[BRLTTY] BRLTTY and SSH from Windows
Lars Bjørndal
lars at lamasti.net
Wed Jul 1 08:00:23 EDT 2020
[Mario]
> Lars Bjørndal <lars at lamasti.net> writes:
>
> > I had to reinstall my Windows pc at work. Previously I used BRLTTY and
> > Cygwin SSH to access remote servers. That worked pretty well. Anyway I'd
> > like to ask if it's better, nowadays, to use the linux console in
> > Windows, than using Cygwin.
>
> I had pretty good results with WSL (1 and 2). Works pretty nicely, and
> is pretty easy to install.
I'll try it when I have some time.
> > Is it possible to install BRLTTY with apt-get and use it from the
> > Linux console?
>
> I never tried this. I use a normal Windows screen reader (JAWS and/or
> NVDA in my case).
>
> BTW, if all you need is ssh, Windows 10 comes with ssh preinstalled. So
> depending on your requirements, it might be enough to just use that from
> cmd.
Thanks a lot for that info. I'll try it with BRLTTY for Windows, since I need braille and cursor routing keys to work.
I prefere using the screen in 80x25. I think that can be set up in the shortcut properties.
Lars
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