Screen reader advice for a Linux sysadmin
Linux for blind general discussion
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Thu Mar 1 00:03:45 UTC 2018
I have issues inside the terminal, especially with reading man pages. what configurations do you suggest that would help?
Totally blind mac user here.
-eric
On Feb 28, 2018, at 6:31 AM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
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> I concur with using a mac as a ssh base. The bsd based terminal can be made much more accessable using the mac's native voiceover with a few
> minor system configuration changes.
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> One then has a good screen reader for any text based shh session or using ports of text applications in the mac as well as gui access as
> needed.
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> On Tue, 27 Feb 2018, Linux for blind
> general discussion wrote:
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>> You are very welcome Kathy. I understand I may have a bias towards Mac since I use it predominately but I also advocate for individuals using what ever tool can allow them to get the job done. For me I use a Mac for the before mentioned reasons and because when I need to access Linux I can do so remotely. As a software engineer who relies on a screen reader I choose the machine which allows me to do what I need to with a very high quality speech synthesizer.
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>> Someone on this list did say there might be an update for Orca to make it work better with Ubuntu 16.04 but I have not had time to dedicate to the installation of that update.
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>> Bryan Duarte | software engineer
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>>> On Feb 27, 2018, at 12:32 PM, Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com> wrote:
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>>> Kathy
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