Re: FreeBSD accessibility?

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Tim here.  The RPi has built-in serial pins, but they only output
3.3V, not the 12V required for RS232.  There's a good summary here:

https://elinux.org/RPi_Serial_Connection

but the short summary is that, if the other end (the PC) can handle
the 3.3V communications, then it's easy with a couple parts.  But if
the other end requires RS232, you also need a level-converter circuit
to do the signal-boosting.

-tim

On December 12, 2018, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
> Can raspberry pi's do serial connections?  If so, for the price of
> one of them and an accessible distro on it like F123lite if you
> haven't got a braille display these distros may possibly be
> installed with speech screen readers too.  If the raspberry pi only
> does serial through usb, such an attempt might work but would be
> questionable.
> 
> On Wed, 12 Dec 2018, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
> 
> > Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2018 12:59:40
> > From: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@redhat.com>
> > To: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@redhat.com>
> > Subject: Re: FreeBSD accessibility?
> >
> > Tim here. It depends on the hardware you have. It can be booted
> > with a serial console, so if you have a Braille terminal or
> > hardware that presents as a serial port, you can make a modified
> > installer image that will do the entire install over the serial
> > port as described here
> >
> > https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/installing-freebsd-over-serial-console.62005/
> >
> > I've asked Devin Teske (the maintainer of the installer) whether
> > the entire installer is TUI/curses-based or if there's a more
> > linear way of doing it.  If I hear back, I'll follow-up here.
> >
> > I know the *Open*BSD installer is very linear and is quite
> > accessible with the dumbest of serial consoles.
> >
> > Once installed, at least the console should be pretty
> > accessible.  I haven't kicked the tires on the GUI with Orca yet.
> >
> > -tim
> >
> >
> >
> > On December 12, 2018, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:  
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I want to try FreeBSD 12.0. Is the .dvd image accessible for
> > > blind users or not?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Pavel
> > >
> > >
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