Hello eric, I’m satisfied with the Orca screen reader under Linux so far. Orca is the best screen reader for working with in Gnome and/or the Raspberry Pi desktop. For command line only, there’s Speakup, but Orca works well under Linux for my needs. When I used to use Windows, I used NVDA, and on Mac, I use VoiceOver.
Regarding dosemu2, I initially assumed that it wasn’t compatible with ARM64 systems. I couldn’t find a binary for ARM64 Debian, but saw others for x86/64/amd64. At one point, I tried to compile dosemu2, but I couldn’t meet the dependencies. A few libraries had to be compiled, which required other libraries that needed to be compiled. I also came across this post online: https://forums.raspberrypi.com/viewtopic.php?t=15401 that stated that DOSEMU was not compatible with Raspberry Pi, but I’d be happy to check out dosemu2 again. When I got FreeDOS to work with QEMU to output to a terminal rather than a GUI, I didn’t do any configurations to DOS itself. I downloaded a FreeDOS ISO, created a QEMU disk, and then started the FreeDOS installer with this command: qemu-system-i386 -nographic -m 16 -k en-us -rtc base=localtime -soundhw sb16,adlib -device cirrus-vga -hda freedos.img -cdrom FD12CD.iso -boot order=d I found these tutorials helpful. The Stack Overflow link, while not related to DOS, is where I found the information on the -nographic option. https://opensource.com/article/18/3/can-you-run-dos-raspberry-pi https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6710555/how-to-use-qemu-to-run-a-non-gui-os-on-the-terminal Thanks for your help! Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 23, 2024, at 2:24 PM, Eric Auer via Freedos-user > <freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > > > Hi Lawrence, > >> I’m using the Orca screen reader on Raspberry Pi OS > > How satisfied are you with Orca? > >> DOSBox doesn’t support sending output to the terminal... > >> I’ve heard DOSEMU has this option, but I don’t have >> a Linux computer that can support it. > > Actually Raspberry Pi OS is a version of Linux! > > And DOSEMU2 support is much better than DOSEMU support. > > There is DOSEMU2 for ARM64 Ubuntu, which may work in Raspberry Pi OS. > > You may open a ticket asking for Raspberry Pi OS packages, otherwise: > > https://github.com/dosemu2/dosemu2/issues > >> I managed to get the FreeDOS installer to output to the terminal using QEMU > > Sounds tedious, but as long as it works? > >> during the installation of FreeDOS... requires a restart... displays >> the normal boot sequence and doesn’t respond to any further commands. > > Please describe which special configuration etc. steps you used to get > the QEMU output on the terminal and the screen reader. If you had to > edit config or autoexec of the installer, for example, you may have to > apply the same change to the config or autoexec of what it installed? > > You could also exit and restart QEMU instead of letting DOS reboot it, > which also gives you the opportunity to change settings at the restart. > > As you suggest, you can also use FreeDOS directly from the Live CD, > without installing, but there will be some limitations then. > >> what unique text-based DOS games / software do you recommend > > Depends a lot on what you like. The monthly release test distro is big: > > https://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/distributions/test/report.html > > Regards, Eric > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
