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Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:15:23 -0500
From: "Noah Evans" <noah.evans@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] Are there any blind users of Plan 9?
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Hey Chris,

Can you describe how you interact with the system now, and how you'd
do it if everything was perfect? Do you do much copying and pasting?
If so how do you determine the boundaries? Do you use a braille
display or text to speech stuff?

Noah

On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 11:06 AM, Chris Brannon <cmbrannon@cox.net> wrote:
> Dave Eckhardt writes:
>
>> 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.
>
> Quite a few people have mentioned the heavy use of the mouse, and that
> is definitely a drawback.  Replacing parts of the system does sound like
> a good approach.
>
>> Is there a university near you which has a CHI/HCI
>> (Computer-Human/Human-Computer Interaction) degree?
>
> I doubt it, but it might be worth investigating.  This is really a hobby
> interest, rather than a necessity.  I stumbled upon the Plan 9 papers
> while pursuing my own MS degree in CS.
>
> An earlier poster mentioned Inferno, and I'm looking into that right
> now.
>
> Thanks to everyone for the informative replies.
>
> -- Chris
>
>