Willem: The see command is a new one to me, and it's not on my system. What package provides that? It sounds very useful. tia Janina Linux for blind general discussion writes: > Hi, > It has a -really-quiet option which stop most output. > Also just shut up your screen reader while playing music will work. > If it is speakup, press the right bottom key on your keyboard, the enter key > on the numpad for shut up. > You can also set some config parameter in the mplayer config file in /etc to > keep it quiet. > for printing, just run > print any_file_name > If you have a properly defined mailcap file, things will just work. > You can usually also just run > lp any_file_name > once your printer is configured properly. > Web browsing is the one area where one has problems from the console. > The lynx browser, that is l y n x, works well for many things, but does not > support modern web pages. > That said, I use it unless I really cannot do otherwise. > The three commands, see, edit and print uses your mailcap file and is quite > powerful. > e.g. if I do > see some_file.doc > it will read a microsoft word document to me. > If I do > see song.wav > It will start playing the music. > FWIW, Willem > > > On Thu, 25 May 2017, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > > > Well, Mark peveto here, > > I tried mplayer, and yeah, it works, but good heavens how do I get it not to read that screen full of fluff while it plays? > > > > > > Mark Peveto > > Registered Linux user number 600552 > > Everything happens after coffee! > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list mailing list > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > > > > -- > > This message is subject to the CSIR's copyright terms and conditions, e-mail > legal notice, and implemented Open Document Format (ODF) standard. The full > disclaimer details can be found at http://www.csir.co.za/disclaimer.html. > > Please consider the environment before printing this email. > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list -- Janina Sajka, Phone: +1.443.300.2200 sip:janina@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Email: janina@xxxxxxxxxxx Linux Foundation Fellow Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup: http://a11y.org The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) Chair, Accessible Platform Architectures http://www.w3.org/wai/apa _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list