One might hope for this, but I suspect there's a builtin problem with Windows screen readers. Are any of them any good with text output in the terminal? I haven't tried recently myself, but I don't see as there's been any reason for them to get any better this way.
Decades ago we had pretty powerful screen readers for DOS, and we certainly have a very powerful screen reader on Linux consoles in Speakup. But, without something similarly capable, I don't see how cli based apps are going to attract blind users on Windows. Sad, actually. Janina Devin Prater writes: > Well, now that bash is everywhere, perhaps we'll see a console comeback, at > least for the blind. I could see great email clients and web browsers come > out of this. But then again, it may just be a sort of forgotten thing, on the > fringes of knowledge, like the windows command-line is for most users. > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Jul 24, 2016, at 5:22 PM, Christopher Chaltain <chalt...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > Well, I need to still look into this more myself, so I don't have all the > > answers yet like those of you who have explored this more already, but I'm > > not sure why this has to be a half baked solution. Also, even though > > developers have been dealing with cross platform development for a while > > doesn't mean it can't be improved or that this won't open up some more > > opportunities for developers to quickly make some applications available on > > multiple platforms. I'm also thinking of the cloud where developers might > > want to manage multiple operating systems, like Windows and Ubuntu running > > in clouds such as Azure or AWS. Providing the ability to quickly build a > > framework based on tools common to both Windows and Ubuntu seems like it > > would be a good idea in this situation. > > > > For me, I like seeing new innovative things being done and offered. Let > > things like this be made available and see if any bright developers or > > users out there want to take advantage of it. If it doesn't work then it > > doesn't harm me at all, but if it does then who knows what I'll now have > > access to. I'm just glad there are people out there trying new things and > > not just listening to the nay sayers who are happy with what they have and > > think everyone else should be as well. > > > >> On 24/07/16 12:27, Kyle wrote: > >> I'm not exactly sure why developers would want this either. Windows > >> developers already had Visual Studio, which they apparently love, and > >> GNU/Linux developers will continue using GNU/Linux, where all the > >> development software anyone could dream of is free and open source. > >> Developers, more even than regular users, want a complete solution, not > >> some half-baked attempt at GNU in a Microsoft environment. They will > >> either go for 100% Microsoft in the Windows + Visual Studio, or they > >> will develop for GNU/Linux. Cross-platform developers will continue > >> doing what they have always done, which means running multiple OS's and > >> building for each one individually. I guess maybe people building > >> Rockbox who have used GNU/Linux to build it for years will possibly be > >> able to fully build it in a Windows environment without Cygwin, but > >> what's the point, especially when they've already been using GNU/Linux > >> for years to do that? > >> Sent from a sign o' the times > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Blinux-list mailing list > >> Blinux-list@redhat.com > >> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > > -- > > Christopher (CJ) > > chaltain at Gmail > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list mailing list > > Blinux-list@redhat.com > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list -- Janina Sajka, Phone: +1.443.300.2200 sip:jan...@asterisk.rednote.net Email: jan...@rednote.net 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 _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list