I've had excellent luck with Speakup, for what that's worth. Other screen readers on Linux do behave similarly to Windows unfortunately. There's also TDSR, which works on both Mac and Linux, and that generally works well.
But the fact remains we need an NVDA add-on or something to enable cursor tracking in this way, but I'm not sure if that's something that will be easy to write. Best, Zack. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Travis Siegel Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2023 5:50 PM To: Heather Seaman <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [blind-gamers] nethack (was Am I missing something, guys?) Nah, there's windows versions of nethack, the problem is that windows screen readers don't work the same way dos screen readers do, so tracking the cursor, and checking what's around you on the screen is way harder than it should be on a windows machine. Interstingly enough, linux screen readers suffer from the same issue, so no joy there either. It's possible to use it, it's just a major pain, and takes more effor than it's worth. On 1/10/2023 6:01 PM, Heather Seaman wrote: > Could an emulator like DosBox work? You'd have to check whether the emulator > is accessible, but if so maybe you could play that blast from the past. On > Jan 10, 2023 5:45 PM, Travis Siegel <[email protected]> wrote: >> I never solved it, but I too spent entirely too much time playing that >> one. Haven't managed to get it working sufficiently under windows, in >> dos it worked just fine though. >> >> Any suggestions? >> >> >> On 1/10/2023 5:03 PM, Jude DaShiell wrote: >>> Have you ever played nethack? I've never won that game myself. Many >>> years spent playing it though. >>> >>> >> >> >> >> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#125677): https://groups.io/g/blind-gamers/message/125677 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/96188899/21656 Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/blind-gamers/leave/607459/21656/1071380848/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
