[GUI-Talk] Question about Learning Linux Operating Systems

[Lloyd Rasmussen]

There is an active listserv for the Orca screen reader. The main developer, 
Joanmarie Diggs, is often around fixing things that people find. She is also 
an editor of some of the W3C standards, I think concerning Accessible Rich 
Internet Applications.
There is also a listserv which I think is called blinux-list at redhat.com . 
This leans more toward command-line access and shell programs. There are 
several different screen readers for the Linux command line; some work from 
the G U I and others work without starting the G U I.
There is another listserv for the Emacspeak "auditory desktop" a suite of 
programs started and partially maintained by T.V. Raman, who now works for 
Google. I think that list is still housed at Vassar.edu. Some of the 
Emacspeak users are running it on Apple Macs.
The NFB in Computer Science has quite a few members who use Linux for 
various purposes. You could ask questions on that NFBNet listserv.
There are also Linux users on the Blind Programming listserv, 
program-l at freelists.org .
Don't ask me any questions, because I'm not really using any of these 
aspects of Linux. But I have been reading these lists for a long time.




Lloyd Rasmussen, W3IUU, Kensington, MD

-----Original Message----- 
From: Humberto Avila via GUI-Talk
Sent: Saturday, June 27, 2020 3:31 PM
To: gui-talk at nfbnet.org
Cc: Humberto Avila
Subject: [GUI-Talk] Question about Learning Linux Operating Systems

Howdy, all.


I hope you all are having an awesome weekend and you are healthy and in good 
spirits.

I would like to ask a curious question in here.  In recent days I've been 
interested in learning Linux and knowing what it has to offer from an 
accessibility perspective, perhaps because it's summer time, I'm a 
schoolteacher on vacation, and want something to do, but more so because I 
am always learning and would like to have more perspectives on what is out 
there in terms of accessing and using various platforms to do the job done 
and such. I've managed to install a 64-bit version of the Ubuntu OS on a 
virtual machine on my Windows PC.  I've managed to configure the built in 
screenreader and learn very basic commands on there but apart from that I 
understand from other forums and readings that this thing is quite powerful. 
Are there any tutorials, podcasts, books, ETC regarding Linux from an 
accessible point of view? Every single Web page I've stroled in tells me to 
use a mouse and / or use the terminal commandline tool. Others list keyboard 
commands and such. But what I'm looking for is if there are any Blind people 
out there who have successfully mastered the OS in both GUI and commandline 
forms and whether they have written any tutorials, podcasts and the like, 
just like there are for both Apple, Android and Microsoft devices / OS's. 
I've tried googgling but no cigar.

If anyone on this list can point me in right direction, or may be able to 
help, I'd really appreciate it.

Take care and stay home.

Best,

Humberto

“Positive thinking leads to a positive attitude which leads to positive 
actions which lead to positive outcomes.”
— ME
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