Re: [orca-list] text console use

[Janina Sajka <janina rednote net>]

Very interesting, Chrys, but I'm unconvinced because, as one would
expect from a mainstream browser instance, it's too highly invested in
streaming picsels of graphical content.

Now, perhaps I didn't dig deeply enough, and you can restrict it to
communicating just a (IRC like) text stream plus audio over ssh without
the -x switch.

Janina

chrys writes:
> Howdy Fernando,
>
> take a look at browsh. its a CLI browser based on firefox.
> maybe its a start
> https://www.brow.sh/
>
>
> cheers chrys
> Am 15.10.18 um 22:11 schrieb Fernando Botelho:
> > I looked for someone who could implement WebRTC on the console but could
> > not find anybody. I can look for funding again, if someone knows the
> > right person.
> >
> >
> > Fernando
> >
> >
> >
> > On 10/13/2018 07:08 AM, Didier Spaier wrote:
> > > To play Youtube on a Linux console, use mps-youtube.
> > >
> > > About webRTC: I never heard of it until today. The home page says
> > > that Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Android and IOS are supported and there
> > > is also licode:
> > > https://github.com/lynckia/licode
> > >
> > > What we need to integrate it with a text web browser like lynx is
> > > developers. Do you volunteer?
> > >
> > > Of course a graphical environment is easier to grab. But for those
> > > who have the patience to learn, a text UI is usually as good and
> > > usually is more feature comlete, when it exists.
> > >
> > > Stupidly old school? Yes I am, and proud of it.
> > >
> > > I didn't grew up on Commodore and stuff, because I used a personal
> > > personal computer for the first time in 1978 (yes, 40 years ago) and
> > > neither ms-DOS (1980) nor Commodore 64 (1082) existed then.
> > >
> > > Still I was able to use the computer, which obviously had a
> > > proprietary OS, to translate into French its BASIC interpreter (key
> > > words and error messages), all that in 64 Kb of RAM (yes, kilobytes)
> > > and not having the source code at hand.
> > >
> > > O Tempora! O Mores!
> > >
> > > Best,
> > >
> > > Didier
> > >
> > > On 10/13/18 6:56 AM, Jace Kattalakis via orca-list wrote:
> > > > You find me a CLI browser that can do webRTC and play Youtube
> > > > without a graphical environment, and I may change my tune but
> > > > I'd argue a graphical environment is easir to grab for everyone
> > > > unless you're stupidly old school and grew up on Commodore and
> > > > DOS stuff.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On 12/10/18 20:13, 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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-- 

Janina Sajka

Linux Foundation Fellow
Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup:       http://a11y.org

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
Chair, Accessible Platform Architectures        http://www.w3.org/wai/apa