Prospects for an accessible and open version of Android?

[Linux for blind general discussion]

Hi, Amanda:

I don't understand your question. An Android device is a Linux device.
it runs on linux kernels, implements several Linux libraries. It's audio
subsystem is driven by alsa.

The user doesn't see this, of course, because all of that is under the
hood, so to speak. The user interface on Android is written in Java, so
bears no resemblance to the graphical desktop one might see on a typical
Linux computer, typically GNOME or KDE.

So, what are you asking? Please say more.

Best,

Janina

Linux for blind general discussion writes:
> Okay, so for a free Linuxy OS running on an Android device, can anyone
> suggest a starting point?
> 
> Amanda
> 
> On 6/15/20, Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com> wrote:
> > Didier:
> >
> > I'm sure Hans, our list owner of record, would happily entertain a
> > better configuration. Please note this list runs on Redhat's list
> > servers which I believe are still mailman based. So, it's a question of
> > what Redhat has implemented upstream.
> >
> > If you want Hans' email, I can probably dig it up.
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > Janina
> >
> > Linux for blind general discussion writes:
> >> Or, this is to avoid SPF/DKIM authentication failure.
> >>
> >> As an example, I have an email server with DKIM enabled for the domain
> >> name slint.fr that I own and use for the Slint distribution, cf.:
> >> https://slint.fr
> >>
> >> So, the receiver of an email sent with a From: address with the domain
> >> name slint.fr can authenticate it checking that the email was sent from
> >> my server's IP address and not further modified if re-sent by a mailing
> >> list to all registered users.
> >>
> >> Many mailing lists keep the From: field as is (for this email that would
> >> be: didier at slint.fr) but modify its content, like to add a footer. Then
> >> the email will fail the authentication failure by the server that
> >> receives the email sent by the mailing list, and possibly reject it or
> >> put it in a spam folder, according to their policy and the instructions
> >> given by the initial sending server, written in a DMARC record.
> >>
> >> I don't know if this the main reason, but not writing the initial
> >> poster's email address in the From: field prevents authentication
> >> failures.
> >>
> >> To cope with this policy, let's identify ourselves in the body of the
> >> emails we sent to the list.
> >>
> >> I do it below:
> >> Didier Spaier
> >> Slint maintainer
> >>
> >> Le 14/06/2020 à 22:56, Linux for blind general discussion a écrit :
> >> > I think many years ago there were lots of spam which came through this
> >> > list, so they altered to this current way
> >> > Chime
> >>
> >>
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> > Janina Sajka
> >
> > Linux Foundation Fellow
> > Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup:	http://a11y.org
> >
> > The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
> > Chair, Accessible Platform Architectures	http://www.w3.org/wai/apa
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Janina Sajka

Linux Foundation Fellow
Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup:	http://a11y.org

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
Chair, Accessible Platform Architectures	http://www.w3.org/wai/apa