RE: [SLUG] People with disabilities

["Simon Bryan" <sbryan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>
> On Tue 08 Apr, Simon Bryan bloviated thus:
>
> > I am looking at setting up a couple of Linux boxes (RH cause I
> know it) for
> > some people with disabilities, in particular some of these people have
> > visual problems and fine motor skill problems. Are there any
> features in RH
> > that I can use to make their access to the system a little easier?
>
> You're perhaps best off asking a group like Technical Aid for the
> Disabled or the Blind Society for this kind of advice (although there
> may be people who can help on here).  Last I looked, TAD were mostly
> Windows-based though they can probably point you to resources.

We have had contact with both those worthy organisations and they can help
with specialised equipment (subject to funding) and some advice.

However what I was more after were the things that appear in Windows under
disability access:
large mouse
mouse trails
high contrast
talking icons (you point to it and the system reads the caption)

Other things I do in Windows in a similar situation is to have the most
common packages such as the web browser, word processor and email client all
open automatically on bootup. Although as far as email goes I am leaning to
using on-line web mail systems as they are then available on all systems