Re: Tutorial wasRe: Iggdrasil, a new amazing screenreader
I have no idea what happened there.
On Fri, 31 Dec 2021, D.J.J. Ring, Jr. wrote:
> It now says "so long" - I guess it's all gone.
>
> DR
>
> On Fri, Dec 31, 2021 at 6:19 PM Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@panix.com> wrote:
>
> > https://www.acbradio.org/ is the starting point. It's a radio station and
> > can be listened to on the internet and with android and iphone apps but
> > the current programs play. The main menu channel is the one for technical
> > information and treasure trove has old-time radio programs.
> >
> >
> > On Fri, 31 Dec 2021, D.J.J. Ring, Jr. wrote:
> >
> > > Is this acbradio, a podcast, radio program, linux application, or what?
> > >
> > > acbradio has a main menu program and a large archive of programs from
> > main
> > > menu available for download.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Fri, Dec 31, 2021 at 3:26 PM Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@panix.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > > acbradio has a main menu program and a large archive of programs from
> > main
> > > > menu available for download. One of them has a debian install
> > > > demonstration in it and another one has a slackware demonstration
> > install
> > > > in it. It will not be easy to find them either but they're some of the
> > > > earlier programs in the archive. More than that I cannot tell you.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Fri, 31 Dec 2021, James AUSTIN wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Hi everyone
> > > > >
> > > > > Happy New Year to you all.
> > > > >
> > > > > I am really enjoying this discussion and also found it fascinating. I
> > > > would like to use the command line more and while I have some
> > experience
> > > > with it much of what is being discussed here goes over my head.
> > > > >
> > > > > I am wondering if there are any tutorials available to help someone
> > set
> > > > a system such as the one being discussed up from scratch. Well I can
> > access
> > > > the command line from a GUI I am reliant upon a graphical user
> > interface
> > > > being pre-installed with orca before I can use the command line.
> > > > >
> > > > > I appreciate that historically Linux was viewed by many as a
> > programmers
> > > > operating system, but in recent years it has become much more
> > user-friendly
> > > > and available to every day computer users.
> > > > >
> > > > > Any pointers to tutorials to set this up from scratch from a
> > blindness
> > > > perspective it would be greatly appreciated.
> > > > >
> > > > > Thank you
> > > > >
> > > > > Warmest wishes
> > > > >
> > > > > James
> > > > >
> > > > > Sent from my iPhone
> > > > >
> > > > > > On 31 Dec 2021, at 05:16, Jordan Livesey <jordanlivesey9@gmail.com
> > >
> > > > wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > That is why when you are just starting out on the console, and you
> > > > know how to set up speak up, the keyboard shortcuts for that only
> > require
> > > > you to hold down the caps lock key by default, when ever I do an
> > install I
> > > > always turn the volume up with caps lock and 2 to turn up the volume,
> > but
> > > > as a rule of thumb, I generally don?t need to use it as the terminal
> > gets
> > > > all the work I need done, a simple sudo aptitude update and sudo
> > aptitude
> > > > upgrade if needed if I check for updates which I do regularly
> > > > > >
> > > > > >> On 31 Dec 2021, at 03:14, Jeffery Mewtamer <mewtamer@gmail.com>
> > > > wrote:
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >> Even with console applications, there are various toolkits that
> > allow
> > > > > >> for the creation of pseudo-GUIs and many such applications do
> > have a
> > > > > >> number of keyboard commands, though they don't always adhere to
> > the
> > > > > >> conventions shared by most GUI applications(e.g. in the Nano text
> > > > > >> editor, save is ctrl+o, not ctrl+s, cut and paste are ctrl+k and
> > > > > >> ctrl+u instead of ctrl+x and ctrl+v, and find is ctrl+w instead of
> > > > > >> ctrl+f)
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >> Most such text-only GUIs are built on ncurses, and there are
> > packages
> > > > > >> like dialog that allow shell scripts to to display dialog boxes
> > and
> > > > > >> scrollable menus.
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >> I also think it worth noting that, on most distros, there isn't
> > just
> > > > > >> one console, but several and that you can easily switch between
> > them
> > > > > >> with just a couple of key presses.
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >> As a general rule, each console is reference by the abbreviation
> > tty
> > > > > >> followed by a number and if you're in one console, you switch to a
> > > > > >> different one by pressing alt+ the function key corresponding to
> > the
> > > > > >> number of the console you want. The number varies from distro to
> > > > > >> distro, but 12 is common, one for each function key on a standard
> > > > > >> keyboard, though I understand setups with 24 and a distinction
> > made
> > > > > >> between left alt and right alt when switching aren't uncommon. If
> > > > > >> you're running an Xserver, it takes up one of the consoles, and if
> > > > > >> you're in the GUI, you typically need to do trl+alt+fn to break
> > out of
> > > > > >> the GUI and into the text consoles. If you start x manually, the
> > > > > >> xserver will be on whichever console you were on when you invoked
> > > > > >> startx, but if your system boots into the desktop automatically,
> > which
> > > > > >> console is used for the GUI varies from distro to distro, though I
> > > > > >> believe tty1 and tty6 or tty7 are the most common.
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >> I usually have a stripped down Xserver running Firefox+Orca on
> > tty1
> > > > > >> and use tty2+ for everything else... at the moment, I have:
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >> Firefox+Orca running on tty1
> > > > > >> aumix(a audio mixer) opened in tty2
> > > > > >> A text file open in nano on tty3
> > > > > >> tty4 at the command prompt in the directory where the text file
> > that's
> > > > > >> open in tty3 is located, for easily running wc to get word count
> > of
> > > > > >> the file without having to close and reopen my editor or if I
> > need to
> > > > > >> pull up a different file to reference something.
> > > > > >> tty5 is open to the directory where Firefox dumps all of my
> > downloads.
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >> and from Firefox, I just use ctrl+alt+F2-F5 to jump to aumix, the
> > open
> > > > > >> text file, the directory where the file is saved, or my downloads
> > > > > >> directory, and can switch between any of those text consoles with
> > just
> > > > > >> alt+a function key.
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >> And while I haven't use them, there are utilities like screen and
> > some
> > > > > >> others to facilitate multi-tasking in a single console.
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >> And if things are properly configured, switching between the
> > console
> > > > > >> running X and one of the text consoles should seamlessly switch
> > > > > >> between Orca and your console screen reader, though this can
> > sometimes
> > > > > >> be tricky to get working right.
> > > > > >>
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