Re: [orca-list] text console use

[Jace Kattalakis <khalfang1366 gmail com>]

For me at least, something like mps-youtube is a lot easier to use in a 
terminal vs Youtube making Orca lag in a browser. Or something like Mut 
lags less than Thunderbird, for example. That being said I prefer to use 
something like Waterfox over w3m, though if my connection is horribly 
slow I'll use w3m as it loads smaller web pages and means I can use 
slower connections easier without having Firefox or Waterfox or Chrome 
struggling with a slow connection. So, it's all about the situation realy.


On 15/10/18 04:44, Christopher Chaltain via orca-list wrote:
> 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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