Re: [orca-list] Gmail audio verification doesn't play in Firefox

[Janina Sajka <janina rednote net>]

Is just Google? Or any audio? In my experience I had explicitly to
install an audio handling plugin. For me that was HelixPlayer-plugin.
For whatever reason FF doesn't seem to pay attention to mailcap.

Janina

Mike Pedersen writes:
> Hello Lorenzo,
> > I have tried to use Firefox to create a test gmail account because I
> > want to be able to set someone up with gmail when I setup his computer.
> > Unfortunately I have been unable to make the audio verification play in
> > Firefox 2 or 3. I click the link that says "listen and type the numbers
> > you hear" and then I get placed back on the text box to enter the
> > numbers, but no audio is played. The good news is that this audio file
> > is accessible from links, but the person I am helping get setup probably
> > won't be using lynx,since firefox can access sites that lynx can't.
> > Firefox isn't telling me about a missing plugin, but I am open to the
> > possibility that a plugin may be missing somewhere. I have tried this
> > test signup in lynx with great success and in Firefox 2.0 and the 3.0
> > prerelease from yesterday both with no luck playing the audio
> > verification numbers. Please advise me regarding the plugin or plugins I
> > need to install or any other extra steps I need to take to make this
> > work.
> Have you tried this with orca's speach disabled?  I wonder if this is an
> issue of the sound card not being shared between the sound file and the
> TTS.  To test this:  press orca+s before activating the link that plays
> the file to see if the sound can be heard.  
> Mike
>
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