[Grml] How are blind grml users handling current web technologies?

[Michael Whapples]

Hello,
Firstly my main use of Linux on an installed system is using ArchLinux, 
I tend to use GRML only as a LiveCD (eg as a rescue CD).

For an installed system I normally browse the internet in firefox in 
gnome. This probably is the best way for getting a browser which will 
work with most websites. Also while flash content is inaccessible to 
orca (flash content is inaccessible on everything bu windows), 
flashplayer in firefox will play videos/audio where it is set to 
automatically start playing. I know there have been issues with gnome 3 
accessibility, however running from it possibly won't help matters, the 
bugs need to be tracked down somehow.

OK, I accept there are times when you possibly want to just get things 
done, so that is normally where I turn to the Mac (I am having issues 
with speakup working on my computers so the command line isn't a great 
option for me in Linux).

For general browsing in the command line I would use lynx, however if 
javascript support is needed then links2 or elinks is another option (I 
am not sure whether edbrowse supports javascript, I think it might). As 
for flash support, I don't think there is any simple, ready set up 
solution, however may be some of the follow may help with some flash 
needs. The are clients to many popular services where you do not need to 
use a web browser. An example would be, there are some scripts for 
accessing BBC iplayer content from the command line where it can 
download the program onto your system in a more standard format you can 
play with something like mplayer (or if using gnome totem), for example 
audio from radio programs I think can be saved as m4a files. There is 
also a client for youtube. There may be other clients for other 
services, but these are the ones I have paid any attention to.

I hope some of this helps you.

Michael Whapples
On -10/01/37 20:59, Doug Smith wrote:
> , everyone on the list. I am writing this to see how blind grml users
> are handling current web technologies such as flash and javascript.
>
> I am wishing to change back to GRML which I haven't been able to use
> in years.  The main reason is that the gui world is going to change
> and there have been problems with accessibility.  This doesn't, of
> course happen with good old command line, of course, and I just wonder
> if some of the blind people using grml now can tell me about their
> work-aroundds for such problems as flash and javascript.
>
> Is it possible to have mplayer be the viewer for all these streaming
> file formats and get it to work with w3m or edbrowse or whatever:
> Please let me know if there is something you are doing to handle
> current web technologies in command line mode and i will be glad to
> hear from you.
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> Sincerely:
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> Doug Smith
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