Tim here. Yep, output defaults to the screen (well, standard-out), but each should have options for redirecting output to a file during an interactive session, and you can then open that resulting file in your favorite browser to navigate the tables in your preferred way. -Tim On May 2, 2022, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > For the HTML output, am I correct that she could have that HTML > output to a file? That way, she could open the file in a browser > like Firefox? That way, I would think she would be able to read > the HTML tables with Orca. Ryan > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On May 1, 2022, at 4:47 PM, Linux for blind general discussion > > <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Tim here. I know that at least sqlite's CLI interface lets you > > use > > > > .mode line > > > > which turns data into a linear format that's much more > > understandable when read aloud, data like > > > > sqlite> .mode line > > sqlite> select id, name from users; > > > > Id = 1 > > Name = Tim > > > > Id = 2 > > Name = Rich > > > > Id = 3 > > Name = Ellen > > > > PostgreSQL has a similar "expanded" format. > > > > I find it particularly useful when there are lots of columns and > > things start wrapping weirdly, making it hard to trace which > > column is which. > > > > If you really *do* want HTML output, the sqlite ".mode" command > > does also offer HTML output as an option: > > > > sqlite> .mode html > > > > which you can then pipe to your favorite HTML viewer. Similarly, > > PostgreSQL's "psql" client has an HTML output mode which you can > > invoke either as a CLI option > > > > $ psql --html > > > > or by enabling the option interactively > > > > (psql) \pset format html > > > > Hopefully this gives you some options for getting more useful > > output from sqlite or postgresql. I don't use mysql/mariadb > > much, so I can't speak as to whether it offers similar features. > > > > -Tim > > > > > >> One thought I have had, from time to time, is that it would be > >> nice to have tooling that transforms various tabular output > >> formats into HTML tables. This could let the user employ screen > >> reader navigation to crawl around the table. However, I have no > >> idea if anything of this sort exists. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list mailing list > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list