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1 ====== Accessibility ======
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3 ===== About =====
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5 SliTaz aims to provide some Assistive Technology (AT) tools.
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7 ===== Screen magnifier =====
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9 SliTaz supplies a screen magnifier whose edges can be resized and that can magnify up to 16x.
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10 It also provides graphical tools that enable a crosshair, pixel positions and RGB values. It
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11 can be found in the Menu -> Utilities:
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12
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13 <code> # tazpkg get-install magnifier
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14 </code>
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16 ===== Espeak - Text to speech (TTS) =====
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18 The espeak speech synthesizer run from the command line can speak text from an input file or
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19 from stdin and supports many languages. Espeak can adjust the amplitude, pitch, word gap,
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20 speed, etc. It can also write its output to a wave file rather than speaking it directly.
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21 Type ''%%espeak --help%%'' for a full list of available options:
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23 <code> # tazpkg get-install espeak
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24 </code>
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26 Example of use:
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28 <code> $ espeak -f example.txt
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29 </code>
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30
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31 ===== On-screen keyboard =====
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33 Virtual keyboard (xvkbd) can be used to enter characters into the software of your choice.
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34 The menu can be used to change the keyboard layout, function keys, etc. It supports word
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35 completion, the removal of unwanted keys and can connect to a remote display. The
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36 configuration can be found in the ~/.Xdefaults file:
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37
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38 <code> # tazpkg get-install xvkbd
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39 </code>
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40
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41 ===== Yasr - Screen Reader =====
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43 Yasr is a console (text-based) screen reader that operates through the speech-dispatcher
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44 interface and espeak:
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46 <code> # tazpkg get-install yasr
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47 </code>
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49 To configure speech-dispatcher:
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51 <code> # spd-conf
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52 </code>
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54 Speech-dispatcher can be started/stopped like a daemon:
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56 <code> # speech-dispatcher
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57 # killall speech-dispatcher
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58 </code>
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59
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60 === Usage ===
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61
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62 <code> $ yasr
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63 $ exit
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64 </code>
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65
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66 The configuration files can be found in the /etc/speech-dispatcher or ~/.speech-dispatcher directories
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67 and the yasr configuration file is located in /usr/share/yasr.
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70 ===== Sticky/Slow/Mouse Keys in X =====
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72 To enable the accessibility keys just edit your ///etc/slim.conf// file and logout of your X session:
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74 <file>
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75 default_xserver /usr/bin/Xorg
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76 xserver_arguments +accessx
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77 </file>
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79 After you login again, to enable/disable:
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80 * **Sticky keys**: Press the shift key 5 times
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81 * **Slow keys**: Hold down the shift key for 8 seconds
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82 * **Mouse keys**: Hold down the left shift, left Alt and Num Lock keys
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84 There is also a package in the Cooking repos that can do all this in gui or command line mode: **accessx**. To install and run:
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85 <code>
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86 # tazpkg get-install accessx
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87 $ ax help
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88 $ accessx
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89 </code>
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