Re: [orca-list] console based screen readers

[Norman <lists thekingstech com>]

Hi.

I use the defaults for ubuntu mate 18.04


On 7/6/19 2:32 PM, Didier Spaier wrote:
> 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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