Jason White writes: ... snip ... > Speakup on a real Linux machine is better, of course, but I find myself using Windows Subsystem for Linux frequently these days so that I can switch between it and the GUI desktop without having to switch machines or reboot - and without requiring virtualization. > Yes, that's the use case behind this. A lot of developers are liking bash on Windows for just this. > In my view, there's still nothing more accessible, or even as accessible to screen reader users than the Linux console environment. > Amen to that! Janina > -----Original Message----- > From: Speakup [mailto:speakup-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Don Raikes > Sent: Thursday, February 1, 2018 11:36 AM > To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. <speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Glenn At Home <glennervin@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: RE: Help with running Speakup on Kali Linux > > I just checked and the bash on windows shell does not speak with jaws nor does the vi editor. > -----Original Message----- > From: Justin Skists [mailto:j.skists@xxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2018 2:09 AM > To: Glenn At Home <glennervin@xxxxxxxxxxxx>; Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. <speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: Help with running Speakup on Kali Linux > > > Does anyone know which Linux Microsoft is running in the command shell > > in Windows 10? > > It's generally Ubuntu (userspace only) by default, but I believe that you can set it up with others (SuSE, etc). > > > > I wonder if the Windows screenreader works like it does in a regular > > windows command shell, or if SpeakUp needs to be installed. > > The speakup kernel driver won't work, as the Bash on Windows doesn't use a Linux kernel. But, being a standard windows console, it might work with Microsoft tools. > > > Justin. > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__linux-2Dspeakup.org_cgi-2Dbin_mailman_listinfo_speakup&d=DwIGaQ&c=RoP1YumCXCgaWHvlZYR8PZh8Bv7qIrMUB65eapI_JnE&r=RSYNyNFr7Oj1BRE0qW_8pVA2z0qhUeWtOTBuXmZp9uE&m=2v42iUIWRRQyusi8wgIXPLnrjxO9-vZdfiEwM7ZHxew&s=F4fhwkwGDgRxK38GJOQAn2_TSvh_aTbSPISDsBnpJ_M&e= > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Janina Sajka Linux Foundation Fellow Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup: http://a11y.org The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) Chair, Accessible Platform Architectures http://www.w3.org/wai/apa _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup
