Linux/BSD Command Line Interface – Ideal For Blind Users

by on October 11, 2006 · 0 comments· LAST UPDATED October 11, 2006

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One more reason to use Linux, it appears that command line interface (CLI) have been quite popular with blind users.

From the site:
Almost all modern applications present information in a 2 dimensional format, and most employ graphical icons that have no meaning for the blind. Since it is impractical to rewrite all these applications, the blind community has been forced to perform a rather awkward retrofit, using various adapters.

Over the past decade a small minority of blind users have discovered Linux, a free, text-based operating system for the home computer. Linux applications rarely employ graphics, and most of them are already linear, just like the mode (speech or braille) that is our Karma. All other things being equal, Linux is the best operating system for a blind user.

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