[BRLTTY] Speaking text when it appears on screen

Sébastien Hinderer sebastien.hinderer at ens-lyon.org
Tue Aug 11 15:22:19 UTC 2026


Dave Mielke (2026/08/11 11:08 -0400):
> What's that? If it's a game then I suppose output could be written to
> any area of the screen rather than sequentially added just above where
> the cursor is.

It's a game, yes. And you are correct that some are curses-based and can
write anywhere on screen. Others (like the one I play) are much more
text and lineoriented and they really just print on screen, e.g. with a
sequence ofprintf calls or what would occur in a shell.


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