I was able to install netbsd without sited assistence a while back, and I believe there is a way to do this with freebsd. All I did was use a serial console, with Minicom under linux. On Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 02:40:56AM -0700, Tony Baechler wrote: > Cleverson wrote: > >Is there any blind user that uses FreeBSD for personal dayly > >productivity? > >Is it possible to install it without sighted assistance? > > > > > > Hi, > > I used to use FreeBSD often until the power supply fried. It was > impossible to install without sighted help. Once installed, I had to > access it with ssh. There are supposed to be screen readers that work > under BSD but they didn't work for me. You might have better luck with > Gnome as they offer it in the ports collection and I think they include > Orca. In general, FreeBSD isn't even close to being accessible. That's > a real shame because it would be nice for blind people to have a choice > and it is better at some things than Linux. I also prefer the BSD > license but that's another discussion. If you can get sighted help and > don't mind doing everything with ssh, it's fine and works as well as > Linux with ssh. If you want to actually use the console, forget it. > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- We come to bury DOS, not to praise it. -- Paul Vojta, vojta at math.berkeley.edu
