[nfbcs] Thinking about ordering a Raspberry pi but have a few questions

[Tony Malykh]

Hi Ryan,

The mechanical operations (placing the RPI in the plastic case,
connecting to USB power source and inserting an SD card) should all be
easy enough.

Similarly to Aaron, I only use my Raspberry Pi through SSH, so I don't
know about screenreaders in Linux. I can tell you what I know.

First you'll need to prepare and SD card: you will flash it with an
image of Raspbian, that is a slightly modified version of Debian. This
step is fully accessible from another computer. That would let you to
boot up your raspberry pi. I don't iknow if there is any way to turn
on a screen reader at this point. But, there is a way to turn on SSH
access. So in the worst case, you can log in by SSH and install a
screen reader manually.

I think you should ask on raspberry pi forums. They are aware that
blind people exist in this world, because one of they utilities
(raspi-config) used to be very hard-to-use for a blind person, but I
saw someone complained there and they made it more acce4ssible.

Also I need to mention that the built-in sound card is really really
bad, so you'd rater buy a USB sound card (less than 10 dollars on
amazon).

Tony

On 7/29/17, Aaron Cannon via nfbcs <nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Hi.
>
> All the cases I am familiar with are just plastic with no screws or other
> fasteners. You just snap it in place and you're good to go. The power supply
> connects to the motherboard via a simple USB micro port.
>
> Can't help with the rest of your questions, as I always just use Raspbian
> via SSH.
>
> Aaron
>
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>> On Jul 29, 2017, at 20:12, Ryan Mann via nfbcs <nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>
>> I am thinking about ordering a Raspberry Pi, but I have a few questions:
>> How easy is it for a blind person to connect a power supply to it and put
>> it into a case?  What tools would I need to do this?
>> I have used Linux in the past.  How easy is it to get speech up and
>> running?  Would I be able to use Orca with the GUI or would I be using
>> Speakup or another console screen reader?
>>
>>
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