Re: [orca-list] console based screen readers

[Didier Spaier <didier slint fr>]

Hello Norman,

The ability of Orca to to read aloud what's displayed on a terminal
mostly depends on which terminal is used.

So which one do you use? And which distribution/version?

Generally speaking, console based apps can benefit of console screen
readers like speakup, fenrir or speechd-up that are intended to be used
in a console, not in a graphical environment.
Their availability depends on which distribution and version you use.

However, from a quick look at the screenshots provided by the project I
am not optimistic as a lot of information are displayed on sub-windows,
including arrays between them and I don't know how a screen reader can
present this information (I am sighted).

Good luck,

Didier

On 7/6/19 8:03 PM, Norman wrote:
> Hello all.
>
> I sometimes need to use a terminal based program called sngrep to trace voip calls from my personal pbx. 
> However, orca struggles with this program, it doesn't read everything and scrolling is a big issue. I was 
> wondering, are there any helpful tips people have when using orca with console based programs? or would a 
> second screen reader like speakup do better at this?
>
> I'd like to try speakup and find out but can't find any good docs on how to make it work.
>
> Can anyone help?
>
>
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