[NFBCS] best solution for remote linux terminal work

[Chris Nestrud]

Several alternatives were covered in a recent thread discussing this
topic:

http://nfbnet.org/pipermail/nfbcs_nfbnet.org/2020-June/014121.html

Chris

On Fri, Aug 07, 2020 at 11:40:36AM -0700, Brian Buhrow via NFBCS wrote:
> 	hello.  As a long time Unix person who uses terminals over ssh on a
> daily basis with screen readers, I strongly recommend you build yourself a
> Linux box and ssh to your remote sites from there.  Then, you can either
> use Speakup or Yasr as your screen reader.  I use Yasr with the eflite/flite
> software speech engine.  This combination of software will give you full
> access to screen oriented programs in terminal environments.  While I think
> things are changing a bit, terminal access using Jaws, NVDA or VoiceOver
> is, in my experience, doable, but very very suboptimal.  As proof of that,
> you'll  probably get a number of folks writing back on this question
> suggesting that terminal access works fine using the Windows screen
> readers, but that you'll find it easier to edit files on the local Windows
> machine and then transfer them up using scp or some other file transfer
> protocol once you're done.  that is a very inefficient way to edit files on
> remote servers.  The combination of software I suggest lets me edit files
> with ease in their native environments on the servers on which they belong.
> 
> Hope this helps.
> -Brian
> 
> On Aug 7, 11:59am, Ryan Boudwin via NFBCS wrote:
> } Subject: [NFBCS] best solution for remote linux terminal work
> } Hey folks,
> } 
> } I am considering a return to a technical individual contributor role. The
> } job requires a significant amount of terminal work, over SSH to remote
> } linux servers.
> } 
> } What OS/screen reader/ssh client combination is the best/easiest/most
> } reliable to use? I have access to JAWS, NVDA or Voiceover as needed but I
> } haven't done terminal work since my blindness hit.
> } 
> } Best regards,
> } 
> } Ryan Boudwin
> } ryanboudwin at gmail.com
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> >-- End of excerpt from Ryan Boudwin via NFBCS
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