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<title>SDF for blind users</title>
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SDF is a useful resource for blind or visually impaired people.
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It allows you to interact with a computer using a command-line interface,
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which is more comfortable for those of us who, for any reason,
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find GUIs don't meet their needs.
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<ul>
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<li>SDF can be connected to in various ways including ssh, telnet and dialup.</li>
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<li>Several web browsers exist on the system; lynx, in particular, can be customized for more speech friendly use.</li>
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<h1>Screen Readers</h1>
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<p>
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If your screen reader can work with your telnet or ssh client, all is well.
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If you are using jaws for windows, you may need to set your screen echo to
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"all" by pressing insert-s until "all" is spoken. To bring
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it back to defaults, hit "insert s" again until it says "highlighted".
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Some ssh clients known to work are (windows)
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UTF-8 Tera term pro, SecureCRT, and the cygwin ssh client.
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In my experience, Putty hasn't worked. Some people have
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gotten it to work, but I have no experience with it.
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<p>
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UTF-8 Tera Term pro is an improvement over the old
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Tera Term. It now supports ssh2 and UTF-8 (I think only for japanese).
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It can be obtained from <a href="http://sleep.mat-yan.jp/~yutaka/windows/index.html">here</a>.
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Setup instructions are below.
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<p>
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SDF provides good opportunities to chat, using IRC,
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and several instant messaging protocols.
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If this is unclear, contact me as tspivey on sdf, or on skype at the same name.
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Below are some configuration tips for several programs.
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<h1>configuring Irssi</h1>
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<p>Irssi is a text client for IRC. It's available to meta-arpa members only.
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Here are the commands to type once irssi is loaded. Note that
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these are only suggested defaults; do with them what you will.
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<pre>
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/set timestamps off
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/set use_status_window off
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/set autocreate_own_query off
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/set autocreate_windows off
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/sbar window disable
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</pre><p>
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These settings will do the following:</p>
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<ol>
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<li>Disable timestamps. Timestamps are the [10:48] you get at the beginning of each line.</li>
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<li>disable the status window. all text will come in in the same window.</li>
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<li> the next two tell irssi not to create queries, or create its own windows without you asking it to.</li>
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<li>The last one tells irssi to disable the window status bar, because it is rather chatty and reads at odd times.</li>
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</ol>
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<h1>Configuring UTF-8 Tera Term for best JAWS accessibility</h1>
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<p>
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Once the program is installed, which can be accomplished by running
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the installer, the following steps should be taken.
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<ol>
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<li>Run the program, and press escape at the new connection dialog.</li>
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<li>Go to the setup menu with alt-s, press enter on Window. The Window Setup dialog will open.</li>
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<li>Press alt-v to set the cursor shape to vertical line, or tab to the radio button and use the arrows.</li>
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<li>Press alt-s to uncheck the scroll buffer.</li>
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<li>Press enter to exit the dialog.</li>
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<li>Go to the setup menu press f for font. Press tab, type 10, press enter. On some machines this may need to be done upon each connection.</li>
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<li>Go to the setup menu and press g for general.</li>
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<li>Press alt-l for language, go up to English and press enter.</li>
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<li>Press alt-s, s for save setup. When the dialog appears, press enter.</li>
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</ol>
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The setup of Tera Term is now complete. To make a new connection, press alt-n and type in the host name, and select the protocol by pressing tab.
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</p>
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<hr/>
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<cite>$Id: sdf-blind.html,v 1.7 2007/01/04 04:35:55 tspivey Exp jboy $</cite>
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