dan:
what screen reader do you use in freebsd?
On Jan 23, 2006, at 9:15 AM, .dan. wrote:
"With all due respect, I think you are trying to translate something
from your Jaws/Windows experience that doesn't necessarily need
translating for most applications. I do know what screen review is;
in linux using the speakup screen reader we could review the screen"
I don't use jaws or windows. I use dos and freebsd, linux. I use
vocal
eyes and have in past used window eyes which retains most of the
functionality of the dos version. These questions about vo come to
mind as
I review how I use my screen reader. One central part of vocal
eyes and
window eyes is that almost all of the functions are in the user's
control.
All functions can be assigned to any key combination, windows can
be set
for parts of the screen, automatic reading of windows when a text
string
appears, review mode which allows complete control in reviewing all
parts
of the screen in any application and doing a string search, pasting
strings
from the screen into memory buffers for later use across
applications and
operating systems. This is a fraction of what is allowed but is a
list of
what I do daily for the great bulk of computer use in all
applications and
it is under my specific and complete control at all times in
exactly the
way I care to use it in the fashion that makes me most productive.
If any
part of this fails, the complete user defined control and
functionality can
be changed into something else.
I'm not asking that another screen reader work in exactly the same
way but
that it should allow duplication of that level of control and
functionality. I'm interested in a mac because I used to use one
in the
middle 80's when still having sight enough. However, just reading mac
manuals and hering people discuss their experience leads me to
think most
of what is allowed in the system described has been chosen for the
user and
little flexability is possible. Someone at apple is making the
bulk of the
decisions of how blind folk will use the mac. For me a dos box
networked to
a mac using vocal eyes might still be the best combination, with
use of vo
as a second teir screen reader used for specific tasks.
XB
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