• Rentlar@lemmy.ca
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    2 days ago

    Is accessibility designed by someone that doesn’t require that accessibility any good? I think that hesitance keeps some maintaners from fixing some of the longer standing issues.

    I do think there should be a unique distro attuned to users requiring speaker or braille output. It can be a bit lacking on local security but it should be the software for a computer that you can listen to and can listen to you.

    I’m not blind but MATE has been my goto DE. I want a modern yet no-frills desktop.

    • RvTV95XBeo@sh.itjust.works
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      1 day ago

      A separate but equal OS is tricky because it will be perpetually teetering on the edge of collapse because of lack of support. These features need to be baked into the major distros (or done in a way that they can be quickly and effectively layered on top). That way your accessibility maintainer doesn’t have to be an entire OS maintainer.

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      Is accessibility designed by someone that doesn’t require that accessibility any good?

      It can be if it’s tested with users. There are guidelines/principles (just like with sighted users), but what makes a good (robust) experience is subjective and requires testing.