I just had a crazy thought, if there was some way to have an sdl app
that looked like a console or that was a windows console interface
with dosbox would that work.
At 01:55 p.m. 9/01/2015, you wrote:
Michael,
While I am not Thomas, I can take a stab at answering this question.
It comes back to the technology being used. Dosbox and related Apps
talk to the graphics hardware at a very low level.. Despite how it
looks to the average user, they are not actually writing text as we
understand it. The technology in question is called SDL, and it
bypasses almost every operating system function in order to work.
There is literally no text for the screen reader to intercept, as you say.
one of the benefits of this technology, for sighted people, is that
it is possible for DOS box to work under multiple operating systems,
such as Linux. The obvious drawback is that, at the moment, it is
literally impossible for any screen reader to read anything from it.
It is difficult to explain this kind of concept to the uninitiated.
If there is anything anybody needs clarification on, please ask.
Bestt,
Zack.
> On Jan 8, 2015, at 4:34 PM, Michael Gauler <michael.gau...@gmx.de> wrote:
>
> Hi Thomas,
> I would like to ask a question about the problems with such
programs as the mentioned Dosbox.
> Why is it so difficult for a screen reader to get anything from
such a program?
> Shouldn't (in theory) a screen reader be able to get all the
information on the screen as it is given from a graphic card to the
screen or whatever component actually puts anything on the screen?
> If this is not true, what purpose had such things as Video
Intercept for JAWS up to Windows 7?
> If I have a program which in theory has access to all (graphical)
information which is currently displayed on the screen, shouldn't a
screen reader be able to read more things as long as you are not
running a full virtual machine or if you are not playing some kind
of video where you have constantly changing images on screen?
> I mean some text DOS games are not that graphically complex like
a video or some high end animations of mainstream games.
> And while we are at it, Dosbox surely wasn't developed Yesterday.
> This brings up the question why no screen reader developer seems
to have found a way to read such programs like Dosbox in general.
>
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