Linux to beat Mac os X on accessibility
> side,
>
> It will be on top of Debian with apt-pinning for development purposes,
> the 3 branches and the packages locking feature, will be used to allow
> developpers to easily replicate bugs to fix them, allowing a
> pseudo-versionning system at the same time, used the setup a while,
> overall it was a breeze.
>
> My next aim would be to trim the system, hoping to be able to use a
> window manager or a light desktop manager with accessibility tools,
> accessibility reports of desktop environments, window managers and
> softwares would be useful.
>
> At this point, I could slowly make a working setup, the issue is to
> create the iso with a decent installer, name/logo/design is thinked
> yet, so I mostly lack a coder and a graphist, otherwise it goes way
> above what I expected for now.
>
> I also have a load of ideas I could implement later but understand
> that the Debian focus don't mean it will be locked to it.
>
> I’d like to know what features most people would want. Any suggestions
> are welcome, but I won’t promise I’ll implement them. :)
>
> Mike
> Note : Didn't knew the rules for linking the project or contact
> informations so I didn't put anything to identify it and myself for
> now ...
>
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