Questions tagged [accessibility]

Use this tag if your question relates to making your device/program accessible to a larger audience.

Accessibility usually refers to the ability for people with physical disabilities, weather these be minor or major, to be able to access a computer system the same as someone without these restrictions. Some examples include audio captchas and braille displays.

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Project text-to-speech for a blind parent

My first post here. (I sincerely hope it's within the scope of allowed posts I didn't know where else to turn). I plan to do a project for a ninety-year old mother who is rapidly losing her eyesight and leads a relatively cheerless life. She sits…
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Speech to text conversion for Raspberry Pi 2

I'm new to this Forum as well as using Raspberry Pi 2 for the first time. I'm currently making a learning device for a blind person. My project requires text-to-speech and speech-to-text conversion to work properly to deliver the pronunciation of…
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Screen readers on Raspberry Pi 3 [and Orca on Rpi4B buster release 2020feb05]

Do you know what Screen readers work on the Pi 3? (A screen reader reads out text on the screen and is what I need to enable to be able to use devices because I am blind)
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RPi3 as access point: How to execute a bash script every time a new connection is established

I use an RPI3 as a standalone access point (following this tutorial) and I would like to make it execute a bash script when a device is connected to its wireless network. What is the appropriate way to do this?
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Raspberry Pi outside local network - configure at home?

Raspberry Pi newbie here! I want to be able to access my Raspberry Pi outside my local network. I have read some guides on how to do this by using port forwarding and SSH. It sounds do-able. In my case I will have to configure everything from…
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Is there a way to set up a tor-ap and be able to turn tor routing off when needed?

I recently turned my raspberry pi into an AP and am wanting to follow the directions here https://learn.adafruit.com/onion-pi/overview. However, after reading the section here https://learn.adafruit.com/onion-pi/install-tor I see that iptables are…
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Virtual keyboard with auto show feature

I want a virtual keyboard that opens up automaticly when editing a textbox or similar. (Just like on the phone) and closes again when something outside of a textbox is in focus. First I found that 'onboard' has this feature so I installed it and…
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What is the best way to connect to the Raspberry Pi Zero?

I have got this new raspberry pi zero and I am trying to figure out the best way to access it. It would really help if there is a way to do this without the need of a miniHDMI cable. I would prefer to be able to access it with something like SSH but…
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Use Raspberry Pi with SSH disabled and no access to the screen

I recently reinstalled Debian Jessie on a Pi 3. When I turn it on the screen is blank and my keyboard does not light up - before the reinstall, the GUI would only start and the keyboard would light up if I restarted it with putty. I cannot remember…
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Is there any way to enter Wifi PW via my mouse (no keyboard)

Just got my first Raspberry and don't have a spare keyboard around. I was hoping there would be a key pallet utility to use for my password but can't find one. Help!
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Raspberry PI 4 gets stuck after few days of working

Could not find help for this issue in this nor any forums I have finally integrated system with desired few apps (HA over docker, Node-red and Grafana) and temperature/Power measurements using 1-wire OWFS via DS9490 USB dongle. During this process…
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The mouse buttons in the Onboard virtual keyboard prevent the touchscreen from working outside of the Onboard window

In Onboard, right after tapping one of the mouse buttons, the touchscreen no longer allows taps outside of the Onboard window. It doesn't allow me to right click anywhere. What could be causing this, and is there a fix? Is there an alternative to…
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