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Kes: Alexx helped me install Pengwin (note the spelling)) a few weeks ago which, since it works with Windows, means I can use my Jaws screen reader with it, but today I found out about Accessible Coconut, which seems to be self-voicing, although I haven't tried it yet.
1. Accessible-Coconut is a community-driven Linux distro aimed at providing the ideal Linux experience to visually impaired people
https://www.makeuseof.com/accessible-coconut-linux-distro-for-visually-impaired/
Features of Accessible-Coconut
Accessible-Coconut features a plethora of easy-to-use accessibility features across the platform. Since this distro is specially developed for blind and low-vision people, its features are all geared towards helping the minority group in whichever way possible.
For example, the screen reader is Orca, while the speech engine is eSpeak. Users have an option to choose other forms of speech engines, including IBM ViaVoice and Cepstral.
All the accessibility tools are present in the Universal Access section and are accessible while performing any task(s) on the system.
Visually challenged people often require specialized software to read books and documents. In this regard, optical character recognition proves to be an excellent way of converting regular documents into accessible ones.
The book reading features in Accessible-Coconut include:
Print reading: The print reading feature offers the facility to read printed books using an optical character scanner. This scanner can linguistically translate major languages like English, Spanish, Hindi, and Arabic.
Daisy-player: The Daisy-player plays books in DAISY (Digital Accessible Information System) format. This player majorly works as a CD player, as it has large tactile controls specially designed to cater to blind and low vision readers.
Ebook speaker: The Ebook speaker reads books in standard formats like EPUB, PDF, text files, etc.
Accessible-Coconut comes with pre-built audio and video players to offer an excellent multimedia experience to the user. Standard system utilities like web browsers, email clients, messenger, PDF viewers, and text editors are preinstalled in the OS.
2. Pengwin: A Linux distro optimized for WSL based on Debian
https://github.com/WhitewaterFoundry/Pengwin
Pengwin
Release 21.8.0
Wiki
https://github.com/WhitewaterFoundry/Pengwin/wiki
Pengwin
is the easiest to use Linux distribution on
Windows Subsystem for Linux.
Pengwin is a Linux environment for Windows
built on work by Microsoft Research
and the Debian project.
Install just the tool you need: use APT
https://www.whitewaterfoundry.com/features/9q1h1yyjtmficna2td7zwapokplr28
Windows Terminal seamless integration
Pengwin Linux
What is WSL?
Windows Subsystem for Linux is a compatibility layer for running Linux binaries natively in a console environment on Windows 10. No re-compilation or porting is required. WSL provides a Linux-compatible kernel interface developed by Microsoft and allows a user to chose a Linux distribution to install from the Microsoft Store.
1. Accessible-Coconut is a community-driven Linux distro aimed at providing the ideal Linux experience to visually impaired people
https://www.makeuseof.com/accessible-coconut-linux-distro-for-visually-impaired/
Features of Accessible-Coconut
Accessible-Coconut features a plethora of easy-to-use accessibility features across the platform. Since this distro is specially developed for blind and low-vision people, its features are all geared towards helping the minority group in whichever way possible.
For example, the screen reader is Orca, while the speech engine is eSpeak. Users have an option to choose other forms of speech engines, including IBM ViaVoice and Cepstral.
All the accessibility tools are present in the Universal Access section and are accessible while performing any task(s) on the system.
Visually challenged people often require specialized software to read books and documents. In this regard, optical character recognition proves to be an excellent way of converting regular documents into accessible ones.
The book reading features in Accessible-Coconut include:
Print reading: The print reading feature offers the facility to read printed books using an optical character scanner. This scanner can linguistically translate major languages like English, Spanish, Hindi, and Arabic.
Daisy-player: The Daisy-player plays books in DAISY (Digital Accessible Information System) format. This player majorly works as a CD player, as it has large tactile controls specially designed to cater to blind and low vision readers.
Ebook speaker: The Ebook speaker reads books in standard formats like EPUB, PDF, text files, etc.
Accessible-Coconut comes with pre-built audio and video players to offer an excellent multimedia experience to the user. Standard system utilities like web browsers, email clients, messenger, PDF viewers, and text editors are preinstalled in the OS.
2. Pengwin: A Linux distro optimized for WSL based on Debian
https://github.com/WhitewaterFoundry/Pengwin
Pengwin
Release 21.8.0
Wiki
https://github.com/WhitewaterFoundry/Pengwin/wiki
Pengwin
is the easiest to use Linux distribution on
Windows Subsystem for Linux.
Pengwin is a Linux environment for Windows
built on work by Microsoft Research
and the Debian project.
Install just the tool you need: use APT
https://www.whitewaterfoundry.com/features/9q1h1yyjtmficna2td7zwapokplr28
Windows Terminal seamless integration
Pengwin Linux
What is WSL?
Windows Subsystem for Linux is a compatibility layer for running Linux binaries natively in a console environment on Windows 10. No re-compilation or porting is required. WSL provides a Linux-compatible kernel interface developed by Microsoft and allows a user to chose a Linux distribution to install from the Microsoft Store.
