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



Hi there.

Fenrir is a console only screen reader correct?

Best regards.

Francisco.

 

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From: Jude DaShiell
Sent: Friday, January 15, 2021 6:09 PM
To: Nolan Darilek
Cc: Orca
Subject: Re: [orca-list] OT: Best console screen reader for roguelikes?

 

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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