#AskFedi: What are the best #Linux distros for the Blind and low-vision people of any tech level?

[shadowfals@toot.cat]

#AskFedi: What are the best #Linux distros for the Blind and low-vision people of any tech level?

What are the options for a blind install or preinstalls that have functional screen readers?

(I know the options aren't great, some assistive features are disappearing without explanation, but I want to believe there's something worth suggesting for this year.)

[asep@toot.community]

@shadowfals Emmabuntus maybe? https://emmabuntus.org/accessibilite/

[denofearth@mas.to]

@shadowfals
I wonder whether you might leverage one working OS to install another?

For example, from a running distro that already has a working screen reader, open a new window and launch the installer from there. In theory the former should let you navigate the latter, though it's hardly a convenient or proven solution.

Best of luck to you.

[Edit: found a possibly useful link]
https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/65800/how-to-use-one-distros-live-cd-to-install-another-distro

[mkj@social.mkj.earth]

@shadowfals I do believe that Debian does pretty well, including that it has software speech support for the installer (and that is apparently the default since Debian 12, which would be about three years ago). https://wiki.debian.org/accessibility has a lot of details and there is also the section on accessibility in the stable release manual at https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/ch05s02

#Linux #Debian #accessibility