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* [[Accessibility Packages]] - wish list of software packages
* [[Accessibility Packages]] - wish list of software packages
* [[All devices]] - comprehensive device porting status
* [[All devices]] - comprehensive device porting status
* [[Device categorization]] - explanation of device categories
* [[Devices]] - summary of device porting status
* [[Devices]] - summary of device porting status
* [[Input methods]] - hardware and software options for text input
* [[Input methods]] - hardware and software options for text input
* [[USB Network]] - using USB to log in from another computer
* [[USB Network]] - using USB to log in from another computer

Revision as of 21:41, 22 August 2020

Introduction

There are many types of disabilities and many ways to address them. At the moment, however, this page concentrates on ways to make pmOS more accessible to blind and visually impaired users.

Devices

The All devices page lists hundreds of devices, most of which use one of the ARM architectures. Most of the listed devices use the armv7 (32-bit) architecture or possibly armhf (32-bit with hardware floating point support). More recent devices generally use the aarch64 (64-bit) architecture.

The older (armv7 and armhf) devices tend to be cheaper, but also more limited in memory, storage, and processor speed. So, they may be more appropriate for use as an email access point, notetaker, etc. Looking forward, the aarch64 architecture has many more interesting possibilities.

Kernel

In order to support accessibility packages, some kernel modifications may be needed. These are discussed on the Accessibility (Kernel) page.

Packages

The Accessibility (Packages) page is basically a "wish list", describing various add-on packages which could be useful for an accessible version of pmOS.

Resources

Pine64, PinePhone

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