Help with running Speakup on Kali Linux

[Janina Sajka]

Jason White writes:
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> Speakup on a real Linux machine is better, of course, but I find myself using Windows Subsystem for Linux frequently these days so that I can switch between it and the GUI desktop without having to switch machines or reboot - and without requiring virtualization.
> 
Yes, that's the use case behind this. A lot of developers are liking
bash on Windows for just this.

> In my view, there's still nothing more accessible, or even as accessible to screen reader users than the Linux console environment.
> 
Amen to that!

Janina

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Speakup [mailto:speakup-bounces at linux-speakup.org] On Behalf Of Don Raikes
> Sent: Thursday, February 1, 2018 11:36 AM
> To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. <speakup at linux-speakup.org>; Glenn At Home <glennervin at cableone.net>
> Subject: RE: Help with running Speakup on Kali Linux
> 
> I just checked and the bash on windows shell does not speak with jaws nor does the vi editor.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Justin Skists [mailto:j.skists at gmail.com]
> Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2018 2:09 AM
> To: Glenn At Home <glennervin at cableone.net>; Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. <speakup at linux-speakup.org>
> Subject: Re: Help with running Speakup on Kali Linux
> 
> > Does anyone know which Linux Microsoft is running in the command shell 
> > in Windows 10?
> 
> It's generally Ubuntu (userspace only) by default, but I believe that you can set it up with others (SuSE, etc).
> 
> 
> > I wonder if the Windows screenreader works like it does in a regular 
> > windows command shell, or if SpeakUp needs to be installed.
> 
> The speakup kernel driver won't work, as the Bash on Windows doesn't use a Linux kernel. But, being a standard windows console, it might work with Microsoft tools.
> 
> 
> Justin.
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Janina Sajka

Linux Foundation Fellow
Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup:	http://a11y.org

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
Chair, Accessible Platform Architectures	http://www.w3.org/wai/apa