| | {{infobox |
| | | title = Accessible-Coconut |
| - | | image = accessible-coconut.svg |
| - | | caption = A stylized terminal card for Accessible-Coconut — tty1 showing the distro name in green, its Ubuntu MATE/Debian base, and speech tools. |
| + | | image = ac-desktop.png |
| + | | caption = The Accessible-Coconut desktop — the Ubuntu MATE-based environment with its accessibility panel visible. Screenshot: Zendalona. |
| | | base = Ubuntu MATE / Debian |
| | | type = Eyes-free accessibility distribution |
| | | developer = Zendalona (India) |
| | | status = Maintained |
| | | screen_readers = Orca · console TTS reader · Braille (Perkins mode) |
| | }} |
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| | **Accessible-Coconut** (**AC**) is a Linux distribution built by the Indian accessibility collective **Zendalona** to be eyes-free from the ground up — not a desktop with a screen reader bolted on, but an environment where the screen reader is the interface. It runs on an Ubuntu MATE and Debian foundation.[[cite: zendalona.com/accessible-coconut; github.com/zendalona/accessible-coconut]] |
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| | Its defining design decision is one mainstream distributions refuse to make: AC **disables standard background preloads and automatic updates** to guarantee that nothing ever shifts underneath the accessibility stack. Where general-purpose distros treat stability as a goal, AC treats the accessibility layer's survival as the goal.[[cite: Zendalona — Accessible-Coconut project documentation]] |
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| | # Features |
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| | - Pre-configured speech dispatchers: **espeak-ng**, **flite**, and **RHVoice** |
| | - An automatic text-to-speech **console screen reader** — the terminal speaks without a desktop |
| | - **Six-key Braille input** in Perkins Brailler mode |
| | - An integrated **DAISY player** for talking books |
| | - An **OCR utility** that reads scanned text aloud |
| | - A frozen-by-default platform so accessibility tools never regress underneath the user[[cite: DistroWatch Accessible-Coconut entry; SourceForge accessible-coconut project]] |
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| | # In the Fedora 45 debates |
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| | AC is the proof-by-existence for the accessibility critique of the [[Fedora 45]] KMSCON transition: when an upstream platform treats the console as legacy, the workaround is to build a distribution that refuses to move. See [[The Hat Tips Both Ways]]. |
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| | # See also |
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| | - [[Accessible-Coconut]] · [[Stormux]] · [[Slint Linux|Slint]] · [[Vojtux]] · [[Adriane Knoppix]] · [[Vinux]] · [[Sonar Linux|Sonar]] |
| | - [[Fedora 45]] · [[Why Debian Is Still King]] |
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| | [[Category:Accessibility]] |
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