Oh, yes, one can do this with Voice Over, but it's so very, very cumbersome compared to using Speakup's numeric keypad screen review.
I just don't have all day to fuss with VO. Just my experience. Janina Linux for blind general discussion writes: > -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 > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list -- 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 _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list
