[orca] Break the documentation for speech preferences into two pages to match the dialog
- From: Joanmarie Diggs <joanied src gnome org>
- To: commits-list gnome org
- Cc:
- Subject: [orca] Break the documentation for speech preferences into two pages to match the dialog
- Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2014 22:41:33 +0000 (UTC)
commit 733d087f2e2c17eecc460bbce6f9688808631321
Author: Joanmarie Diggs <jdiggs igalia com>
Date: Sat Apr 5 18:38:29 2014 -0400
Break the documentation for speech preferences into two pages to match the dialog
help/C/preferences_general.page | 2 +-
help/C/preferences_speech.page | 303 +++++++++++++++-----------------------
help/C/preferences_voice.page | 113 +++++++++++++++
help/Makefile.am | 3 +-
4 files changed, 236 insertions(+), 185 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/help/C/preferences_general.page b/help/C/preferences_general.page
index bf43f1a..2c0c0de 100644
--- a/help/C/preferences_general.page
+++ b/help/C/preferences_general.page
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
Configuring <app>Orca</app>'s fundamental behaviors
</desc>
<link type="guide" xref="preferences#orca" />
- <link type="next" xref="preferences_speech" />
+ <link type="next" xref="preferences_voice" />
<credit type="author">
<name>Joanmarie Diggs</name>
<email>joanied gnome org</email>
diff --git a/help/C/preferences_speech.page b/help/C/preferences_speech.page
index fe15c3a..63cadc8 100644
--- a/help/C/preferences_speech.page
+++ b/help/C/preferences_speech.page
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
<info>
<link type="guide" xref="preferences#orca" />
<link type="next" xref="preferences_braille" />
- <title type="sort">2. Speech</title>
+ <title type="sort">2.1 Speech</title>
<title type="link">Speech</title>
<desc>
- Configuring the voice and what gets spoken
+ Configuring what gets spoken
</desc>
<credit type="author">
<name>Joanmarie Diggs</name>
@@ -23,58 +23,41 @@
<app>Orca</app> will make use of a speech synthesizer.
Braille-only users will likely want to uncheck this checkbox.
</p>
+ <p>
+ Default value: checked
+ </p>
</section>
- <section id="tts_options">
- <title>Text-To-Speech Options</title>
- <section>
- <title>Speech system</title>
- <p>
- This combo box allows you to select your preferred speech system from
- those you have installed. Examples include Speech Dispatcher and GNOME
- Speech.
- </p>
- </section>
- <section>
- <title>Speech synthesizer</title>
- <p>
- This combo box allows you to select the speech synthesizer to be used
- with your chosen Speech system.
- </p>
- </section>
- <section>
- <title>Voice settings</title>
- <p>
- This combo box makes it possible for you to use different voices so that
- you can better distinguish uppercase and linked text from other text,
- and on-screen text from text added by <app>Orca</app>.
- </p>
- <note style="tip">
- <title>Configuring Multiple Voices</title>
- <p>
- For each voice you wish to configure, first select the
- voice in the <gui>Voice settings</gui> combo box. Then
- configure the person, rate, pitch, and volume to be used
- for that voice.
- </p>
- </note>
- </section>
- <section>
- <title>Person</title>
- <p>
- This combo box allows you to choose which "person" or "speaker" should
- be used with the selected voice. For instance, you might wish to have
- David speak by default, but have hyperlinks spoken by Alice. Note that
- what you find in the <gui>Person</gui> combo box will depend on which
- speech synthesizers you have installed.
- </p>
- </section>
- <section>
- <title>Rate, Pitch, and Volume</title>
- <p>
- These three left-right sliders allow you to further customize the sound
- of the person you have just selected.
- </p>
- </section>
+ <section id="verbosity">
+ <title>Verbosity</title>
+ <p>
+ The <gui>Verbosity</gui> setting determines the amount of information
+ that will be spoken in various situations. For example, if it is set
+ to verbose, and you arrow into a word that is misspelled, <app>Orca</app>
+ will announce that the word is misspelled. When the level is set to brief,
+ this announcement will not be made.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Default value: <gui>Verbose</gui>
+ </p>
+ </section>
+ <section id="table_rows">
+ <title>Table Rows</title>
+ <p>
+ The <gui>Table Rows</gui> radio button group determines what gets
+ spoken when navigating amongst rows in a table. The available
+ options are <gui>speak row</gui> and <gui>speak cell</gui>.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Consider the process of examining the list of messages in your Inbox.
+ In order to have <app>Orca</app> announce the sender, subject, date,
+ and presence of attachments you would need <gui>speak row</gui>. On
+ the other hand, when navigating amongst rows in a spreadsheet, hearing
+ the full row may not be desired. In that case, <gui>speak cell</gui>
+ should instead be chosen.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Default value: <gui>Speak row</gui>
+ </p>
</section>
<section id="punctuation_level">
<title>Punctuation Level</title>
@@ -84,6 +67,9 @@
available levels are <gui>None</gui>, <gui>Some</gui>, <gui>Most</gui>,
and <gui>All</gui>.
</p>
+ <p>
+ Default value: <gui>Most</gui>
+ </p>
<section>
<title>None</title>
<p>
@@ -106,7 +92,7 @@
<section>
<title>Most</title>
<p>
- Choosing a punctuation level of <gui>Most</gui> causes all of the
+ Choosing a punctuation level of <gui>Most</gui> causes all of the
previous-mentioned symbols to be spoken. In addition, <app>Orca</app>
will speak all other known punctuation symbols <em>other than</em> "!",
"'", ",", ".", "?".
@@ -119,41 +105,91 @@
<app>Orca</app> to speak all known punctuation symbols.
</p>
</section>
- <p>
- Default value: <gui>Most</gui>
- </p>
</section>
- <section id="verbosity">
- <title>Verbosity</title>
+ <section id="spoken_context">
+ <title>Spoken Context</title>
<p>
- The <gui>Verbosity</gui> setting determines the amount of information
- that will be spoken in various situations. For example, if it is set
- to verbose, and you arrow into a word that is misspelled, <app>Orca</app>
- will announce that the word is misspelled. When the level is set to brief,
- this announcement will not be made.
- </p>
- <p>
- Default value: <gui>Verbose</gui>
- </p>
- </section>
- <section id="table_rows">
- <title>Table Rows</title>
- <p>
- The <gui>Table Rows</gui> radio button group determines what gets
- spoken when navigating amongst rows in a table. The available
- options are <gui>speak row</gui> and <gui>speak cell</gui>.
- </p>
- <p>
- Consider the process of examining the list of messages in your Inbox.
- In order to have <app>Orca</app> announce the sender, subject, date,
- and presence of attachments you would need <gui>speak row</gui>. On
- the other hand, when navigating amongst rows in a spreadsheet, hearing
- the full row may not be desired. In that case, <gui>speak cell</gui>
- should instead be chosen.
+ The following items control the presentation of a variety of
+ supplemental, "system" information about the item with focus.
+ Because the associated text does not appear on screen, this
+ information is presented in <app>Orca</app>'s System voice.
</p>
+ <section id="only_speak_displayed_text">
+ <title>Only speak displayed text</title>
+ <p>
+ Checking this checkbox causes <app>Orca</app> to only speak actual
+ text displayed on screen. This option is intended primarily for low
+ vision users and users with a visual learning disability.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Default value: not checked
+ </p>
+ <note style="note">
+ <p>
+ The follow items will not be available for configuration if
+ the <gui>Only speak displayed text</gui> checkbox is checked.
+ </p>
+ </note>
+ </section>
+ <section id="speak_blank_lines">
+ <title>Speak blank lines</title>
<p>
- Default value: <gui>Speak row</gui>
+ If the <gui>Speak blank lines</gui> checkbox is checked,
+ <app>Orca</app> will say "blank" each time you arrow to a blank
+ line. If it is unchecked, <app>Orca</app> will say nothing when
+ you move to a blank line.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Default value: checked
</p>
+ </section>
+ <section id="indentation_and_justification">
+ <title>Speak indentation and justification</title>
+ <p>
+ When working with code or editing other documents it is often
+ desirable to be aware of justification and indentation. Checking
+ the <gui>Speak indentation and justification</gui> checkbox will
+ cause <app>Orca</app> to announce this information.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Default value: not checked
+ </p>
+ </section>
+ <section id="mnemonics">
+ <title>Speak object mnemonics</title>
+ <p>
+ If the <gui>Speak object mnemonics</gui> checkbox is checked,
+ <app>Orca</app> will announce the mnemonic associated with the
+ object with focus (such as <keyseq><key>Alt</key><key>O</key>
+ </keyseq> for an <gui>OK</gui> button).
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Default value: not checked
+ </p>
+ </section>
+ <section id="child_position">
+ <title>Speak child position</title>
+ <p>
+ Checking the <gui>Speak child position</gui> checkbox will cause
+ <app>Orca</app> to announce the position of the focused item in
+ menus, lists, and trees (e.g. "9 of 16").
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Default value: not checked
+ </p>
+ </section>
+ <section id="speak_tutorial_messages">
+ <title>Speak tutorial messages</title>
+ <p>
+ If the <gui>Speak tutorial messages</gui> checkbox is checked, as
+ you move amongst objects in an interface, <app>Orca</app> will
+ provide additional information, such as how to interact with the
+ currently-focused object.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Default value: not checked
+ </p>
+ </section>
</section>
<section id="progress_bar_updates">
<title>Progress Bar Updates</title>
@@ -203,103 +239,4 @@
</p>
</section>
</section>
- <section id="only_speak_displayed_text">
- <title>Only speak displayed text</title>
- <p>
- Checking this checkbox causes <app>Orca</app> to only speak actual
- text displayed on screen. This option is intended primarily for low
- vision users and users with a visual learning disability.
- </p>
- </section>
- <section id="multicase_strings">
- <title>Speak multicase strings as words</title>
- <p>
- In some texts, and especially when working with code, one often comes
- across a "word" consisting of several words with alternating case, such
- as "MultiCaseString." Speech synthesizers do not always pronounce such
- multicase strings correctly. Checking the <gui>Speak multicase strings
- as words</gui> checkbox will cause <app>Orca</app> to break a word like
- "MultiCaseString" into separate words ("Multi," "Case," and "String")
- prior to passing it along to the speech synthesizer.
- </p>
- </section>
- <section id="pauses">
- <title>Break speech into chunks between pauses</title>
- <p>
- Depending on the enabled speech settings, <app>Orca</app> may have quite
- a bit to say about a particular object such as its name, its role, its
- state, its mnemonic, its tutorial message, and so on. Checking the
- <gui>Break speech into chunks between pauses</gui> checkbox will cause
- <app>Orca</app> to insert brief pauses in between each of these pieces
- of information.
- </p>
- </section>
- <section id="say_all_by">
- <title>Say All By</title>
- <p>
- The <gui>Say All By</gui> combo box allows you to specify whether
- <app>Orca</app> speaks a sentence at a time or a line at a time when
- doing a "Say All" of a document.
- </p>
- </section>
- <section id="system_voice_items">
- <title>System Information</title>
- <p>
- The following items control the presentation of a variety of
- supplemental, "system" information about the item with focus.
- Because the associated text does not appear on screen, this
- information is presented in <app>Orca</app>'s System voice.
- </p>
- <note style="note">
- <title>Configuration of System Information</title>
- <p>
- The follow items will not be available for configuration if
- the <gui>Only speak displayed text</gui> checkbox is checked.
- </p>
- </note>
- <section id="speak_blank_lines">
- <title>Speak blank lines</title>
- <p>
- If the <gui>Speak blank lines</gui> checkbox is checked,
- <app>Orca</app> will say "blank" each time you arrow to a blank
- line. If it is unchecked, <app>Orca</app> will say nothing when
- you move to a blank line.
- </p>
- </section>
- <section id="indentation_and_justification">
- <title>Speak indentation and justification</title>
- <p>
- When working with code or editing other documents it is often
- desirable to be aware of justification and indentation. Checking
- the <gui>Speak indentation and justification</gui> checkbox will
- cause <app>Orca</app> to announce this information.
- </p>
- </section>
- <section id="mnemonics">
- <title>Speak object mnemonics</title>
- <p>
- If the <gui>Speak object mnemonics</gui> checkbox is checked,
- <app>Orca</app> will announce the mnemonic associated with the
- object with focus (such as <keyseq><key>Alt</key><key>O</key>
- </keyseq> for an <gui>OK</gui> button).
- </p>
- </section>
- <section id="child_position">
- <title>Speak child position</title>
- <p>
- Checking the <gui>Speak child position</gui> checkbox will cause
- <app>Orca</app> to announce the position of the focused item in
- menus, lists, and trees (e.g. "9 of 16").
- </p>
- </section>
- <section id="speak_tutorial_messages">
- <title>Speak tutorial messages</title>
- <p>
- If the <gui>Speak tutorial messages</gui> checkbox is checked, as
- you move amongst objects in an interface, <app>Orca</app> will
- provide additional information, such as how to interact with the
- currently-focused object.
- </p>
- </section>
- </section>
</page>
diff --git a/help/C/preferences_voice.page b/help/C/preferences_voice.page
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cbb7044
--- /dev/null
+++ b/help/C/preferences_voice.page
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" type="topic" id="preferences_voice">
+ <info>
+ <link type="guide" xref="preferences#orca" />
+ <link type="next" xref="preferences_speech" />
+ <title type="sort">2.0 Voice</title>
+ <title type="link">Voice</title>
+ <desc>
+ Configuring the voice used by <app>Orca</app>
+ </desc>
+ <credit type="author">
+ <name>Joanmarie Diggs</name>
+ <email>joanied gnome org</email>
+ </credit>
+ <license>
+ <p>Creative Commons Share Alike 3.0</p>
+ </license>
+ </info>
+ <title>Voice Preferences</title>
+ <section id="voice_type_settings">
+ <title>Voice Type Settings</title>
+ <section>
+ <title>Voice type</title>
+ <p>
+ This combo box makes it possible for you to use different voices so that
+ you can better distinguish uppercase and linked text from other text,
+ and on-screen text from text added by <app>Orca</app>.
+ </p>
+ <note style="tip">
+ <title>Configuring Multiple Voices</title>
+ <p>
+ For each voice you wish to configure, first select the
+ voice in the <gui>Voice type</gui> combo box. Then
+ configure the person, rate, pitch, and volume to be used
+ for that voice.
+ </p>
+ </note>
+ </section>
+ <section>
+ <title>Speech system</title>
+ <p>
+ This combo box allows you to select your preferred speech system from
+ those you have installed, such as Speech Dispatcher.
+ </p>
+ </section>
+ <section>
+ <title>Speech synthesizer</title>
+ <p>
+ This combo box allows you to select the speech synthesizer to be used
+ with your chosen Speech system.
+ </p>
+ </section>
+ <section>
+ <title>Person</title>
+ <p>
+ This combo box allows you to choose which "person" or "speaker" should
+ be used with the selected voice. For instance, you might wish to have
+ David speak by default, but have hyperlinks spoken by Alice. Note that
+ what you find in the <gui>Person</gui> combo box will depend on which
+ speech synthesizers you have installed.
+ </p>
+ </section>
+ <section>
+ <title>Rate, Pitch, and Volume</title>
+ <p>
+ These three left-right sliders allow you to further customize the sound
+ of the person you have just selected.
+ </p>
+ </section>
+ </section>
+ <section id="global_voice_settings">
+ <title>Global Voice Settings</title>
+ <section id="pauses">
+ <title>Break speech into chunks between pauses</title>
+ <p>
+ Depending on the enabled speech settings, <app>Orca</app> may have quite
+ a bit to say about a particular object such as its name, its role, its
+ state, its mnemonic, its tutorial message, and so on. Checking the
+ <gui>Break speech into chunks between pauses</gui> checkbox will cause
+ <app>Orca</app> to insert brief pauses in between each of these pieces
+ of information.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Default value: checked
+ </p>
+ </section>
+ <section id="multicase_strings">
+ <title>Speak multicase strings as words</title>
+ <p>
+ In some text, and especially when working with code, one often comes
+ across a "word" consisting of several words with alternating case, such
+ as "MultiCaseString." Speech synthesizers do not always pronounce such
+ multicase strings correctly. Checking the <gui>Speak multicase strings
+ as words</gui> checkbox will cause <app>Orca</app> to break a word like
+ "MultiCaseString" into separate words ("Multi," "Case," and "String")
+ prior to passing it along to the speech synthesizer.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Default value: not checked
+ </p>
+ </section>
+ <section id="say_all_by">
+ <title>Say All By</title>
+ <p>
+ The <gui>Say All By</gui> combo box allows you to specify whether
+ <app>Orca</app> speaks a sentence at a time or a line at a time when
+ doing a "Say All" of a document.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Default value: <gui>Sentence</gui>
+ </p>
+ </section>
+ </section>
+</page>
diff --git a/help/Makefile.am b/help/Makefile.am
index 707bfe2..3190cab 100644
--- a/help/Makefile.am
+++ b/help/Makefile.am
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ HELP_FILES = \
preferences_pronunciation.page \
preferences_speech.page \
preferences_table_navigation.page \
- preferences_text_attributes.page
+ preferences_text_attributes.page \
+ preferences_voice.page
HELP_LINGUAS = de el es fr gl hu pt_BR sl
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