Re: [orca-list] Orca isn't reading thunderbird messages well. HOw do I fix this?

[Joanmarie Diggs <jdiggs igalia com>]

Orca 3.18 is really, really old. Please upgrade to a relatively current
version and hopefully you will find a number of your issues have already
been fixed.

--joanie

On 10/21/2017 11:46 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote:
> I'm on Orca 3.18.2.
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> Christopher Gilland
> Co-founder of Genuine Safe Haven Ministries
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>     ----- Original Message -----
>     *From:* Peter Vágner <mailto:pvdeejay gmail com>
>     *To:* Christopher-Mark Gilland <mailto:clgilland07 gmail com>
>     *Cc:* orca-list <mailto:orca-list gnome org>
>     *Sent:* Saturday, October 21, 2017 5:18 PM
>     *Subject:* Re: [orca-list] Orca isn't reading thunderbird messages
>     well. HOw do I fix this?
>
>     Hello,
>
>     I think I remember Joanie fixing similar bug in the past.
>     I am not sure I can remember all the details though, so I will have
>     to look for it.
>     Which version of orca are you running? I might try to reproduce it
>     with that version.
>
>     Greetings
>
>     Peter
>
>
>
>
>     2017-10-21 23:03 GMT+02:00 Christopher-Mark Gilland
>     <clgilland07 gmail com <mailto:clgilland07 gmail com>>:
>
>         I'm having a really peculiar issue with Thunderbird 52.
>
>
>         When I press enter to open an e-mail message, as I do not like
>         having the reading paine enabled for security reasons, I'm
>         finding that Orca is speaking each line of the message as I up
>         and down arrow through its content twice.
>
>
>         So for instance, if I had a line of text in an e-mail message
>         that said:
>
>
>         Hello, my name is Chris...
>
>
>         as I arrow to that line, I'd hear Hello my name is Chris Hello
>         my name is Chris.
>
>
>         I've been able to fix this by hitting F7 to turn on carrot mode,
>         however as soon as I close the opened e-mail message, then open
>         another one, carrot mode gets toggled back off again, making me
>         again have to turn it on with F7, which is incredibly annoying.
>
>
>         Is there a setting, or some way in Thunderbird to fix this?
>
>
>         Chris.
>
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