Re: Orca Speaking blank lines

[Kenny Hitt <kenny hittsjunk net>]

Hi.

On Wed, Nov 01, 2006 at 09:56:00PM +0100, Krister Ekstrom wrote:
> Mike Pedersen wrote:
> > orca.   I had intended to make this a user preference to be changed in 
> > the config UI.  I wonder, do users think that blank lines should be 
> > spoken by default?  Also, should this even be a preference or do users 
> > always want this functionality? 
>
> Oh please, let it be a preference that i can change at will. Speaking
> top and bottom of documents can be on per default, but i for one don't
> want to hear "blank", "blank", "blank" over and over again. Whenever i
> find such an option in a screen reader, i hastily turn it off.
> Just my 2 cents.
> /Krister
> _______________________________________________

I agree with Krister.  Please make it a user preference.  If you decide
not to do that, please make it easy for someone to hack the source and
turn in off.

          Kenny