Re: Console E-mail client for my need

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I use mutt with speakup, and it works very well.
But yes, that's after tweaking, configuring, and adding some support scripts.

On Tue, Jul 18, 2023 at 06:05:10PM -0300, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
> Hi, I'm setting up an environment on my new Gentoo installation. I'm
> thinking of setting up an e-mail client at the console rather than a desktop
> client like Thunderbird, because console programs tend to be more performant
> and stable. On the other hand, I prefer text reading on desktop programs, as
> there are more convenient commands, e.g. the famous continuous reading
> command found in Orca. Thus, I thought of choosing a console client that
> allows me to open a text editor like leafpad to read plain text e-mail
> messages, and open a browser like Firefox to read html messages.
> 
> Upon searching, there appears to be only a few console clients still
> maintained, namely Mutt, neoMutt and sup. Sup is curses based, but NeoMutt
> seems the most active, though it probably requires a lot of time and
> patience to configure properly, as it doesn't have any interactive settings
> wizard; one needs to carefully read and change files manually.
> 
> Can someone say if it's worth trying? If so, what screen reader works better
> with it: fenrir, orca or speakup? Am I missing any other good client?
> 
> Thanks,
> Cleverson
> 
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