[orca-list] Braille has the edge in Linux

[Michael Weaver <weavermicha googlemail com>]

It may not matter as much these days as GUI access in Linux is improving 
all the time but my view is that Braille support has the edge over speech 
in Linux and I think in DOS and maybe Windows and MAC OS, speech has the 
edge which is supprising considering Braille displays are out of the price 
range for those Blind people who either have to get them funded through 
access to work or charities or save for them if the country they live in 
doesn't penalise them for saving for one.
What I mean is if you use Braille output and you change consoles, you 
continue to get Braille because Orca seems to recognise Braille when you 
change consoles but if you use speech and change consoles to do a specific 
task that either requires the command line, you lose speech completely 
unless you run a terminal from the run dialogue on the desktop, you have 
the technical skills to be able to get Speakup or Fenrir working if your 
distro supports installing them or you get round the problem by running 
Slint which is configured to be able to switch between GUI and text 
terminals without losing speech.
I am by o means a Linux newby these days but I have never managed to switch 
terminals without losing speech in most of the distris I gave run apart 
from when I have used Slint. I do have a Braille display which I paid for 
on a payment plan.