[arch-dev-public] News draft: Accessibility features added to installation media
Hey all,
below is the news item I would like to post once the installation medium is released some time tomorrow:
``` We are very happy to announce that accessibility features have been added to our installation medium with [archiso v49](https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/archiso/-/tags/v49). From release 2020.11.01 onwards these are available via the 2nd boot loader menu item.
Many thanks go to Alexander Epaneshnikov who integrated the features from the [TalkinArch](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/TalkingArch) project into archiso's releng profile, which is used for creating the installation medium.
Note: The bootloader timeouts have been set to 15s to allow blind users to select the menu item as the bootloaders themselves do not offer accessibility features. The timeout is stopped as soon as e.g. an arrow key is pressed. ```
If you have improvement suggestions, please let me know!
Best, David
On 10/31/20 2:52 PM, David Runge wrote:
Hey all,
below is the news item I would like to post once the installation medium is released some time tomorrow:
We are very happy to announce that accessibility features have been added to our installation medium with [archiso v49](https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/archiso/-/tags/v49). From release 2020.11.01 onwards these are available via the 2nd boot loader menu item. Many thanks go to Alexander Epaneshnikov who integrated the features from the [TalkinArch](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/TalkingArch)
typo: missing "g" in the link text
project into archiso's releng profile, which is used for creating the installation medium.
Note: The bootloader timeouts have been set to 15s to allow blind users to select the menu item as the bootloaders themselves do not offer accessibility features. The timeout is stopped as soon as e.g. an arrow key is pressed.
If you have improvement suggestions, please let me know! Best, David
A great addition, thanks a lot!
I'll put this announcement into the ISO information as well. The new image should be live any minute.
Greetings,
Pierre
On Sun, Nov 1, 2020 at 1:08 AM Eli Schwartz via arch-dev-public arch-dev-public@archlinux.org wrote:
On 10/31/20 2:52 PM, David Runge wrote:
Hey all,
below is the news item I would like to post once the installation medium is released some time tomorrow:
We are very happy to announce that accessibility features have been added to our installation medium with [archiso v49](https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/archiso/-/tags/v49). From release 2020.11.01 onwards these are available via the 2nd boot loader menu item. Many thanks go to Alexander Epaneshnikov who integrated the features from the [TalkinArch](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/TalkingArch)typo: missing "g" in the link text
project into archiso's releng profile, which is used for creating the installation medium.
Note: The bootloader timeouts have been set to 15s to allow blind users to select the menu item as the bootloaders themselves do not offer accessibility features. The timeout is stopped as soon as e.g. an arrow key is pressed.
If you have improvement suggestions, please let me know! Best, David-- Eli Schwartz Bug Wrangler and Trusted User
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David Runge
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Eli Schwartz
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Pierre Schmitz