From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mx2.fone.net ([206.168.68.96] helo=nsfone.fone.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1HjjFJ-00087C-00 for ; Thu, 03 May 2007 17:53:53 -0400 Received: from mail2.fone.net (mail2.fone.net [206.168.68.165]) by nsfone.fone.net (8.13.8+Sun/8.13.7) with ESMTP id l43Liu39019961 for ; Thu, 3 May 2007 15:44:56 -0600 (MDT) Received: from GRANDMA (ip-206-123-194-16.static.fasttrackcomm.net [206.123.194.16]) by mail2.fone.net (8.13.6+Sun/8.12.10) with SMTP id l43LmbDc018049 for ; Thu, 3 May 2007 15:48:39 -0600 (MDT) Message-ID: <006d01c78dcd$77d68cb0$6501a8c0@GRANDMA> From: "Littlefield, Tyler" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: Subject: Re: Curiocity Date: Thu, 3 May 2007 15:53:15 -0600 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 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 000738-1, 05/03/2007), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-PMX-Version: 5.3.1.294258, Antispam-Engine: 2.5.1.298604, Antispam-Data: 2007.5.3.142935 X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list Reply-To: "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 21:53:53 -0000 jaws key+5? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Zachary Kline" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2007 10:07 AM Subject: Curiocity > 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