On 10/09/14 07:32, Janina Sajka wrote:
John G. Heim writes:
You can switch to a character user interface and use speakup even after
starting the graphical user interface. But as I said, I don't consider that
a key part of the linux accessibility infrastructure.
I have to disagree strongly, John.
But, let me phrase my disagreement this way, is the console a key part
of Linux? Or shall we dump the console entirely in favor of a terminal
in the gui?
In principle, I agree with you entirely. I'm in favor of 100% equal
access. It's just that I think there is a much greater issue.
Actually, the way you do things probably isn't threatened. You may have
to switch to a different user space screen reader. But the linux kernel
developers have no obligation to avoid telling you that your choice of
screen reader is no longer supported. They do that kind of thing every day.
I am asserting that doing something that makes it impossible for a blind
systems admin to get access to the same boot messages that a sighted
systems admin gets is a completely different matter. I'm saying that
there are times when a sys admin has to have access to those messages
or he can't do his job. I'm not saying he can't do it as efficiently.
I'm saying sometimes he can't do it at all without access to those messages.
There are a lot of places to attack my position. Some people have
implied that you can do your job w/o access to those messages. I agree
that most of the time you can. But not always. Also, there may be other
ways to get access to those messages besides speakup and a hardware
synth. A serial console comes to mind. But I'm not sure of what the
status of the serial console is going to be if this change occurs.
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