From: Dave Eckhardt <davide+p9@cs.cmu.edu>
To: 9fans@9fans.net
Subject: Re: [9fans] Are there any blind users of Plan 9?
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 11:10:10 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <15910.1224515410@lunacy.ugrad.cs.cmu.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87prlw7y4g.fsf@cox.net>
The bad news is that the existing interface is very
mouse-oriented and there is no text-to-speech support.
The good news is that the system, and each part of it,
is small, so if you don't like something it can be
replaced. Unlike Windows or Unix, where you can't
do much about the windowing system, in Plan 9 you
really can replace it and it's not that much code.
The bad news is that support for whizzy AJAX browsers,
etc., is unlikely soon.
Is there a university near you which has a CHI/HCI
(Computer-Human/Human-Computer Interaction) degree?
It might be possible to find a student or two looking
for a way-out thesis project and help them design
something interesting. Where are you located?
Dave Eckhardt
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-10-20 15:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-10-20 9:27 Chris Brannon
2008-10-20 9:55 ` Rudolf Sykora
2008-10-20 9:56 ` Gorka Guardiola
2008-10-20 10:15 ` Jeff R. Allen
2008-10-20 10:29 ` Rudolf Sykora
2008-10-20 10:34 ` Pietro Gagliardi
2008-10-20 14:12 ` john
2008-10-20 21:00 ` Federico G. Benavento
2008-10-20 21:15 ` Pietro Gagliardi
2008-10-21 5:00 ` Lyndon Nerenberg
2008-10-21 5:20 ` Uriel
2008-10-21 10:37 ` [9fans] How to go about doing screen reading Pietro Gagliardi
2008-10-21 15:52 ` Chris Brannon
2008-10-21 17:21 ` [9fans] bitsy anyone? Benjamin Huntsman
2008-10-21 17:29 ` Francisco J Ballesteros
2008-10-21 18:17 ` David du Colombier
2008-10-21 21:09 ` Eoghan Sherry
2008-10-21 21:10 ` Benjamin Huntsman
2008-10-21 21:49 ` Eoghan Sherry
2008-10-23 9:29 ` [9fans] Are there any blind users of Plan 9? matt
2008-10-20 15:10 ` Dave Eckhardt [this message]
2008-10-20 16:06 ` Chris Brannon
2008-10-20 19:15 ` Noah Evans
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