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[Linux Experience Report as a Blind Person] I Want to Love Linux. It Doesn’t Love Me Back: Post 1 – Built for Control, But Not for People — fireborn (fireborn.mataroa.blog)

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 4 days ago (5 children)

Is accessibility designed by someone that doesn't require that accessibility any good? I think that hesitance keeps some maintaners from fixing some of the longer standing issues.

I do think there should be a unique distro attuned to users requiring speaker or braille output. It can be a bit lacking on local security but it should be the software for a computer that you can listen to and can listen to you.

I'm not blind but MATE has been my goto DE. I want a modern yet no-frills desktop.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 days ago

I'd say that it's on developers to try. It will take some learning, but that's just part of developing the capacity

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