Cool. Is that a DOS ap? -- charlie. At 03:00 PM 5/20/02 -0400, you wrote: >There is. It's called console telnet and it's open source. I don't >remember the url of the top of my head, but I can look it up. >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Charles Crawford" <ccrawford at acb.org> >To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> >Sent: Monday, May 20, 2002 1:45 PM >Subject: Re: free terminal emulator for windows - download and install > > > > Window eyes uses the insert-a for speak all when you are in teraterm. >That > > program is not all that good from my experience. I just wish there were a > > good dos telnet program that coudl run from the dos window.. > > > > -- Charlie. > > > > At 12:54 PM 5/20/02 -0500, you wrote: > > >You mention jaws scripts. Are there window-eyes set files too? Or does it > > >work fine without them. > > >Greg > > > > > > > > >On Mon, May 20, 2002 at 01:12:56PM -0400, Rich Caloggero wrote: > > > > Janina wrote: > > > > > > Another option would be a better screen reader for telnet and a > > > > > > better telnet client. That would mean a good DOS screen reader > > > > > > like asap or Vocal-Eyes, assuming he can actually run DOS on that > > > > > > Windows machine. Neither of those is very cheap, though, and > > > > > > > > I use a free windows terminal emulator called teraterm. I redefine the >jaws > > > > function sayNonHighlightedText to read everything appearing on the >screen, > > > > as long as its not a menu or in a dialog box (about 7 lines of code. >Go to > > > > http://barajas.mit.edu/teraterm/ to get the package. Just unzip it >into a > > > > directory somewhere and click on ttermpro.exe for the standard version >or > > > > ttssh.exe for the ssh version. Both report the application name is > > > > ttermpro.exe, so the jaws scripts will work regardless. > > > > The jaws scripts are in ttermpro.zip. Download this file, extract to >your > > > > jaws scripts directory, and then either press enter on this script >filename > > > > from within windows explorer or press insert+f2 and choose script >manager > > > > and open the file from there. Once you have the file, press control+s >to > > > > save and compile it. Now you should be able to run teraterm and jaws >should > > > > speak correctly. > > > > > > > > The real problem is text editing. I use ex (vi without the full-screen > > > > stuff - basically ed ), but only crazy people like me probably want to >go > > > > this way. I need to try a full screen editor and make it work via a > > > terminal > > > > emulator. VI might be a good choice, but the key bindings only make > > > sense if > > > > you know about ed. What's the other choices for full screen editing >which > > > > are *not* emacs? I've heard of something called vim (is this correct)? > > > > There's pico and probably others. I need to try and make this work for > > > > myself too, because using ex is nice in some ways, but its more typing >than > > > > I really want to do with my RSI the way it is. > > > > > > > > I can help more with this if needed. Its not the greatest solution, >but it > > > > works very well for me. The terminal emulator is very very stable. Its > > > > worked on every version of windows I've tried it on with the same >results. > > > > > > > > Hope this helps someone -- Teddy especially. Please don't hesitate to > > > ask me > > > > for more help. I will be unavailable for the next week or so, but >after the > > > > 28th, I'll be able to answer e-mail again. > > > > > > > > Rich Caloggero > > > > MIT Adaptive Tech. for Info and Computing > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Speakup mailing list > > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > > >Speakup mailing list > > >Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > >_______________________________________________ >Speakup mailing list >Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
