The whole thing is completely frustrating and ridiculous. This is Linux we're talking about. There are perfectly acceptable ways to handle this and make it accessible. Alow people to do the cert tasks and curriculum tasks via SSH. Give us another way to run the grading scripts without having to use Elinks since that doesn't work with the updated, modern button on the page so we end up having to have sighted assistance to do all the labs because the grading is time-sensitive. Sorry, I don't mean to go off on this list, but this is something I fought with for three years until I finally had to quit because this stuff was effecting my GPA thanks to not being able to take the Redhat courses, which meant I couldn't take the cert, which meant I couldn't pass the classes I needed to get to the next step of earning my degree in IT. Not that the degree was what I was looking for, but I kept hitting brick walls, and it got to the point where the finances ran out and I could no longer continue. So yeah, I'm bitter. And I'm especially so because there's absolutely no reason why it has to be this way. -----Original Message----- From: Speakup [mailto:speakup-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tony Baechler Sent: Friday, March 29, 2013 11:33 AM To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. Subject: Re: Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 Yes, Speakup wasn't officially in 2.6.32 kernels, but it could still be compiled as modules. Debian Squeeze ships it, but they don't use a Red Hat kernel. Even now, they can still make the argument that Speakup isn't "official" because it's in staging which is considered unofficial. Regardless, there are other ways of accessing RHEL such as ssh and there is still no excuse why they can't comply with the ADA and make RHEL accessible for certification. Also, there is yasr and Gnome Terminal with Orca, so even without Speakup, there is still no excuse. That still doesn't address the graphical part of the requirement or the ability or lack thereof to use the VM. On 3/29/2013 6:18 AM, John G. Heim wrote: > I ttalked to someone here at the University of Wisconsin who manages > Red Hat servers. The UW has a site license for Red Hat. I don't know > anything about it because my department uses debian (lucky for me). > > Anyway, he said the reason RH still doesn't give you speakup is that > their current release still uses a 2.6.32 kernel and speakup wsn't > included in the official kernel source until 2.6.37 -- which is correct, I believe. > > In a way, I can understand where RH is coming from but, holy cow, they > are making it impossible for blind people to get certification from > them. That's outrageous! I mean, I hate to use this cliche but this is an outrage. > Personally, I don't give a flying fig about Red Hat because my > department uses debian. But even so, I find this unconcionable. > Somebody ought to sue their ass. _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup at linux-speakup.org http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup
