Bug 431460

Summary: Screen reader seems not to work
Product: [Applications] konsole Reporter: personalizedrefrigerator
Component: generalAssignee: Konsole Developer <konsole-devel>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE    
Severity: normal CC: cwo.kde, justin.zobel, nate
Priority: HI Keywords: accessibility
Version First Reported In: master   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Compiled Sources   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed In:
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Description personalizedrefrigerator 2021-01-11 19:21:31 UTC 
SUMMARY
Although the screen reader reads the current character under the cursor on the first line of Konsole, it does not read the output of commands, and reads "blank" or an incorrect character when the cursor is not on the first line.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Enable the screen reader in system settings
2. Open Konsole
3. Type ls
4. Press enter
5. Type "testing"
6. Press the left arrow key

OBSERVED RESULT
The screen reader does not read the output of the command. The screen reader does not read the character under the cursor.

EXPECTED RESULT
The screen reader should read the output of the command. The screen reader should _consistently_ read the character under the cursor.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Windows: 
macOS: 
Linux/KDE Plasma: 
(available in About System)
KDE Plasma Version: 5.20.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.78.0
Qt Version: 5.15.2

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Building konsole from source, commit 3150e259585a7b33e156f2da045d9e213336f12c.
Comment 1 Justin Zobel 2021-01-15 01:41:56 UTC 
Confirmed on 20.12.0
Comment 2 cwo 2025-05-12 19:40:20 UTC 
Thank you for the bug report! I'm forward-marking this as a duplicate of a similar report that has some relevant links and discussion.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 495102 ***