You can define windows in speakup and make those silent by having only the window where you're working speaking. On Mon, 5 Oct 2020, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2020 04:47:13 > From: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > To: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: Console screenreaders > > With Speakup you can turn the automatic reading of updated content on and > off with speakupkey+keypad-enter, or control+speakupkey+normal-enter. > Fenrir has a similar mechanism. > > Regards, > > Rynhardt > > On Sun, 4 Oct 2020, 21:15 Linux for blind general discussion, < > blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > I've never used Tmux, but that sounds like a prime example of why I > > prefer SBL's less chatty nature to espeakup. To give a similar example > > with a program I use regularly, Nano defaults to having a title bar on > > the top and a status bar on the third line from the bottom(the bottom > > two lines are a command quick reference). Espeakup will read these > > everytime they change, but SBL will only read them if I use screen > > review to read them, and in most cases, I prefer not to hear what's on > > those lines(the one exception I can think of where I would prefer > > espeakup's chattier behavior is in the case of pressing ctrl+C, which > > prints current position on the status line(I also often care about the > > lines written when saving a file, but since I'm usually at the end of > > a file when saving, I can usually just use caps+pageDown to read from > > current position to end of screen instead of having to manully > > navigate to the status line with caps and up/down arrows like I > > usually have to do with current position since I usually do ctrl+c in > > the middle of a file). > > > > Admittedly, there are cases I wish I could switch between "read all > > newly displayed text" and "read only what I tell you to read" on the > > fly. I find the latter better for most things, but the former is nice > > when playing text adventures. > > > > -Jeffery > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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