Hi Karen, I haven't done this in a while from a desktop, but the access from Thunderbird etc to Gmail is not done through screen readers but rather the venerable IMAP protocol which is supported. https://support.google.com/mail/answer/7126229?hl=en This is most commonly used by mobile, where there are a number of email interfaces that people may prefer to Gmail's front end. Even Outlook for Android supports this.
From a low-graphics PoV I have to go back to my brain's archives, but there are still readers out there that don't require a GUI. My old favourite "Pine" is no longer under development but its successor and a few others are. https://fedoramagazine.org/3-cool-text-based-email-clients/
HTH, - Evan On Fri, 15 Nov 2019 at 11:25, Karen Lewellen via talk <talk@gtalug.org> wrote:
sorry James, i did not realize you were using adaptive technology. May I ask how you will manage once Google, as they plan, block all third party screen readers? Sorry if I seem frustrated, but I asked a very specific question, not to have my choices dismissed because you do things differently.
On Thu, 14 Nov 2019, James Knott via talk wrote:
I was going to just ask for alternatives to consider, but want to keep
On 2019-11-14 10:00 PM, Karen Lewellen via talk wrote: the
Linux element here as I mainly use a Ubuntu shell. Now that google is making it profoundly difficult reaching basic html in low graphics environments, I may need a new home. I prefer reading on the web for this account, especially as I use it largely for research needing to follow article links and work with file attachments. Any solid ideas?
I prefer using an email client such as Seamonkey or Thunderbird, to a browser. They work fine.
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