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>The purpose of this HOWTO is to introduce the tools, applications, and configuration utilities that are available to
Linux users who are disabled. The information provided targets groups of individuals with the following disabilities:</P
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>Visually Impaired</STRONG
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>Cognitive, Language, and Other
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>Please send any comments, or contributions via e-mail to <A
HREF="mailto:snidersd@us.ibm.com"
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This document will be updated regularly with new contributions and suggestions.</P
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>The Access-HOWTO may be distributed, at your choice, under either the terms of the GNU Public License version 2 or later or
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