also look for the openssh for windows. It is a cygwin utility that works alone and performs pretty good with at least the JAWS screen reader. Marlon 2009/11/12, Nick.Adamson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <Nick.Adamson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > Hi All. > > I've sorted this one out. > For anyone that needs to know the easiest way to get putty to talk as if > it's a standard console window is to change the curser to underlined, > not blinking and to tell Hal to use the console window map file. > > Doing this I don't need to go in to virtual focus at all, each line > printed on to the putty window is spoken automatically which makes life > so much easier. > > Thanks for all the suggestions. > Nick. > > -----Original Message----- > From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of > Nick.Adamson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: 11 November 2009 16:56 > To: program-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx; programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Putty access for SSHing > > Hi All. > > I'm trying to use putty to SSH in to one of our Linux servers. > > I was hopping it would work out of the box with my screen reader but it > looks like it doesn't. > > Are there any users of putty that can suggest which settings I should > play with to get it to speak correctly. > > I'm using hal but I hope that any settings changed in Putty needed for > other screen readers should work for hal. > > If putty is a no go area are there any better command line based ssh > clients? > > Thanks. > > Nick. > > > Nick Adamson > Software Engineer > General Dynamics United Kingdom Limited > Bryn Brithdir, Oakdale Business Park, Blackwood, South Wales, NP12 4AA > Telephone: +44 (0)1495 23 6467 > Email: Nick.Adamson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Website: www.generaldynamics.uk.com <http://www.generaldynamics.uk.com/> > > To help reduce waste paper, please only print this email if you really > need to. > > > > ________________________________ > > This email and any files attached are intended for the addressee and may > contain information of a confidential nature. If you are not the > intended recipient, be aware that this email was sent to you in error > and you should not disclose, distribute, print, copy or make other use > of this email or its attachments. Such actions, in fact, may be > unlawful. In compliance with the various Regulations and Acts, General > Dynamics United Kingdom Limited reserves the right to monitor (and > examine for viruses) all emails and email attachments, both inbound and > outbound. Email communications and their attachments may not be secure > or error- or virus-free and the company does not accept liability or > responsibility for such matters or the consequences thereof. General > Dynamics United Kingdom Limited, Registered Office: 100 New Bridge > Street, London EC4V 6JA. Registered in England and Wales No: 1911653. > > > > This email and any files attached are intended for the addressee and may > contain information of a confidential nature. If you are not the intended > recipient, be aware that this email was sent to you in error and you should > not disclose, distribute, print, copy or make other use of this email or its > attachments. Such actions, in fact, may be unlawful. In compliance with the > various Regulations and Acts, General Dynamics United Kingdom Limited > reserves the right to monitor (and examine for viruses) all emails and email > attachments, both inbound and outbound. Email communications and their > attachments may not be secure or error- or virus-free and the company does > not accept liability or responsibility for such matters or the consequences > thereof. General Dynamics United Kingdom Limited, Registered Office: 100 > New Bridge Street, London EC4V 6JA. Registered in England and Wales No: > 1911653. > __________ > View the list's information and change your settings at > //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind > > -- When you say "I wrote a program that crashed Windows," people just stare at you blankly and say "Hey, I got those with the system, for free." Linus Torvalds __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind