<HTML ><HEAD ><TITLE >Linux Accessibility HOWTO</TITLE ><META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.76b+ "><LINK REL="NEXT" TITLE="Introduction" HREF="introduction.html"></HEAD ><BODY CLASS="article" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000FF" VLINK="#840084" ALINK="#0000FF" ><DIV CLASS="ARTICLE" ><DIV CLASS="TITLEPAGE" ><H1 CLASS="title" ><A NAME="AEN2">Linux Accessibility HOWTO</H1 ><H3 CLASS="author" ><A NAME="AEN4" >Michael De La Rue</A ></H3 ><H3 CLASS="author" ><A NAME="AEN7" >Sharon Snider</A ></H3 ><P CLASS="pubdate" >v3.1, June 21, 2002<BR></P ><DIV CLASS="revhistory" ><TABLE WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR ><TH ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN="3" ><B >Revision History</B ></TH ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision v3.1</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >2002-06-21</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revised by: sds</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >Updated and converted to DocBook XML.</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision v3.0</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >2001-10-25</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revised by: sds</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >Updated and converted to DocBook SGML.</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision v2.11</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >1997-03-28</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revised by: mdlr</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >Last Linuxdoc revision.</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ><DIV ><DIV CLASS="abstract" ><A NAME="AEN14"><P ></P ><P >The Linux Accessibility HOWTO covers the use of adaptive technologies that are available for the Linux operating system, as well as the software applications and hardware devices that can be installed to make Linux accessible to users with disabilities. The information provided targets specific groups of individuals with similar disabilities.</P ><P ></P ></DIV ></DIV ><HR></DIV ><DIV CLASS="TOC" ><DL ><DT ><B >Table of Contents</B ></DT ><DT >1. <A HREF="introduction.html" >Introduction</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >1.1. <A HREF="introduction.html#AEN58" >Distribution Policy</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >2. <A HREF="linuxos.html" >The Linux Operating System</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >2.1. <A HREF="linuxos.html#AEN67" >Assistive Technologies Available for Linux</A ></DT ><DT >2.2. <A HREF="linuxos.html#AEN70" >Usability</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >3. <A HREF="visual.html" >Visual Impairments</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >3.1. <A HREF="visual.html#AEN90" >Technologies for the Visually Impaired</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >4. <A HREF="hearing.html" >Hearing Impaired</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >4.1. <A HREF="hearing.html#AEN315" >Assistive Technologies for the Hearing Impaired</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >5. <A HREF="physical.html" >Physically Disabled</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >5.1. <A HREF="physical.html#AEN337" >Keyboard Navigation</A ></DT ><DT >5.2. <A HREF="physical.html#AEN360" >Assistive Technologies for the Physically Disabled</A ></DT ><DT >5.3. <A HREF="physical.html#AEN390" >Additional Resources</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >6. <A HREF="other.html" >Cognitive, Language, and Other Impairments</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >6.1. <A HREF="other.html#AEN414" >Assistive Technologies for Cognitive, Language and Other Impairments</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >7. <A HREF="x451.html" >Developing Accessible Applications</A ></DT ><DT >8. <A HREF="x476.html" >Other Helpful Information</A ></DT ><DT >9. <A HREF="x505.html" >Acknowledgments</A ></DT ></DL ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="NAVFOOTER" ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"><TABLE SUMMARY="Footer navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="introduction.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" >Introduction</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></BODY ></HTML >