[nfbcs] Helping a software engineer keep his job

[Steve Jacobson]

Does Teraterm Pro give you a line and column position on the status line?  

Best regards,

Steve Jacobson

On Tue, 21 Oct 2014 07:52:14 -0500, david hertweck wrote:

>I use the free version of Teraterm  with Jaws and it works for me.

>-----Original Message----- 
>From: Steve Jacobson via nfbcs
>Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2014 6:48 PM
>To: Louis Maher via nfbcs
>Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Helping a software engineer keep his job

>At one time, Teraterm Pro worked well with screen readers and is also not 
>free, but does anyone know if that is true yet?

>Best regards,

>Steve

>On Sat, 18 Oct 2014 05:26:00 -0500, Louis Maher via nfbcs wrote:

>>Ian,

>>SecureCRT is an ssh client that works well with JAWS
>>(http://www.vandyke.com/products/securecrt/).  It costs $70 and is well
>>worth it.  I also cannot get putty and JAWS to work together.


>>Regards
>>Louis Maher
>>Phone 713-444-7838
>>E-mail ljmaher at swbell.net

>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: nfbcs [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Ian C. Bray via
>>nfbcs
>>Sent: Friday, October 17, 2014 7:21 PM
>>To: Gary Wunder; NFB in Computer Science Mailing List
>>Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Helping a software engineer keep his job

>>Gary,
>>It has been my experience that this is a more difficult thing to accomplish
>>than one would think.
>>I am too an old Sys
>>Admin & Analyst, and since I've lost my vision, and tried to find my way
>>back to the IS IT Field, it has been nothing but frustration after
>>frustration.

>>I have managed to use Command Shell Telnet on Windows machines to telnet
>>into my UBUNTU  boxes, but I had to install TELNET which is unsafe in orter
>>to do this.

>>I know of professionals that use Putty and JAWS  to do the same, but I
>>cannot get Putty working.

>>Correction-- Putty works fine... JAWS doesn't work well on my XP  machine
>>that I'm using to telnet in.

>>Ideally, Orca, espeak, or emacsspeak ( are all free rpm installable ) 
>>should
>>get the job done, but I cannot find any help to get it working.

>>Ian


>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Gary Wunder via nfbcs" <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
>>To: "'NFB in Computer Science Mailing List'" <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
>>Sent: Friday, October 17, 2014 11:47 AM
>>Subject: [nfbcs] Helping a software engineer keep his job


>>> Several days ago I was contacted by a software engineer who is going
>>> blind.
>>> He uses the Linux operating system, and what he really needs is a way to
>>> efficiently do the things that are required of him as a programmer for
>>> Lockheed Martin. His employer seems to be willing to get him any 
>>> equipment
>>> that might help him in his job, so they have gotten him Zoom text, the
>>> K1000, and I think they have even purchased several copies of JAWS for
>>> Windows for him to use on several computers. Of course all of these are
>>> based on Microsoft Windows, and what he really needs to interact with is 
>>> a
>>> Linux box. He has figured out a way to do some terminal emulation that
>>> lets
>>> him use screen reading technology, but all of the workarounds really make
>>> it
>>> difficult for him to do what once was efficient.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Do any of you have ideas about how to help him? My impression is that he
>>> is
>>> smart, motivated, well regarded by his employer, but at his wits in as to
>>> how to do his job and to meet the deadlines that are being offered. He is
>>> monitoring this list and will appreciate any comments that people care to
>>> give. I will be monitoring the list, but I will be on vacation and rather
>>> out of touch for the next ten days or so. I thank all of you for thinking
>>> about this and giving him your best ideas. His name is Graham Mehl.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Warmly,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Gary
>>>
>>> Linix operating system
>>>
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