,VINUX WAS AN ,UBUNTU-BASED DISTRIBUTION
THAT1 FOR MOST OF A DECADE1 WAS THE
DEFAULT RECOMMENDATION FOR BLIND AND
LOW-VISION USERS WHO WANTED ,LINUX
WITHOUT A SIGHTED INSTALLATION
ASSISTANT4 ,SPEECH SYNTHESIS1 SCREEN
MAGNIFICATION1 AND ,BRAILLE SUPPORT WERE
ENABLED IN THE ,,ISO ITSELF  THE MACHINE
TALKED BEFORE THE INSTALLER
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,VINUX'S LASTING CONTRIBUTION IS A
PRINCIPLE RATHER THAN A CODEBASE3
ACCESSIBILITY TOOLING MUST BE BAKED IN1
NOT INSTALLED POST-FACTO4 ,EVERY MODERN
ACCESSIBLE DISTRIBUTION  ,SONAR1
,ACCESSIBLE-,COCONUT1 ,SLINT1 ,STORMUX 
IS ITS DESCENDANT4 ,WHEN IT STOPPED
BEING MAINTAINED1 THE GAP IT LEFT WAS
CONSPICUOUS ENOUGH THAT SEVERAL PROJECTS
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,LEGACY
- ,PROVED SPEECH_/MAGNIFICATION BELONG
IN THE BASE IMAGE - ,ESTABLISHED THE
8RECOMMEND A BLIND-FRIENDLY DISTRO0
PATTERN IN THE COMMUNITY - ,ITS
UNMAINTAINED STATUS IS ITSELF A LESSON3
ACCESSIBILITY DISTROS ARE SMALL-TEAM
INFRASTRUCTURE1 AND THE WORK SURVIVES
ONLY WHERE MAINTAINERS DO
,SEE ALSO
- ,ACCESSIBLE-,COCONUT  ,STORMUX  ,SLINT
,VOJTUX  ,ADRIANE ,KNOPPIX  ,VINUX 
,SONAR - ,THE ,HAT ,TIPS ,BOTH ,WAYS 
,FEDORA #DE_?_? ,SEE ALSO
- ,SPEAKUP  KERNEL CONSOLE SPEECH 
,,BRLTTY  THE BRAILLE DISPLAY DAEMON -
,EYES-,FREE ,LINUX  THE HANDBOOK CHAPTER
THIS DISTRO SERVES - ,BRAILLE 'N ,SPEAK 
,KURZWEIL ,READING ,MACHINE  THE
HARDWARE LINEAGE - ,BRAILLE  ,LOUIS
,BRAILLE  ,NEMETH ,BRAILLE ,CODE - ,THE
,LIBRARY  BRAILLE CODES AND TRANSLATION
ON THE MAIN SITE