Most loving the design! Designed for the blind to create operating system
With the rapid development of the Internet, more and more people are using computers for information, but there are a few people they cannot get information through the Internet, they are blind and visually impaired community, and now does not blind the build operating system, including Windows and Mac OS, and flexibility of Linux operating system is different, it is able to customize a specific operating system in some quarters. Vinux for visually-impaired users group does a lot of optimization, it offers three screen readers, two full screen magnifier, and provides tools for global change font size and color, as well as support for USB Braille displays.
Vinux graphical GNOME desktop makes operation easy. Only people you want to implement a simple text console mode, Vinux provides YASR, this is a compatible screen reader. Can run both in console mode, can also be run in the GNOME Virtual Terminal.
Vinux installation steps using smart artificial voice prompts
Vinux is a Ubuntu-based distributions, so many of the links you can see the shadow of the Ubuntu system, from installation to a specific application.
Select a Vinux system boot
Enter Vinux system
Vinux System Home
Will be voice prompts during the installation process, it is a good help for the blind through “listen” to install the system, after entering the interface also has voice prompts.
With ears to control the operating system
And we daily see the operating system, and eyes for visually impaired persons cannot watch the screen for selecting. But their ear is normal, Vinux each application and operating system are read out by words as much as possible.
Vinux right function
The start menu
When you move the mouse to the appropriate application, the system user name, user-friendly operation.
Vinux there’s software Center
In addition to voice reading instead of a visually impaired person’s speech, Vinux general application has more features, and also very rich.
Vinux system monitoring
Vinux Ubuntu Software Center
Vinux also provided based on the Ubuntu Software Center, users can choose according to your installation.
Vinux Office suites and color control functions
Vinux provides a tool “AutoKey (GTK)” is recommended. When you enter text in your usual content, can often encounter the need to enter the same content, such as address, phone number, and so on. If you too have to reenter it each time consuming, especially for visually impaired persons is even more true.
Text editor
“Gcolor2″ color gadget
In the “shape tool” “Gcolor2″ gadget is also a recommended dedicated color tools under Linux. “Gcolor2″ are free to extract color gadget color values on the computer screen, often engaged in design and development foreground of people, is very necessary and required.
Summary: by Vinux experience, feel this is a very suitable for people who are visually impaired to use the Linux operating system. And, Vinux such Linux operating system designed specifically for visually impaired persons, and we should be actively encouraged. This special love for special people. At the same time, we also hope to further introduce a number of other operating systems for the disabled, as well as more targeted applications, and the Internet from your computer so that they are able to understand the world, to learn better.