Hello John
Slint meets your requirements.
It works well on a Thinkpad X220 and is fully accessible with Braille and
speech from installation to usage, in graphical environments as in
console mode.
I'd recommend you use then "Auto" mode of installation, very
straightforward.
By default you'll get Mate as desktop.
Software for browsing, email, word processing and spreadsheets are included,
and indeed ssh is available.
To know more, some links:
https://slint.fr
http://slackware.uk/slint/x86_64/slint-14.2.1/README.installation
http://slackware.uk/slint/x86_64/slint-14.2.1/doc/Accessibility/Accessibility
We have mailing list. To register, just email slint-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
the subject 'subscribe', then answer the email you will receive.
We are also on IRC: server irc.freenode.net, channel #slint
Cheers,
Didier
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Slint maintainer
didier~at~slint~dot~fr
Le 30/04/2021 à 19:20, Linux for blind general discussion a écrit :
Hello,
I am a totally blind person and a LONG time Windows/Jaws/NVDA user. I am
wondering what would be a recommendation for the best distro/GUI
environment to begin using? I would love to be able to move away from
Windows and use Linux full time for browsing, email, word processing and
spreadsheets. I have a Thinkpad X220 that I can use for Linux. About 15
years ago, I played around with Venux, but that project seems to be
dormant now. I have a Pi 3B+ running some ham radio software and I have
to SSH into it occasionally and perform some command line stuff. For
daily usage, I want a full GUI environment.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
John
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