Vinux : Linux For Visually impaired

Vinux 3.1 is has been launched which is a linux based on Ubuntu 10.10 meant for visually impaired users. It’s available in CD & DVD (USB & virtual version is yet to come) in both 32 bit & 64 bit version.  Vinux  has it’s own package repository, users can install packages using apt-get/synaptic & dedicated IRC channel. Beginner can press  (Ctrl+Alt+Q) to access Quick Start Guide.

Some of the feature are:

•  Autokey-GTK which can insert text automatically as you type based on pre-defined abbreviations
•  the Parcellite Clipboard Manager which allows you paste text from the clipboard history
• X-Tile which allows you to tile windows automatically
•  Gnome Media Player as an accessible front-end to VLC
•  Conkeror a keyboard controlled Web Browser
• Pidgin the Internet Messenger (with all the plugins)
•  Gufw a simple but effective Firewall Manager.
•  Alarm Clock, a simple GUI for setting timed notifications,
• GtkHash an md5sum calculator,
• SearchMonkey an advanced search tool,
• Terminator which allows you to open multiple tiled terminals in one window,
• Tux Commander a dual-paned file manager with keyboard shortcuts,
•  World Clock which allows you to monitor times in different locations around the world,
• Gcolor2 a simple GUI for selecting colours from anywhere on the screen,
•  the Specimen Font Previewer,
•  Dlume a simple address book manager,
• the ToDo List package,
•  mhWaveEdit a simple sound recorder/editor GUI, Sound Juicer an audio CD ripper,
• FSlint a file system cleaner,
•  Gtk-ChTheme a GTK theme previewer/changer,
• Scheduled Tasks a simple GUI front-end for cron and HardInfo a system profiler
• system benchmarker.

There are also three new packages unique to Vinux available from the Vinux repository. These are: Markup-Binder  -  makes the creation of complex navigable documents a simple process,

Speedy-OCR - is a simple GUI front end which allows you to scan in documents and convert then to text and/or speech.

 Monitor-Toggle – allows you to turn off your monitor to save battery power and maintain your privacy

Reference:

http://vinux-development.blogspot.com/

http://distrowatch.com/?newsid=06398

Download link:

32bit http://vinux.archive-host.com/Vinux-31-X86-DVD.iso

64bit http://vinux.green-oval.net/Vinux-3.1-X64-DVD.iso