Accessible Distros for a beginner?

[Linux for blind general discussion]

I don't have a pi anyway, so that's not an issue. Thanks, Didier.

On 8/23/20, Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> You can get here:
> http://slackware.uk/slint/x86_64/slint-14.2.1/minislint/
>
> But it won't work on a raspberry pi as it's for architecture x76_64 only,
> sorry.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Didier
>
> Le 23/08/2020 à 19:25, Linux for blind general discussion a écrit :
>> Where can mini Slint be obtained, please?
>>
>> On 8/23/20, Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com>
>> wrote:
>>> Could be mini-slint could run on that raspberry pi.  I don't have one
>>> yet so haven't tried that one yet.  The mini-slint is a command line
>>> environment the way it starts out after installation.
>>>
>>> On Sat, 22 Aug 2020, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
>>>
>>>> Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2020 16:49:51
>>>> From: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com>
>>>> To: blinux-list at redhat.com
>>>> Subject: Re: Accessible Distros for a beginner?
>>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> I answer inline to the parts of your message quoted below:
>>>>
>>>> Le 22/08/2020 ? 21:20, SL  a ?crit :
>>>>> I don't know if I would also need to compile source files for Slint
>>>>> when
>>>>> I'm getting started with the OS?
>>>>
>>>> No need to do that. You get a lot of software out of the boxes, and can
>>>> get more just typing a few commands, as with many other Linux
>>>> distributions, either pre-built or compiled and installed typing just
>>>> one
>>>> command.
>>>>
>>>>> But if Slint starts speaking out of the box more or less, maybe I would
>>>>> start with that.
>>>> Slint starts speaking from the very beginning of installation and speaks
>>>> in all contexts; console as graphical environments including Mate, the
>>>> default.
>>>>
>>>> If you have a hard synthesizer you can use it as well. Slint can
>>>> preserve
>>>> and restore specific settings for each synthesizer if you use several.
>>>>
>>>> Orca is indeed available in graphical environments and you can use (and
>>>> switch between) console screen readers: espeakup, speechd-up and fenrir.
>>>>
>>>> Indeed braille is enabled as well from the very beginning of
>>>> installation.
>>>>
>>>>> I like how many accessibility features Slint has.
>>>> We try hard to provide as many as possible.
>>>>
>>>>> And if I wouldn't need to compile a lot of source files, maybe Slint
>>>>> would be a good choice.
>>>> Indeed <smile>
>>>>
>>>> About support: we answer all questions in the Slint mailing list, and
>>>> beginners are welcome there.
>>>>
>>>> So I think that Slint is a good choice for a laptop in your situation.
>>>>
>>>> Slint don't support raspberry Pi, but for that Stormux is a good choice.
>>>>
>>>> Storm Dragon, its maintainer, is a friend and we do cooperate for the
>>>> benefit of our users.
>>>>
>>>> Didier
>>>> didier at slint.fr
>>>>
>>>>
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