Re: [orca-list] text console use

[Christopher Chaltain <chaltain gmail com>]

Well, I'd have two answers to a question like this. First, is no, a 
blind person doesn't need a graphical environment, just like no one 
needs a PC in the first place. This depends on what you mean by need though.


My second answer is that a blind person would want to use a graphical 
interface for the same reason sighted users want to use a graphical 
interface. It's just easier to find and use the applications you want to 
use. Sure, if you go on a list like this, or Google different things you 
can do from the command line, you can find out how to do a lot of 
things, but with a graphical interface, you can find a lot of things 
just by exploring the desktop and the applications you have on your 
desktop yourself.


On 10/12/2018 02:13 PM, Didier Spaier wrote:
> Funnily I would tend to ask the opposite question: why a blind person would need a graphical environment?
>
> I know at least one blind Slint users who never use one.
>
> I believe that most things done in a graphical environment can also be done in a console, often with a better 
> productivity. This stands for blind as well as sighted people.
>
> A few examples: for writing you have a lot of text and code editors like nano, emacs and vim, mutt for 
> emails, lynx and links for web browsing, mplayer to listen to music, vlc to listen to movies, crafty to play 
> chess, games like freeswipe or scribble, the list goes on and on.
>
> Actually the first personal computer I used nearly 40 years ago didn't have a graphical environment, maybe 
> that's why I am used to text mode.
>
> Best,
>
> Didier
>
> On 10/12/18 7:48 PM, Michael Weaver via orca-list wrote:
> > I don't know if this is the right list to ask on as it is not strictly Orca but it is about text 
> > screenreaders but is text console use still necessary. I am not quite clear on this point. The reason is that 
> > you can use the terminals in gnome, Mate or maybe other desktops like mate-terminal from an alt F2 run prompt 
> > which is why I ask about text consoles, your CTRL ALT F1 to F6 which don't speak with Orca so need a 
> > different screenreader.
> >
> > Just curious with projects like Fenrir.
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