free terminal emulator for windows - download and install

[Alex Snow]

Nope it's not a dos app, but it runs in a dos box under winblows.  I haven't
used it a lot, but From what I've seen of it it's pretty good.  The url is
consoletelnet.sourceforge.net or
http://sourceforge.net/projects/consoletelnet.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Charles Crawford" <ccrawford at acb.org>
To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Monday, May 20, 2002 3:14 PM
Subject: Re: free terminal emulator for windows - download and install


> Cool.  Is that a DOS ap?
>
> -- charlie.
> At 03:00 PM 5/20/02 -0400, you wrote:
> >There is.  It's called console telnet and it's open source.  I don't
> >remember the url of the top of my head, but I can look it up.
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Charles Crawford" <ccrawford at acb.org>
> >To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> >Sent: Monday, May 20, 2002 1:45 PM
> >Subject: Re: free terminal emulator for windows - download and install
> >
> >
> > > Window eyes uses the insert-a for speak all when you are in teraterm.
> >That
> > > program is not all that good from my experience.  I just wish there
were a
> > > good dos telnet program that coudl run from the dos window..
> > >
> > > -- Charlie.
> > >
> > > At 12:54 PM 5/20/02 -0500, you wrote:
> > > >You mention jaws scripts. Are there window-eyes set files too? Or
does it
> > > >work fine without them.
> > > >Greg
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >On Mon, May 20, 2002 at 01:12:56PM -0400, Rich Caloggero wrote:
> > > > > Janina wrote:
> > > > > > > Another option would be a better screen reader for telnet and
a
> > > > > > > better telnet client. That would mean a good DOS screen reader
> > > > > > > like asap or Vocal-Eyes, assuming he can actually run DOS on
that
> > > > > > > Windows machine. Neither of those is very cheap, though, and
> > > > >
> > > > > I use a free windows terminal emulator called teraterm. I redefine
the
> >jaws
> > > > > function sayNonHighlightedText to read everything appearing on the
> >screen,
> > > > > as long as its not a menu or in a dialog box (about 7 lines of
code.
> >Go to
> > > > > http://barajas.mit.edu/teraterm/ to get the package. Just unzip it
> >into a
> > > > > directory somewhere and click on ttermpro.exe for the standard
version
> >or
> > > > > ttssh.exe for the ssh version. Both report the application name is
> > > > > ttermpro.exe, so the jaws scripts will work regardless.
> > > > > The jaws scripts are in ttermpro.zip. Download this file, extract
to
> >your
> > > > > jaws scripts directory, and then either press enter on this script
> >filename
> > > > > from within windows explorer or press insert+f2 and choose script
> >manager
> > > > > and open the file from there. Once you have the file, press
control+s
> >to
> > > > > save and compile it. Now you should be able to run teraterm and
jaws
> >should
> > > > > speak correctly.
> > > > >
> > > > > The real problem is text editing. I use ex (vi without the
full-screen
> > > > > stuff - basically ed ), but only crazy people like me probably
want to
> >go
> > > > > this way. I need to try a full screen editor and make it work via
a
> > > > terminal
> > > > > emulator. VI might be a good choice, but the key bindings only
make
> > > > sense if
> > > > > you know about ed. What's the other choices for full screen
editing
> >which
> > > > > are *not* emacs? I've heard of something called vim (is this
correct)?
> > > > > There's pico and probably others. I need to try and make this work
for
> > > > > myself too, because using ex is nice in some ways, but its more
typing
> >than
> > > > > I really want to do with my RSI the way it is.
> > > > >
> > > > > I can help more with this if needed. Its not the greatest
solution,
> >but it
> > > > > works very well for me. The terminal emulator is very very stable.
Its
> > > > > worked on every version of windows I've tried it on with the same
> >results.
> > > > >
> > > > > Hope this helps someone -- Teddy especially. Please don't hesitate
to
> > > > ask me
> > > > > for more help. I will be unavailable for the next week or so, but
> >after the
> > > > > 28th, I'll be able to answer e-mail again.
> > > > >
> > > > >                     Rich Caloggero
> > > > >                     MIT Adaptive Tech. for Info and Computing
> > > > >
> > > > >
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