[BRLTTY] Screen reader for mac

[james collins]

On Aug 11, 2009, at 12:01 PM, Dave Mielke wrote:

> [quoted lines by james collins on 2009/08/11 at 11:33 -0400]
>
>> I own a MacBook pro laptop, currently running mac os x 10.5.7 I might
>> update to 10.5.8 today. I was just wondering if brltty would be
>> compatible with my mac? Would I run into any problems with installing
>> brltty on my mac? I primarily want the screen reader to run at the
>> command line, I have a program  called terminal on my mac it allows  
>> me
>> to run an unix shell.
>
> It'd be best to get an answer from a user who actually uses a Mac,  
> but I
> believe the answer is yes. BRLTTY isn't (yet) able to read a Mac  
> screen
> directly, but it can be used in conjunction with the screen  
> application. You'll
> have to apply our screen patch, though.

when you say the screen application do you mean the command line?
>
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