Two Arch beginner questions

Linux for blind general discussion blinux-list at redhat.com
Thu Apr 27 14:26:04 UTC 2023


I find lightdm with lightdm-slick-greeter to be about the best display 
manager option. You should be able to start orca using alt+super+s from 
the display manager's window.


Fenrir is probably the most comprehensive fully userspace screen reader 
for text mode TTYs and terminals, meaning that it doesn't live in the 
kernel, although Orca works pretty well in mate-terminal. Personally 
though, I find that desktop web browsers and email applications work 
much better than their terminal counterparts, including being easier to 
set up, easier to navigate by various elements such as headers or links, 
and especially for browsers, supporting many more websites in a more 
accessible way. Just as an example of this, I have been able to access 
online banking through Firefox for coming up on 20 years, but none of 
the terminal-based browsers have ever allowed me to log into any bank's 
website, and many won't even show the login page correctly, not even in 
2023.

~Kyle



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