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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link="#467886" vlink="#96607D" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>This is how I also do it wsl for working with windows and I run external Linux machines. I have run it with and without Orca. The without I have run Speakup with no GUI depending if a GUI is needed. I also have run multiple machines under VMware because that is fully accessible as well.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> BRLTTY <brltty-bounces@brltty.app> <b>On Behalf Of </b>rjaquiss@earthlink.net<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, October 14, 2025 6:34 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'Informal discussion between users and developers of BRLTTY.' <brltty@brltty.app><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [BRLTTY] Simple Linux console for visually impaired student<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Hello Tom:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> Here are two ways I deal with Linux.<o:p></o:p></span></p><ol style='margin-top:0in' start=1 type=1><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>I use a laptop running Windows 11. On that laptop, I installed wsl (Windows Subsystem for Linux). When Using WSL, JAWS works reasonably well for a screen reader. I have written a large Python program (1300+ lines). Depend on what I am doing, sometimes I use Windows Notepad or Notepad++ and other times I use the ex editor on Linux.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>If you are running a pure Linux laptop, you can install Orca and then easily press ctrl+t to enter the command line mode.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>It occurs to me that if JAWS works with the Monarch that using WSL may allow the Monarch to display multiple lines of code. Hope this helps.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Robert<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div></body></html>