Efficiently using terminal with screenreader

Karen Lewellen klewellen at shellworld.net
Wed Dec 16 16:37:55 EST 2020


out of curiosity, does fenrir work with any dectalk hardware?
Kare



On Wed, 16 Dec 2020, Janina Sajka wrote:

> I agree with this advice. However, getting both environments function
> with speech could prove to be a challenge on your hardware.
>
> Speech Dispatcher doesn't play with Speakup. There are other
> complications that may, or may not prove problematical.
>
> Your best bet might be Fenrir.
>
> My current solution is as follows:
>
> Speakup using espeak with the espeakup connector. Note this is the old
> espeak, not espeak-ng.
>
> Orca with Speech-Dispatcher using RH Voice.
>
> FYI: I'm on a fully updated Arch.
>
> Best,
>
> Janina
>
> Zachary Kline writes:
>> Hi,
>>
>> To be perfectly honest, I recommend using Speakup for good terminal support. Orca is rather sub-par in this regard, and Speakup was designed to fully support command-line output from the start.
>> Best,
>> Zack.
>>
>>> On Dec 14, 2020, at 10:52 AM, Reece O'Bryan <reece.obryan at icloud.com> 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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> Janina Sajka
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