diff --git a/website/content/en/status/report-2025-01-2025-03/vision-accessibility-handbook.adoc b/website/content/en/status/report-2025-01-2025-03/vision-accessibility-handbook.adoc new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..e62dd30340 --- /dev/null +++ b/website/content/en/status/report-2025-01-2025-03/vision-accessibility-handbook.adoc @@ -0,0 +1,31 @@ +=== Vision Accessibility - Accessibility Handbook + +Link: + +link:https://gitlab.com/alfix/freebsd-accessibility[Project Repository] URL: link:https://gitlab.com/alfix/freebsd-accessibility[] + +Contact: FreeBSD Accessibility mailing list + +Contact: Alfonso Sabato Siciliano + +The FreeBSD Foundation is supporting a series of projects to enhance accessibility for users with visual impairments. + +FreeBSD offers several assistive technologies, thanks to the dedicated work of contributors and committers. +An ongoing effort focuses on listing and documenting these accessibility features in a new handbook. +Currently, the project centers on documenting features for blind, low-vision, and colorblind users, covering both PORTS and BASE system functionalities. +For example: ports for screen magnification, screen readers (which aid users who cannot see the screen), as well as tools for adjusting colors in desktop environments. +Additionally, accessibility features available in the BASE system to enhance visibility are also being documented with examples and tips: such as the ability to modify colors, fonts, and sizes in the system's virtual console man:vt[4]. + +The new handbook will be organized into sections. +The first section will serve as an introduction, while the second will delve into assistive technologies for visual accessibility. +The repository mentioned above provides access to the handbook's work-in-progress, including the code (in a fork of the FreeBSD "doc" repository, accessibility-book branch) and an HTML preview. +Completion and review for publication are expected soon. +Future plans include adding a Section 3 for hearing accessibility, a Section 4 for interaction accessibility, and a "Miscellaneous" chapter in Section 1 to cover general aspects. +A discussion on this topic is available on the accessibility mailing list. + +Furthermore, during this quarter, the port package:www/edbrowse[] has been updated. +This is a fully command-line web browser designed for compatibility with screen readers. +A solution is also being developed to facilitate easy color customization for TUI utilities in the BASE system, with the potential to set high contrast directly from the system installer man:bsdinstall[8]. + +Tips and new ideas are welcome. +If possible, send reports to the FreeBSD Accessibility mailing list, to share and to track discussions in a public place. + +Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation