Efficiently using terminal with screenreader

[John G Heim]

Correction. The command to paste text into gnome-terminal is 
control+shift+v as in victor. Not control+shift+p as in poppa. I don't 
know why I made that error. I do that like a million times every day in 
gnome-terminal.


On 12/14/20 3:00 PM, John G Heim wrote:
> I am a linux sys admin for the Math department at the University of 
> Wisconsin. I use gnome-terminal for just about everything I do. If you 
> type an ls command, for example, you can listen to the results using the 
> numpad keys.  So the numpad 8 key moves you up one line. To get to the 
> top of the display you can press insert+7 and then work your way down by 
> pressing the numbpad 2 key. Once you have the orca cursor on some text, 
> you can use the numpad keys to do things like read a word, spell it, 
> select it, etc.
> 
> In gnome-terminal to select a word, you can hit the numpad slash key 
> twice to simulate a double click. A triple click selects the entire 
> line. You can then copy/paste the word or line into a window.
> 
> Perhaps an example would help. Suppose you wanted to install a package. 
> that allows you to download audio files from youtube. Here's what you'd 
> do on a Debian/Ubuntu system:
> 
> 1. Open a terminal window by pressing alt+control+t.  If this doesn't 
> work, you can press alt+f2 to open a run dialog box and type 
> "gnome-terminal".
> 
> 2. Search for the package by typing "apt-cache search youtube".
> 
> 3. Press the numpad 8 key until you hear the name of the package you 
> would like to install. In this example, it is youtube-dl. Use the numpad 
> 4, 5, and 6 keys to move left and right making sure the orca cursor is 
> on the name of the package you wish to install
> 
> 4. Press the numpad slashkey twice quickly. This should select the name 
> of the package.
> 
> 5. Press control+shift+c to copy the selected text to the clipboard. 
> Note that this is not an orca command. It's a standard gnome-terminal 
> command. Other terminal programs might use the more standard control+c.
> 
> 6. Enter a command to install the package. Type "sudo apt-get install " 
> and then press control+shift+p to paste the package name into the 
> command. Press enter and it should start the installation.
> 
> If there is a way to select text from 2 or 3 lines, I do not know it. If 
> I need to do that, I always select all with control+shift+a, press 
> control+shift+c to copy all the text into the clipboard, and then paste 
> it into a text editor. There I can select just the characters I want.
> 
> On 12/14/20 12:52 PM, Reece O'Bryan wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I’m having trouble efficiently accessing outputs from terminal in 
>> Orca. I need a fully functioning screen reader, is there an easy way 
>> to navigate line by line of output from terminal in espeakup or orca?
>>
>> Thank you,
>>
>> -Reece
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