From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 26 10:12:20 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D679F1065672 for ; Mon, 26 Mar 2012 10:12:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@herveybayaustralia.com.au) Received: from mail.unitedinsong.com.au (mail.unitedinsong.com.au [150.101.178.33]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8AEE78FC16 for ; Mon, 26 Mar 2012 10:12:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from laptop1.herveybayaustralia.com.au (laptop1.herveybayaustralia.com.au [192.168.0.182]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.unitedinsong.com.au (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 9CD605C22 for ; Mon, 26 Mar 2012 20:25:53 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <4F704100.6020303@herveybayaustralia.com.au> Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2012 20:12:16 +1000 From: Da Rock User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20111109 Thunderbird/7.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <4F7037A2.3000401@yahoo.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <4F7037A2.3000401@yahoo.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Off-Topic: Computing for the Blind X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2012 10:12:20 -0000 On 03/26/12 19:32, Keith McKenzie wrote: > On 25/03/12 23:33, Barbara La Scala wrote: > > Apologies for the off topic posting but my stepfather is blind and > he wants my advice > > about how to get online. I have no idea where to start looking for > information on hardware > > and/or software for him. However, I vaguely remember someone on this > list saying they > > were visually impaired. If I'm remembering correctly, I'd really > appreciate it if that person > > would get in touch with me. > > > > Thanks > > Barbara > > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > > I know this is the FreeBSD forum, but there is a Linux ready made live > distro that might help. It is called Knoppix Adriane, & was conceived > for the authors blind wife. It can be found at www.knoppix.net. > > I hope I haven't upset anyone for talking Linux here. :) I'm going to have to dredge up my copy and check that out - it sounds very interesting.... primarily because the techniques could be easily adapted here :P