Accessibility is a FOSS value. ♿️

You might ask why I advocate for #OpenSource so fiercely as a disabled creator. It is simple, proprietary software is a black box. If it doesn't work for your needs, you're stuck.

With #FOSS, the community can adapt, fork, and improve tools for everyone. Freedom isn't just for power users, it is for accessibility.

For instance, there is BRLTTY, which provides access to the Linux console for people who use a refreshable Braille display.

But people naturally think of physical disabilities when they consider accessibility. We also need tools for cognitive load and distraction. Tools like Logseq allow you to link thoughts non-linearly, making it easier to track projects when your brain feels scattered. Even the stability of Debian can be an accessibility tool for those of us who find the constant breaking changes of other OSs anxiety-inducing.

What is one FOSS tool that makes your life easier?   ♿️ 🏳️‍🌈

#DisabilityTech #QueerInTech #HumanCreator #Linux #A11y #Neurodivergent #TerminalTilt #Linux #GNULinux #GNU #Logseq #BRLTTY #Debian #Neurodivergent #Neurodiversity

From the BRLTTY mailing list:

BRLTTY-6.8 has been released. As usual, it can be downloaded from:

http://brltty.app/

First, a note to Linux distribution maintainers. We'd very much appreciate it if
you could please update BRLTTY to this release - 6.8 - before upgrading to the
6.16 kernel. This is because of a much needed change within the kernel regarding
how double-width and zero-width characters are rendered on the screen when using
a text console. It couldn't be done in a fully backward-compatible way from
BRLTTY's perspective so, if the 6.16 kernel is being used before BRLTTY is at
least at 6.8, a braille user may notice some unexpected characters - primarily
zero-width spaces - when viewing a screen with double-width and/or zero-width
characters on it.

BRLTTY is (finally) able to properly render a screen that's larger than 255
columns and/or lines. There's one limitation when using a kernel earlier than
6.16 - the location of the cursor can't be determined if it's beyond column
and/or line 255 of the screen, In which case it isn't rendered.

#linux #BRLTTY #foss #Braille #blind

Fuck you too, SELinux.

SELinux is preventing brltty from getattr access on the chr_file /dev/bus/usb/003/073.

#linux #SeLinux #fedora #blind #brltty #accessibility