From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from s3.cableone.net ([24.116.0.229]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1HjdwO-00051I-00 for ; Thu, 03 May 2007 12:14:00 -0400 Received: from AveratecLaptop (unverified [24.116.89.201]) by S3.cableone.net (CableOne SMTP Service S3) with ESMTP id 106329205 for ; Thu, 03 May 2007 09:13:29 -0700 Message-ID: <004f01c78d9d$fe88f980$b100a8c0@AveratecLaptop> From: "Glenn Ervin" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: Subject: Re: Curiocity Date: Thu, 3 May 2007 11:13:30 -0500 Organization: Home MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3028 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3028 X-IP-stats: Incoming Last 1, First 14, in=14, out=0, spam=0 X-External-IP: 24.116.89.201 X-Abuse-Info: Send abuse complaints to abuse@cableone.net X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list Reply-To: Glenn Ervin , "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 03 May 2007 16:14:00 -0000 Zachary Kline wrote: : Hiya, : I got to thinking this morning of a feature of Speakup which, I : admit, I've been sort of taking for granted lately. It's the : attribute reading key--speakup+keypad period. : What I'm wondering about is how, exactly, Speakup gets : information on the colors of the console, or of certain text therein? : This is an issue which seems on the whole to be fairly : complicated under a Windows system: I've yet to really find a screen : reader which will duplicate it. I'm wondering, then, how Speakup : does it? : Thanks much for indulging me, : Zack. : _______________________________________________ : Speakup mailing list : Speakup@braille.uwo.ca : http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup JFW has always done this, and I would guess that WE does too. I think Jaws for Dos did too. Glenn