From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from dsl092-170-086.wdc1.dsl.speakeasy.net ([66.92.170.86] helo=toccata.rednote.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17AZLG-00085Q-00 for ; Wed, 22 May 2002 12:52:02 -0400 Received: from localhost (janina@localhost) by toccata.rednote.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g4MGpw208459 for ; Wed, 22 May 2002 12:51:58 -0400 X-Authentication-Warning: toccata.rednote.net: janina owned process doing -bs Date: Wed, 22 May 2002 12:51:57 -0400 (EDT) From: Janina Sajka X-X-Sender: janina@toccata.rednote.net To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: Get Out Of Jail Free! In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.9 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Toby: My understanding is that he has two machines. Sometimes he uses his Linux box natively. I don't believe it's all telnet sessions. On Wed, 22 May 2002, Toby Fisher wrote: > On Mon, 20 May 2002, Janina Sajka wrote: > > > > > Do you know how to tell without speech whether or not you're at a > > command line prompt? If you press back space and the speaker > > beeps, you're there. If not, you aren't. > > Hmmm, this is true, but once again, this may not work in a telnet session > if your terminal isn't set right, quite likely under Winblows, but at > least there you'll have your Winblows speech to help you. > > > Of course, if you've typed something on the command line, > you'll > have to press back space that many times to erase what you've > > typed first. But, once you've erased the command line, you will > > get a beep from the speaker when you press backspace. > Again, if the telnet client's terminal is broken, this functionality could > also be absent. > > > > -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina@afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 Chair, Accessibility SIG Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) http://www.openebook.org