xterm doesn't speak but with fenrir it can? Would you be willing to make a recording of this in action? On 11/19/18, Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Howdy, > >> Also, previous messages in this thread would suggest it works just as >> well in a Terminal Emulator as from the terminal itse > yea exactly. Fenrir provides "drivers" to provide different backends > (speech, braille (WIP), input, sound, remote and screen) > currently i implement 2 different screen drivers. > 1. vcsaDriver: uses /dev/vcsa[1-x] as information source to provide > information on the screen. this just works for real TTY terminal with an > existing VCSA device > 2. ptyDriver: uses pty, fork, and pyte to stand as "man in the middle" > (like yasr did but in a lot more advanced state). so it spawns an > terminal and captures any input you did and watches to the output of > its child process, processing it and pass it through. > i suggest to use XTERM or another inaccessible terminal emulator to my > users, because they don't conflict with orca at all (input (shortcuts) > and output). > >> built-in support for Unicode(arguably of limited use for > fenrir provides Unicode support as well for any language form just the > beginning (on VCSA and PTY). > >> No idea why Fenrir is named after the Wolf from Norse mythology, > hehe because i m a rebel ;). Just kidding. the naming was strom_dragons > idea ;). > > sadly i m not a good software deployer, so i just provide packages for > ArchLinux (since i use it). I also see some debian packages ( i never > tested or tried them, currenlty). > But fenrir runs also without any installation just from git, (the > dependencies are needed of course). > so if anyone is good in deploying software for different distros with > setup.py or similar, just tell me :). > > cheers chrys > > Am 19.11.18 um 18:30 schrieb Linux for blind general discussion: >> Fenrir is a text-mode, userspace screen reader written in Python. I >> haven't used it myself, but its gaining popularity as an alternative >> to espeakup. The two biggest pros I've heard is that, as a user space >> application, it doesn't require a kernel module(espeakup requires the >> speakup kernel module) and should thus be easier to setup on distros >> that don't ship staging modules in their default kernels(speakup has >> been trapped in staging for years and has little chance of graduating >> to kernel main short of a complete rewrite as I understand it) and >> built-in support for Unicode(arguably of limited use for >> English-speaking users, but could be vital to those whose native >> language uses a non-Latin Alphabet). >> >> Also, previous messages in this thread would suggest it works just as >> well in a Terminal Emulator as from the terminal itself, which I don't >> believe I've heard suggest of espeakup or SBL, the latter which I use >> for terminal speech myself(I only run X for Firefox, so I can't >> comment on the question of Terminal Emulators). >> >> No idea why Fenrir is named after the Wolf from Norse mythology, >> especially since its traditional to name screen readers after marine >> animals and this is the only screen reader I know of with a non-marine >> animal-based name. >> >> On 11/19/18, Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> >> wrote: >>> What is fenrir? >>> >>> On 11/19/18, Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> >>> wrote: >>>> Howdy, >>>> >>>> gnome-terminal works as well. >>>> >>>> you also can use fenrir to make an terminal emulator accessible by >>>> starting it with: >>>> fenrir -e (for using escape sequence shortcuts) >>>> sudo fenrir -E (using evdev, can only run once) >>>> >>>> cheers chrys >>>> Zitat von Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx>: >>>> >>>>> Is there any other accessible terminal emulators besides using mate >>>>> terminal in a window manager? >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> 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 >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list