Re: [orca-list] OT: Best console screen reader for roguelikes?

[Jude DaShiell <jdashiel panix com>]

I play a few rogue-like games.  When I do that, usually it's with espeak 
on a console.
I never found orca to add anything to the experience of rogue-like games 
either.
Tiles in those games have no dictionary entries that would allow them to 
properly speak as a character moved over or into them.  The text versions 
of those games show ascii characters which once you learn it is possible 
to play those games.
stone_soup or crawl same game two different names I think is a worthwhile 
game to play if you can get it working.  If the graphics version ever gets 
going, it may have extra sounds playing as a player plays the game like 
alteraeon does in mud experience.  Any games like stone_soup that actually 
work all of the way in orca I'd be interested in installing and playing. 
I have to try some more directed experiments with fenrir in the rogue-like 
gaming environment in graphical and console environments before I'm 
prepared to give a review on fenrir.



On Fri, 15 Jan 2021, Nolan Darilek wrote:

> Hey folks,
>
>
> Thinking of getting into roguelikes. Every time I've tried playing them in 
> something like gnome-terminal, the experience is suboptimal. So I'm looking 
> for the best console screen reader for them. Can anyone recommend one?
>
>
> I'm not sure if that question makes much sense. I know roguelike 
> accessibility depends on the individual roguelike, but it probably also 
> depends on how the screen reader interprets and handles various control 
> sequences. As such, is there one that does better than others? I know 
> Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead has accessibility improvements, but it needs to be 
> played on a console and with an actual console screen reader to use them.
>
>
> Speakup was recommended to me, but my Linux experience is mostly with GUI 
> distros. I mean, I can use the console well enough, I just don't know 
> anything about light console-only distros with an accessible installation and 
> that aren't blindie-specific. If I need Speakup, I'm happy for distro 
> recommendations as well. I'm running this in a VM so there's no risk to 
> hardware, but I'd rather not hose my graphical installation that I rely on.
>
>
> Thanks.
>
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