This is the first review of the new Accessibility Handbook.
Preview: https://freebsd-accessibility-9d667f.gitlab.io/en/books/accessibility/index.html
Sponsored by The FreeBSD Foundation, itThe book aims to document assistive technologies for vision accessibility available in the system, covering both PORTS and BASE.
Abstract:
"Welcome to the Accessibility Handbook. This book covers the assistive technologies available in FreeBSD.
Accessibility is an ongoing effort, not a fixed destination. As such, this handbook is a living document and continually evolving. Contributions, suggestions, and feedback are highly encouraged. If you are interested in contributing, please reach out to us via the FreeBSD accessibility mailing list".
Index
Preface
Intended Audience
Organization of this Book
Part I. General
Chapter 1. Help
1.1. Mailing Lists
1.2. Chat
1.3. Ports and Packages
Part II. Vision
Chapter 2. Virtual Terminal
2.1. Introduction
2.2. Colors
2.3. Resolution
2.4. Font
2.5. Bell
Chapter 3. Colors
3.1. Introduction
3.2. High Contrast Theme
3.3. High Contrast Icons
3.4. Color temperature
3.5. Ports Collection
Chapter 4. Low Vision
4.1. Introduction
4.2. Desktop Size
4.3. Font
4.4. Magnify
4.5. Mouse
Chapter 5. Blindness
5.1. Introduction
5.2. Screen Reader
5.3. Ports Collection
5.4. Editor
5.5. Internet and WEB
5.6. Liblouis
Chapter 6. Development
6.1. Introduction
6.2. Colors
6.3. Command Line Interface
6.4. Libraries
6.5. Tools
To complete this milestone, I still need to add:
- A section for loader(8)
- A paragraph for brightness, useful for photosensitive users
- Examples related to KDE
- A paragraph for speech synthesizers
I will write the missing sections during the discussion for this review, and they will be included in the next one to complete the milestone 1.
Obviously, the work to improve this handbook does not end with Milestone 1 but will continue with future projects. In particular, I want and need to enhance the chapter on blindness.
Off-topic to avoid repeated discussions. We have had a discussion in accessibility@, it will be important to add Section III on hearing accessibility and Section IV on interaction accessibility to the handbook in the future.
Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation,