Terminal works through voiceover. You just going to terminal from the finder, and from there, you can use terminal in voiceover.
Sincerely, The Constantly barefooted Ray, Still a very happy Mac, Verizon Wireless iPhone 6+ and Apple TV user! Sent from my iPhone, the only smart phone with full accessibility for the blind built-in > On Dec 11, 2014, at 4:08 PM, deedra waters <[email protected]> wrote: > > from what i gather isn’t virtual box a pita to use from the command line…. as > well, I need the vm to talk using speak or y a s r. So, how does running the > vm in a command line help me when i need it’s command line to talk? > > > deedra waters > [email protected] > > > >> On Dec 11, 2014, at 1:42 PM, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> As Genna mentioned previously in this thread, virtualbox does the same thing >> as vmware and is free. The downside is that the GUI is not very accessible, >> but you don't really need the GUI as it's all configurable from terminal. In >> other words you would use terminal to get virtualbox up and running with >> your unix of choice and then you could do what you want inside that virtual >> machine. All that said, just remember that OSX is not Linux. It's based on >> BSD, which also is not Linux. >> >> CB >> >>> On 12/11/14, 3:16 PM, deedra waters wrote: >>> I like the bratty idea sad though that our display is half defective and >>> not fixable. I’m thinking vmware is going to end up being my way to go. I >>> just don’t want to pay a small fortune for vmware when all i want is 1 >>> linux vm that’s useable. >>> >>> >>> deedra waters >>> [email protected] >>> >>> >>> >>>> On Dec 11, 2014, at 12:13 PM, Cheryl Homiak <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> The terminal is fine if one has a braille display and can use brltty, for >>>> which I know I should write a README but honestly I haven't been able to >>>> find time to do it! If nobody else does it first, I truly do plan to >>>> eventually. But in my opinion, without brltty, the terminal isn't much fun >>>> though it can be used for entering commands without too much trouble. With >>>> brltty, I just turn voiceover off if using the terminal for any length of >>>> time because I've had issues with terminal crashing and it doesn't seem to >>>> happen if voiceover isn't on. >>>> >>>> I did run vmware with linux for a time and it's doable. I also fixed up an >>>> old powerpc Mac mini with wheezy for kind of a backup for my linux needs. >>>> >>>> Having homebrew and/or Macports does much broaden your options in terminal >>>> also. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Cheryl >>>> >>>> >>>> Go beyond the Christmas story this year; >>>> meet Immanuel (God with us), >>>> Jesus, the crucified Savior, >>>> Christ, the risen LORD!!! >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> On Dec 11, 2014, at 1:43 PM, deedra waters <[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Well, first of all i’m more or less happy with what i got in terms of >>>>> the macbook air. it’s portable and light which is good. I was able to sit >>>>> in the er for several hours waiting for my turn to see the doctor and >>>>> was actually not bored there for once. >>>>> >>>>> I had brought the macbook and a usb headset. Usually when i land in the >>>>> hospital they end up admitting me because of some of my medical issues. >>>>> This time though I wasn’t admitted but had i been i’d have books at least! >>>>> >>>>> Either way the 10ish hours passed rarely quickly with something to do. I >>>>> was really annoyed the fact that i couldn’t get my media i’d brought to >>>>> play for the life of me…. Instead i watched episodes of days of our lives >>>>> from the iTunes store *snicker* >>>>> >>>>> From a linux point of view though things are quite different. for example >>>>> tail -n 50 doesn’t work across platforms in terms of the mac and linux >>>>> with the mac you have to type something like tail -50 to get what you >>>>> want. Little things like that ended up requiring the linux/unix skills of >>>>> my fiancé to get certain of my scripts and some other python tools to >>>>> work properly. >>>>> >>>>> I’m highly unsatisfied with the terminal though I mean it does simple >>>>> mac type things fine and works well enough for that but unless i buy >>>>> vmware fusion or unless there’s a cheaper way of getting a linux vm up >>>>> and running for those tasks that just don’t do well in the mac terminal >>>>> >>>>> The speech interrupts are highly annoying in the terminal i’d kill for a >>>>> way to turn those off and on. I also ended up buying a few apps that just >>>>> make things simpler for me. Take the my medical app. With as sick as i >>>>> am, that app is almost a needed thing. I’ve been working to get as much >>>>> of my medical records as possible put into the app so that way if worse >>>>> comes to worse all i have to do is turn voiceover off, they should be >>>>> able to access and read the info then give the thing back to me. In >>>>> theory at least it sounds like a great idea. I’m probably going to have >>>>> to find a way of getting the data to export to a readable format such as >>>>> pdf for them. >>>>> >>>>> Mac journal i also found useful for several things. >>>>> >>>>> Over all, i like what i got. I still have a ton to learn but i think that >>>>> that will come with time and practice. 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