The only other caveat with lynx is that like most text browsers that I am aware of it doen's handle javascript which means some pages will be unusable in part or full depending on the amount of javascript used. I don't find the file numbering option very useful but that is personal preference. Tom On Mon, Nov 19, 2007 at 11:52:11AM -0500, Janina Sajka wrote: > Geoff's advice is absolutely on the mark. Lynx with Speakup continues to > be a powerful, and very accessible browser. However, you do need to > learn Speakup's screen review commands to use lynx effectively, because > it doesn't work the way Windows screen readers made Internet Explorer > work. > > My advice is to start lynx with two key command line options--then make > these your defaults in the Options menu (accessed with by o) so you > don't have to issue this long command every time: > > lynx -show_cursor -number_fields > > This will cause the system cursor to track your focus on hyperlinks, > which is where you go with up and down arrow, or with TAB and Alt+TAB. > Yes, that's correct, Alt+TAB, and not Shift+TAB, which has always been > the Unix default. > > The Lynx for users who are blind document for which you were asking a URI is at: > > http://leb.net/blinux/blynx/ > > You can also access it on the help screen of Lynx, accessible by ?, but > this wouldn't help you if you don't yet understand how to read documents > in lynx. > > Janina > > > Geoff Shang writes: > > Hi, > > > > To read the output of Lynx or pretty much any other application in the > > console, you're going to need to use Speakup's screen review keys. > > > > By default, you can use the numpad 7 and 9 keys to read the previous and > > next line respectively, and 8 to read the current line. The same logic > > applies to 4 5 and 6 (words) and 1 2 and 3 (characters). You can use > > numpad-insert plus numpad 9 (page up) to go to the top of the screen, and > > numpad-insert plus numpad-2 (down arrow) to read from the current curso > > position to the bottom of the screen. > > > > To check out what all the speakup keys do, press keypad-insert plus F1 when > > in Speakup and either up and down arrow through the list or try pressing > > keys to see what they do. Press Space to leave keyboard help. > > > > In lynx, you can use page-down or Space to go to the next screen, and > > page-up or b to go back a page. As posted already, insert and delete move > > the screen display up and down one line (something I previously didn't > > know). Home and End go to the first and last screen of a document, as do > > control-A and control-E respectively. Up and Down arrows move you to the > > next and previous page element (or next and previous line in a multi-line > > edit field), and right arrow follows a link and left goes back unless > > you're in any kind of edit field. > > > > To get a full and hopefully up to date list of keystrokes in lynx, press > > "k" when in lynx. > > > > Note that unless you use a blinux lynx config (wich I did see somewhere but > > don't know where), lynx will not automatically make the cursor track where > > you are in a document. You need to turn on "show cursor" in the options > > screen which is not exactly straight-forward, or by setting > > > > show_cursor=on > > > > in your .lynxrc config file. > > > > Hope this helps you get started. > > > > Geoff. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list mailing list > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > -- > > Janina Sajka, Phone: +1.202.595.7777; sip:janina@xxxxxxxx > Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC http://CapitalAccessibility.Com > > Marketing the Owasys 22C talking screenless cell phone in the U.S. and Canada > Learn more at http://ScreenlessPhone.Com > > Chair, Open Accessibility janina@xxxxxxxx > Linux Foundation http://a11y.org > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list