Re: [orca-list] Braille has the edge in Linux

[Devin Prater <r d t prater gmail com>]

The only thing about braille that I don’t like, using BRLTTY, is that if I’m, say, installing updates, the 
screen scrolls very fast, and I can’t go back and review it. Is there a fix for that? I tried doing Page up, 
Space with dots 2-3, but nothing happened.

> On May 20, 2020, at 12:09 PM, Michael Weaver via orca-list <orca-list gnome org> wrote:
>
> 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.
>
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