Re: [orca-list] Orca in command line

[Janina Sajka <janina rednote net>]

John Greer writes:
> Are there any plans to make Orca run when not using X Windows?  I really hope that there will be a day when 
> one screen reader can work no matter if I choose to run the Gnome desktop or just need to run command line 
> only.  I realize I can just do most all of it in the terminal but when compiling the kernel, or other 
> software wouldn't it make more sense and wouldn't the computer do this more efficiently through pure 
> command line?
> _______________________________________________
No plans that I'm aware of. But, it's theoretically possible to access
the accessible data provided through ATK and AT-SPI without launching a
gui. That wouldn't be Orca, of course. Nor would it be command line,
really. It would be more like Emacspeak, imho, than Speakup, though

Janina 
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