-eric,

I honestly do not have any special software or configerations to interact with 
the Unix console. I have noticed that each person who is having issues with the 
Mac terminal have in common. Remember Voiceover requires that you use the 
VoiceOver keys to navigate the VoiceOver cursor. It is similar to the flat 
review in Linux but uses different keys. You have to hold down the CTRL + CMD 
keys to move the cursor. In addition to these keys you have to make sure you 
are interacting with the terminal window. VoiceOver requires that you are 
"interacting" with windows for VoiceOver to read the contents of that window. 
To do this you press the Shift key + CTRL + CMD + the down arrow. In terms of 
the terminal window you would listen for "Shell" and perform the interaction 
command. From this point you would use the VoiceOver navigation commands to 
move around the stdout including the man pages. 

To interact with the man pages simply execute the man page you are interested 
in then use the above commands to read it. Once you have read the currently 
displayed page you would press the space bar to bring up the next section of 
the man page. You can tell if there is additional pages not being displayed 
because at the bottom there will be a : displayed letting you know there are 
more pages to show. To exit the man pages you would simply type the letter q. I 
typically will execute this command to have more control of the man docs and 
can review them later.
$ man grep >> grep.txt

I am sure you understand what that is doing but in case someone does not it is 
basically redirecting the stdout from the man command to a file named grep.txt. 
I then will use vim or cat to read the documentation. Hope this helps
Bryan Duarte | software engineer

ASU Computer Science Ph.D Student
IGERT Fellow
Alliance for Person-centered Accessible Technology (APAcT)
Center for Cognitive Ubiquitous Computing (CUbiC Lab)
National Federation of the Blind of Arizona | Affiliate Board Member
National Association of Blind Students | Board Member
Arizona Association of Blind Students | President
Phone: 480-652-3045

> On Feb 28, 2018, at 5:03 PM, Linux for blind general discussion 
> <blinux-list@redhat.com> wrote:
> 
> -eric

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