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| ====== Accessibility ====== | ====== Accessibility ====== | ||
| - | === Screen magnifier === | + | ===== About ===== |
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| + | SliTaz aims to provide some Assistive Technology (AT) tools. | ||
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| + | ===== Screen magnifier ===== | ||
| SliTaz supplies a screen magnifier whose edges can be resized and that can magnify up to 16x. | SliTaz supplies a screen magnifier whose edges can be resized and that can magnify up to 16x. | ||
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| </code> | </code> | ||
| - | === Espeak - Text to speech (TTS) === | + | ===== Espeak - Text to speech (TTS) ===== |
| The espeak speech synthesizer run from the command line can speak text from an input file or | The espeak speech synthesizer run from the command line can speak text from an input file or | ||
| from stdin and supports many languages. Espeak can adjust the amplitude, pitch, word gap, | from stdin and supports many languages. Espeak can adjust the amplitude, pitch, word gap, | ||
| speed, etc. It can also write its output to a wave file rather than speaking it directly. | speed, etc. It can also write its output to a wave file rather than speaking it directly. | ||
| - | Type //espeak --help// for a full list of available options: | + | Type ''%%espeak --help%%'' for a full list of available options: |
| <code> # tazpkg get-install espeak | <code> # tazpkg get-install espeak | ||
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| </code> | </code> | ||
| - | === On-screen keyboard === | + | ===== On-screen keyboard ===== |
| Virtual keyboard (xvkbd) can be used to enter characters into the software of your choice. | Virtual keyboard (xvkbd) can be used to enter characters into the software of your choice. | ||
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| </code> | </code> | ||
| - | === Yasr - Screen Reader === | + | ===== Yasr - Screen Reader ===== |
| Yasr is a console (text-based) screen reader that operates through the speech-dispatcher | Yasr is a console (text-based) screen reader that operates through the speech-dispatcher | ||
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| </code> | </code> | ||
| - | Usage: | + | === Usage === |
| <code> $ yasr | <code> $ yasr | ||
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| The configuration files can be found in the /etc/speech-dispatcher or ~/.speech-dispatcher directories | The configuration files can be found in the /etc/speech-dispatcher or ~/.speech-dispatcher directories | ||
| and the yasr configuration file is located in /usr/share/yasr. | and the yasr configuration file is located in /usr/share/yasr. | ||
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| + | ===== Sticky Keys in X ===== | ||
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| + | To enable sticky keys, just edit your ///etc/slim.conf// file and logout of your X session: | ||
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| + | <file> | ||
| + | default_xserver /usr/bin/Xorg | ||
| + | xserver_arguments +accessx | ||
| + | </file> | ||
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| + | When you login again just press the shift key 5 times to enable/disable. | ||