Here's the current wish list of Perky packages, services, etc. Feel free
to add your own, but understand that you may need to get involved in making
them work, lobby for their inclusion in a release configuration, etc.
Many of these items may not seem very user-friendly, but as the saying goes:
"Unix is user-friendly. It's just very selective about who its friends are."
Most of the folks on this list are likely to be comfortable with Linux, so
we run the risk of building something that isn't friendly to random blind or
visually-impaired users. So, let's think about apps for newbies, etc.
Also note that it costs nothing to include a package as an optional add-on.
In fact, the huge size and low cost of available SD cards (128 GB for $13!)
tends to make package inclusion a no-brainer.
-r
# Infrastructure
- BRLTTY (control of Braille display) with LaTeX Access
- File Syncing
- Dropbox - cloud-based file syncing service
- Syncthing - cloud-based file syncing service (works)
- Screen Reader (alternatives)
- Fenrir - console screen reader (works)
- YASR - Yet Another Screen Reader
- Weird stuff
- The vOICe - image sonification
# Terminal-based applications
- Document reader
Daisy-player - DAISY
? - EPUB
? - PDF
- Emacs, et al
- GNU Emacs - customizable (Lisp-based) text editor, IDE, etc.
- Emacspeak - The Complete Audio Desktop
- email client
Alpine, Mutt, Not Much Mail, Pine, Sup
- IM (XMPP) client
Poezio, Profanity
- IRC client
BitchX, ERC, ii, ircll, Irssi, sic, Scrollz, WeeChat
- text editor
emacs, nano, vim
- web browser
Lynx
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