[nfbcs] Jaws and Putty

John J. Boyer john.boyer at abilitiessoft.com
Mon Jan 27 20:41:55 UTC 2014


Yes, but it's command-line. There is a GUI, but I haven't tried it.

John

On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 08:05:07PM +0000, Currin, Kevin wrote:
> Does cygwin work with braille displays?
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> > On Jan 27, 2014, at 2:53 PM, "John J. Boyer" <john.boyer at abilitiessoft.com> wrote:
> > 
> > I'm already on the Vinux support list. However, i need good braille 
> > support, especially for contracted braille, and I haven't found them 
> > too friendly. There is also the matter of accessing Windows files from 
> > Vinux. If those two problems were solved I could start using Vinux for 
> > office work.
> > 
> > I'm thinking of installing  MinGW on Windows.
> > 
> > John
> > 
> >> On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 12:46:56PM -0500, Blaine Clark wrote:
> >> John, consider joining the support email list for the Vinux project.
> >> When it comes to Linux and Windows accessibility combined, these
> >> characters are possibly the best ones to
> >> ask; https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/vinux-support
> >> <https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21forum/vinux-support>
> >> They've doctored the Ubuntu build of Linux into a much more stable and
> >> usable version for VI accessibility and there are members who network
> >> with Windows units regularly.
> >> 
> >> No Microsoft garbage used here, sent by a very satisfied Linux-Mint
> >> <http://www.linuxmint.com/> user (a former disgruntled Microsoft user).
> >> You could check out Vinux, Linux for the visually impaired
> >> <http://wiki.vinuxproject.org/>.
> >> Testimonials from Vinux users;
> >> http://www.vinuxproject.org/what-vinux-users-think.
> >> This email and any attachments are not virus scanned either, that's up
> >> to you poor Microsoft users to deal with.
> >> I'd rather be a wild and wacky Linux Penguin than a docile,
> >> domesticated, Microsoft sheep.
> >> 
> >> Linux user 546139. <https://linuxcounter.net/cert/546139.png>
> >>> On 01/27/2014 07:00 AM, nfbcs-request at nfbnet.org wrote:
> >>> Subject: [nfbcs] Jaws and Putty
> >>> Message-ID: <20140126200455.GA23301 at abilitiessoft01>
> >>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
> >>> 
> >>> I am trying to use Putty to ssh into Linux boxes from Windows 7. 
> >>> However, it is not very accessible. Can it be configured to give better 
> >>> results?
> >>> 
> >>> John
> >> 
> >> 
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