The aim of this document is to collect all information on the use of Linux by people who have any special difficulty using it which can be overcome with specific aids, either in software or hardware. In other words, the blind, the partially sighted, deaf and the physically disabled. As any other technologies or pieces of information are discovered they will be added.
The biggest problem is that, right now, very few of such people are using Linux due to the difficulties involved among other things. This means that development is not taking account of special needs and so the system is becoming more difficult to use. I hope this HOWTO will solve that problem.
Please send any comments or extra information or offers of assistance to access-howto@ed.ac.uk This address might become a mailing list in future, or be automatically handed over to a future maintainer of the HOWTO, so please don't use it for personal email.
Normal mail can be sent to
Linux Access HOWTO
23 Kingsborough Gardens
Glasgow G12 9NH
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And will gradually make its way round the world to me. Email will be faster by weeks.
I can be personally contacted using miked@ed.ac.uk. Since I use mail filtering on all mail I receive, please use the other address except for personal email. This is most likely to lead to an appropriate response.
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