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

[Tom Masterson <kd7cyu gmail com>]

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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