Re: [orca-list] Automatic reading of webpages

[Willie Walker <William Walker Sun COM>]

Thanks Hermann!  I've added your comment to the bug report for this:
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=437753

Will

On Thu, 2007-05-31 at 22:08 +0200, Hermann wrote:
> Hi,
> sorry for talking back to the team again, but the feature implemented in 
> revision 2438 doesn't work propperly, and I question its usefulness.
> If there's one thing I really hate in Jaws, it's that automatic reading 
> which you cannot turn off, unless you manipulate the default script.
> I suggest an alternative: I prefer to hear the number of the main elements, 
> such as links, lists, tables, headings and frames. Unlike some list members 
> I find it useful, since it gives a brief overview of the structure of the 
> page, and it makes searching the page easier, wehn I know that - for 
> example - there are frames or tables, that - maybe - provide information 
> i'm looking for.
> At the current state of the reading feature Orca hangs in teh first line of 
> the page, but on some pages it reads. I couldn't figure out in the short 
> time why it sometimes reads and sometimes hangs.
> Hermann
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