Accessibility/Screen Reader: Not working with orca
Summary
The Orca screen reader reads something similar to
username@ComputerName: ~ GtkStackPagePanel GtkStackPagePanel KGX Terminal
when the terminal window is focused and doesn't read command output.
Typing, selecting text does not cause the screen reader to speak. I haven't found a way to get the screen reader to speak terminal output.
Note that gnome-terminal
works with a screen reader.
Steps to reproduce
- Enable the screen reader.
- Open Console.
- Type
cd ~
, press enter - Type
echo "Hello, world"
, press enter - Scroll up with
<ctrl>+<shift>+<up>
and down with<ctrl>+<shift>+<down>
- Open the search bar with
<ctrl>+f
- Type "world" and press enter.
- Press enter.
Observed behavior
Screen reader only reads when the terminal is first focused and doesn't read terminal content.
Expected behavior
It should be possible to use the terminal without a visual display, as it is with gnome-terminal
.
Specifically,
- The screen reader should echo keypresses. If I type
a
, the screen reader should say "a" - The screen reader should read command output.
- When I move my cursor, in an application like ViM, the screen reader should read the content of the line I just moved the cursor to.
- When I search for text in the console, the screen reader should announce the number of matches and which match is currently focused.
System information
- Ubuntu 22.10, GNOME Console 43.0. Also tested on Manjaro with a recent version of Console.
- Screen reader: orca 43.0
Edited by Henry Heino