Accessibility armbian-config

[peterbmckinley]

Hi, 

 

I have a friend who is blind and cannot use the standard ncurses armbian-config gui. 

 

Is there a way to switch to a simple text version, and if not what are the chances of a text version option in the near future? 

 

?Peter

[Werner]

There is no such thing like a simple text version nor is such a feature planned in near or far future. However if anyone is up for the task we do accept PRs providing new features.

 

Also note that using armbian-config is entirely optional. You can do everything this tool does also the usual way. Be it network config or installing stuff.

You can check out the source to get an idea what happens behind the scenes if you use the tool. Spolier: Its no rocket science

 

https://github.com/armbian/config

[peterbmckinley]

Thanks Werner

 

[peterbmckinley]

Hi the only thing we would need to do is configure WiFi via the command line, as we can't do it using armbian-config.

 

Creating a wpa_supplicant.conf file with a relevant ssid and psk didn't work, and if I purge network-manager all networking is lost including ethernet.

 

What would be the correct method to configure Wifi via the command line on an Orange Pi Zero (the latest Armbian Buster, kernel 5.8.4)

 

Peter

[lanefu]

@peterbmckinleylook at the nmcli command

[peterbmckinley]

Hi lanefu, 

 

Can nmcli connect to a network from scratch? If so, how? Or does nmcli just report the status of Network Manager? It seems to be pretty basic. 

 

Peter

[peterbmckinley]

56 minutes ago, lanefu said:

@peterbmckinleylook at the nmcli command

Got it.

 

$ nmcli d wifi connect YOUR_SSID password YOUR_PASSWORD

 

Love it. Thank you so much lanefu 😊😊

[sfx2000]

On 11/14/2020 at 11:29 AM, peterbmckinley said:

I have a friend who is blind and cannot use the standard ncurses armbian-config gui. 

 

Just out of curiousity - what's he using for a screen reader?

 

sfx

[peterbmckinley]

orca for gui and speakup for console