[BlindMath] Accessibility of Command Prompt or Powershell or Terminal

[Bill Dengler]

Hi Shail,
That's almost right: cmd.exe and powershell.exe, right now, are shells
launched in the classic Windows Console Host (conhoste.exe). wt.exe is a
new, modern terminal app. Think of them as different graphical interfaces
for the same command-line programs.
In Windows Sun Valley 2, though, when cmd.exe/powershell.exe are launched,
these will open Windows Terminal (new), not conhost (old). If I were
learning a new one, I'd definitely start with Windows Terminal as that is
probably the most performant right now on the NVDA side (I added support for
it to NVDA 2020.2). (watch this space: as part of the switch, Windows
Terminal is receiving even more performance improvements to its
accessibility support soon!)

Bill
-----Original Message-----
From: BlindMath <blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Shail M via
BlindMath
Sent: Tuesday, 1 February 2022 01:11
To: Blind Math list for those interested in mathematics
<blindmath at nfbnet.org>
Cc: Shail M <momdadofarushi at hotmail.com>
Subject: [BlindMath] Accessibility of Command Prompt or Powershell or
Terminal

Hi All,

I am trying to find out the best accessible shell on Windows operating
system. I know of command prompt (cmd.exe), Powershell and the newly added
Windows Terminal (which seems like a new shell over cmd or powershell with
multiple tab view). I want to pick one of these which is most accessible for
further investment of time to learn.

Do you have any suggestions which might be the best option?

I liked Powershell so far. It seems to be more accessible as JAWS speaks
everything on the screen which it doesn't do for Command Window. It also
gives the most power and flexibility in terms of variety of operations or
functions that you can perform on Windows.

Thanks
Shailendra

_______________________________________________
BlindMath mailing list
BlindMath at nfbnet.org
http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindmath_nfbnet.org
To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
BlindMath:
http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindmath_nfbnet.org/codeofdusk%40gmail.co
m
BlindMath Gems can be found at
<http://www.blindscience.org/blindmath-gems-home>