The Textsmith is tested with Orca on GNOME and MATE. Some notes:
- Typing, the cursor and new output are read by Orca as in GNOME Terminal. Enter and Tab do not make it read your prompt again.
- For long output, F4 is the review buffer: a text view, where Orca’s usual reading keys work, with jumps between commands.
- Alt+Shift with the arrows are Orca’s table keys, so The Textsmith leaves them alone; failed commands are on Alt+PageUp and Alt+PageDown.
- When a key has nothing to report (“No earlier command”, a bookmark mistake), The Textsmith says so through the accessibility layer, once.