Re: [orca-list] console based screen readers

[Chrys <chrys linux-a11y org>]

Howdy,

Fenrir uses desktop layout by default. Must be a change made by the distro.

Sounds like its configured to  terminal emulation mode for you.
The terminal emulation mode (I name it PTY driver, PTY = pseudo teletype, this is what is used when you start 
gnome-terminal or mate-terminal).

Using the terminal emulation has some restrictions by the design of how an  PTY works special to shortcuts. 
All kind of input sythese an Combination of characters what is parsed by the terminal i.e. ^C is control + C. 
This is named an escape sequence.
Problem is 1. not all keys emit an escape sequence by theyre own. control, shift and alt are some of them. 
Those are named modifiers as they change the  result of an combination but dont do any output when pressed 
alone. So fenrir cannot react to presses on control, shift, capslock and alt as it doesnt get the shortcut 
from the terminal.
For this, fenrir offers special keyboard layouts what are optimized for PTY. you find them in Keyboard 
Layouts  folder in /etc/fenrirscreenreader/keyboard 
Named pty.conf and pty2.conf as an alternative).

I hope this helps. If you need more help send me the used settings.conf file to give me a chance to see what 
settings are used there.

Its also possible to use fenrir with PTY emulation but EVDEV input driver. The EVDEV driver is single 
instance, so it could only used by one of your fenrir instances on an TTY. EVDEV is the linux event device. 
So fenrir can grab all key press and key releases from the kernel. This needs access to /dev/input/* and 
/dev/uinput.
The EVDEV driver is used by the background daemon.

Do you run fenrir and orca on the same TTY? So on desktop? Or do you use fenrir to read non desktop TTYs?

Cheers chrys 

> Am 12.07.2019 um 20:57 schrieb Jude DaShiell <jdashiel panix com>:
>
> fenrir-control if memory serves or that was the case in the March2019
> release.  Fenrir is by default configured for laptop not desktop (found
> that out looking through /etc/fenrirscreenreader/settings/fenrir.conf if
> memory serves.
>
> > On Fri, 12 Jul 2019, Matthew Dyer via orca-list wrote:
> >
> > Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2019 09:59:13
> > From: Matthew Dyer via orca-list <orca-list gnome org>
> > Reply-To: Matthew Dyer <ilovecountrymusic483 gmail com>
> > To: orca-list gnome org
> > Subject: Re: [orca-list] console based screen readers
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have a jenux vm working and fenrir works with 2 small problems. First, the control key does not stop 
> > speech. Second, inorder for orca to work in a gui in my case mate, I have to put fenrir to sleep and orca 
> > flat revi ew will not work and shift is the only way to slilent speech. Am I missing something?
> >
> >
> > > On July 12, 2019 12:47:51 AM EDT, Jude DaShiell <jdashiel panix com> wrote:
> > > Have you installed archlinux from Jenux yet?
> > > Reason I'm asking is it uses fenrir and may have got that working or it
> > > may already work.
> > > In the case where it may work already after the fenrir tone plays, on
> > > my
> > > system I enter my username and password.  When I do that, fenrir emits
> > > a
> > > kind of burping sound but then fenrir comes up talking like it would on
> > > a
> > > correct login.
> > >
> > > That system uses zsh too.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
>
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