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From: Willem van der Walt <wvdwalt@csir.co.za>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Subject: Re: developing accessible console applications
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:46:29 +0200 (SAST)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0907141645080.28274@localhost.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <50b33870-ed36-4a3a-b6f7-8f0a6af40590@default>

Many ncursis apps are accessible, so that is possible.  You can also get a 
long way with scripting languages using things like read and echo.


On Mon, 13 Jul 2009, Don Raikes wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> Does anyone have any good tips on how to create real accessible console-based applications? ones that work really well with speakup and/or brltty?
> 
> I have several projects in mind, but from what I have seen of the ncurses libraries, they tend to generate somewhat inaccessible applications especially when using hte menus and listboxes.
> 
> Any suggestions appreciated.
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Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
 Don Raikes
 ` Willem van der Walt [this message]
 ` Gaijin
   ` Hermann

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