Has this impression of younger sighted Linux system administrators come from personal experience? I work in the Linux server field, and I don't work with any younger sighted engineers who aren't fluent with the command line. On 28/01/13 04:06, Jude DaShiell wrote: > emacspeak provides its own environment not a text console. You can run a > text console from emacspeak when necessary and doing so puts all of the > power tools in your hands Linux has to offer so it's an advantage to learn > especially if you're going for a real Linux sysadmin job or doing any > other real Linux work since most of the young sighted competitors you have > will focus primarily on the graphical user interface. This trend with the > younger Linux workers gets older managers frustrated when younger workers > either can't do something at all or take too long to do it because they're > using the mouse and the graphical user interface when some of the older > managers can do tasks with the text console and keyboard in half the time > or less.On Mon, 28 Jan 2013, mattias wrote: > >> i think emacspeak are only for text console >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bryan Duarte" <bryan0731@xxxxxxxxx> >> To: <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> >> Sent: Monday, January 28, 2013 3:16 AM >> Subject: Orca or EmacSpeak >> >> >>> Hello, >>> >>> I am new to Linux and am having some trouble getting to learn the OS due to >>> the Orca screen reader. I will start off by letting you know I am on a Mac >>> book running Mountain Lion. I am running ubuntu 1204 in VMware fusion. To >>> this point I am only able to preform commands which do not require the Orca >>> modifier key. I read that the Orca modifier key is the "insert" key, but Mac >>> does not have an "insert" key. I have read several different posts of people >>> describing a few key commands which simulate the insert key but none have >>> worked for me. I also was told I can set my Orca configuration to "laptop" >>> and then the "caps lock" key will act as the modifier, and yet again I am >>> unable to do this. >>> >>> Now to the question at hand. Does anyone have some experience with this >>> issue who can help me get it working? If not can someone please let me know >>> if EmacSpeak is a better option for linux? I have read lots of good things >>> about emacSpeak but honestly have no idea how to switch from Orca to >>> emacSpeak. I am not bias to either screen reader I am just looking to learn >>> linux well enough to write some programs, use the terminal, and call it a >>> familiar OS. I would greatly appreciate any help. >>> Bryan Duarte >>> 1 Corinthians 9:24 Don't you realize that in a race everyone runs, but only >>> one gets the prize? So run to win! >>> Arizona State University Applied Computer Science Undergraduate >>> Twitter: @blindambitions >>> Skype: bambryan >>> "Blind Ambitions" >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >> >> >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > jude <jdashiel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Adobe fiend for failing to Flash > > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > -- Christopher (CJ) chaltain at Gmail _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list