Questions tagged [accessibility]
Usability of Unix & Linux by people with disabilities and by elderly users.
51 questions
2
votes
0
answers
43
views
TTY for deaf application/emulator in LInux
TTY devices are assistive devices for deaf and HOH (hard of hearing) people. Today these devices are obsolete because they are replaced with sms via cellphone and emails. However, government are ...
- 123
1
vote
1
answer
68
views
How to make `Shift` sticky. So when I press `Shift` it shifts the first next letter or shifts the first next symbol (`'` -> `"`) NixOS
My use case for this is typeracer and general typing.
I tried NixOS Gnome sticky keys
and the first I click it before writing the quote first 2 letters get
capitalized and then it works normally, but ...
- 7
1
vote
1
answer
163
views
what keeps turning off stickykeys and how do I stop it?
I have xkbset st -twokeys in ~/.xsession file. My process list is (mine, not system):
winbindd: domain child
/lib/systemd/systemd --user
(sd-pam)
/usr/bin/pipewire
/usr/bin/wireplumber
/usr/bin/...
- 1,945
0
votes
0
answers
192
views
How can I unify my stereo audio output to make it mono?
I use stereo speakers or headphones, and for "accessibility-related" reasons, I need to have the same audio play from both sides. Now, I don't need this for some specific audio file - which ...
- 10.4k
0
votes
1
answer
23
views
Can I permanently remap one colour to another in my bash_profile?
I've got a red-deficient variant of colourblindness. Red text is very difficult for me to read because it's much darker to me than for people with regular colour vision, so when it's on a black ...
- 103
0
votes
1
answer
199
views
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface toolkit-accessibility true fails
My docker script executes the following two commands
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface toolkit-accessibility true
gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.interface toolkit-accessibility
The first ...
- 177
0
votes
2
answers
2k
views
How to permanently disable sticky keys in XFCE?
In my current (Fedora 37) XFCE setup, I have sticky keys and all other accessibility features disabled.
However Stickey keys are still on, and my Alt-Gr key randomly becomes stuck when I need to enter ...
- 11.8k
3
votes
0
answers
88
views
Lynx browser access and braille
Hello fellow Stack Exchange users can you please help? Does anyone know if there is an ability to adapt webpages for the braille alphabet within the Lynx browser?
This seems like the perfect web ...
- 63
2
votes
0
answers
726
views
How to enable mouse keys on wayland (sway)
I'm currently on Arch Linux and wanted to know how I could enable mouse keys in wayland (mouse keys as in controlling the mouse with keyboard, the numpad). The arch wiki has mentioned mouse keys under ...
- 21
0
votes
1
answer
2k
views
Bind mouse click on key including mouseclick hold function
For health reasons, i mapped the mouse buttons on keys on keypad. This helps me, but I have solved the bindings via xdotool in KDE Custom shortcuts. With e.g. xdotool click 1 you can simulate simple ...
2
votes
3
answers
1k
views
Display a message in color by a conventional color name such as Red, Green, Blue, etc
WSL with Ubuntu 18.04 and GNU bash, version 4.4.20(1)-release (x86_64-pc).
I wish to display a message with a conventionally named color via argument such as -red, or -green, or -blue or anything like ...
- 123
-6
votes
1
answer
70
views
Is there an example for a shell or computing accessibility culture aspiring a shell with more special characters and if so what is it? [closed]
I was always a bit frustrated from the lack of characters in modern computer systems such as, from what I know:
A global template literal character for which the closest character today is a backtick ...
- 123
1
vote
0
answers
174
views
chromium doesn't work with orca on fedora linux
I want to use fedora linux on my main system with the orca screen reader, however I've ran into barriers. First of all, I like using chromium based browsers which, unlike Debian and Slackware based ...
- 31
13
votes
2
answers
3k
views
Eye Gaze Tracking With Head Tracking Solutions On Linux
Background:
I've been dealing with chronic RSI for years and I'm looking into various options to control the computer without my hands. Linux has been my OS for a few years and I really don't want to ...
- 173
1
vote
0
answers
190
views
Hard to read and non visible UI elements under XFCE with dark themes
I am using XUbuntu 20.04 (XFCE 4.14) and have selected Greybird-dark style and theme which are in tune with my low light environment setup that I have found to be easier on my eyes. However, some UI ...
- 11