From nobody Sat Oct 30 18:31:36 2021 X-Original-To: freebsd-accessibility@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E0AB1833046 for ; Sat, 30 Oct 2021 18:31:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pauamma@gundo.com) Received: from mail.gundo.com (gibson.gundo.com [75.145.166.65]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4HhSYq5216z4dQ8 for ; Sat, 30 Oct 2021 18:31:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pauamma@gundo.com) Received: from webmail.gundo.com (variax.gundo.com [75.145.166.70]) by mail.gundo.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id EBEDF4C03F2 for ; Sat, 30 Oct 2021 13:31:36 -0500 (CDT) List-Id: FreeBSD accessibility discussions List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-accessibility List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-accessibility@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-accessibility@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2021 18:31:36 +0000 From: Pau Amma To: Freebsd accessibility Subject: Accessibility wish list User-Agent: Roundcube Webmail/1.4.8 Message-ID: <261bef57e9713f9ce46aa9d99c315743@gundo.com> X-Sender: pauamma@gundo.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4HhSYq5216z4dQ8 X-Spamd-Bar: - Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=none; dmarc=none; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of pauamma@gundo.com designates 75.145.166.65 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=pauamma@gundo.com X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-1.40 / 15.00]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000]; FREEFALL_USER(0.00)[pauamma]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; RWL_MAILSPIKE_GOOD(0.00)[75.145.166.65:from]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+a]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-accessibility@freebsd.org]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[gundo.com]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; TO_DN_ALL(0.00)[]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED(-0.20)[75.145.166.65:from]; NEURAL_SPAM_SHORT(1.00)[1.000]; RCVD_NO_TLS_LAST(0.10)[]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; ASN(0.00)[asn:7922, ipnet:75.144.0.0/13, country:US]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[] X-ThisMailContainsUnwantedMimeParts: N Here's a list of the accessibility enhancements I think are desirable in the FreeBSD base system and documentation: - Provide a VTY screenreader (which one?) in the installer itself, as self-configurable as possible, and that can be started on the initial menu with a simple key or key combination. - Add a VTY screenreader (probably the same one) to the packages available from the installer so the installed OS can be speech-friendly from the first boot. - Check the installer text and background colors provide enough contrast and or offer options to change them. - Document the accessibility options added to the installer and available for VTY-only systems. - Make sure all of the documentation and website is fully accessible. At a minimum, this requires checking all images are appropriately described and text contrast is enough to be readable by people with low vision. - Likewise, for color blindness. Other possible features I can think of but am lacking the knowledge to describe in detail and provide suggestions for: - Speech recognition instead of a keyboard (that's a very tough one, maybe untractable - accents, spelling variants, ESL speakers, and I'm probably missing some). - Other color schemes than white-on-blue (installer) or white-on-black (out-of-the-box default for VTYs), both configurable from the installer including for the installed OS. Anything I'm missing? I'm going to put up a FreeBSD wiki page from this and any suggestions I get and link it here, but I wanted to start a discussion here for people without a wiki account.