[NFBCS] best solution for remote linux terminal work

[Gabe Vega Commtech LLC]

I think you have heard incorrectly sir. is it different sure. but its 
not lacking in the least. both terminal and gui access is comparable to 
windows or mac, and as stated in terminal works great.

On 8/7/2020 11:55 AM, Ryan Boudwin via NFBCS wrote:
> I'd also need to be able to use web applications and copy and paste
> terminal output into JIRA; I'm concerned with how well that would work on a
> linux-only box. I haven't used a linux screen reader before but I have
> heard it's not the best experience.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Ryan Boudwin
> ryanboudwin at gmail.com
>
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 7, 2020 at 12:40 PM Brian Buhrow <buhrow at nfbcal.org> 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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