[BRLTTY] Footsteps towards better accessibility in Linux

[Sébastien Hinderer]

Jason J.G. White (2025/05/06 08:10 -0400):
> I also think BRLTTY is one of the best maintained projects in accessibility,
> and that it doesn't receive the recognition which it merits.

I fully agree. Recently I wanted to try Windows because I am surrounded
by visually iimpaired people who use Windows and who continuously say
how great the accessibility is on Windows. It's a system I didn't use
for decades so it takes me time to gain ease, butmy experience for the
moment is that in terms of braille it's far behind what we have on Linux
and especially in terminals thanks to BRLTTY.

The thing I found frustrating was that I have been totatly unable to
explain to Windows users why I find BRLTTY so superior.

> Different users obviously have different needs. In my case, I've long since
> switched away from the Linux console and now use desktop environments
> exclusively (unless I need to recover or install a system from the console).
> I simply couldn't meet my needs with console-based tools. I use the command
> line a lot, of course, for efficiency and control. I don't think GUI
> developers under Linux are trying to supplant the command line, but rather
> to provide a graphical interface for simple tasks, leaving complex tasks to
> the terminal.

I thnk there are two aspects that should not bemixed upwith each other.
One is command-line, and this can take place both in text and in graphic
mode. The second is the GUI, mostly click-base interface, which of
course is only available in graphical mode but not all the graphical
world isGUI, there are also the terminals running n graphic mode. Most
of my computer science friends use terminals and command-line a lot, but
in graphic mode, i.e., the y do not use virtual consoles.