Assistive Technology

• Society: Disabled: Assistive Technology: Computers  (7)

Blind + Linux = BLINUX - Linux software and support for the blind and visually impaired user. Clearinghouse for access documentation, applications and utilities, and beta testing.

BRLTTY - Braille Display Under LINUX - BRLTTY is a daemon which provides access to the Linux console (text mode) for a blind person using a soft braille display. It drives the braille terminal and provides complete screen review functionality.

GTKeyboard - GTKeyboard is a graphical keyboard that is written in C with the help of the GTK toolkit. It may be helpful for people with physical disabilities, and also for people with funky keyboard layouts, and even for keyboardless (???) websurfing kiosks running linux.

HTML Authoring & Accessibility Resources - Speech-friendly HTML authoring resources with an emphasis on accessibility and platform-independent web design. Information about Lynx, an extremely speech-friendly text-based web browser. Features links to, and descriptions of, patches, add-ons, ports, and developmental versions of Lynx.

Installation of Linux by a blind user - The experience of one blind user of installing Linux.

Jos Lemmens Page - Linux software for the visual impaired, and the Jabt driver for the Alva Braille Terminal series 3 and 4.

Jos Lemmens Page - screader - The background program screader reads the screen and puts the information through to a software Text-To-Speech package (Like `festival') or a hardware speech synthesizer (like Accent).

Linux Accessibility HOWTO - How to use adaptive technology with Linux.

Morseall - A morse code controlled shell for Linux. The goal is to enable users with limited mobility to use linux with only a single mouse button. Keys are entered by tapping morse code on the left mouse button.

Slashdot: Ask Slashdot: Linux and Handicapped Access - Discussion of adaptive and assistive software and hardware.

speakup Screen review for Linux - Speakup is a screen review package for the Linux operating system. It allows you to hear all output directed to the console.

UNIX and Linux System Software Toolkits - Computer Access tools for Unix and Linux.