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



It somewhat depends on the terminal/emulator but try shift+pgup or shift+pgdn. This is not a proble restricted to brltty as sighted people have to scroll the screen as well on occasion.

Tom


On Wed, 20 May 2020, Devin Prater via orca-list wrote:

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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