Re: [orca-list] braille presentation of links--Also a speech

[Janina Sajka <janina rednote net>]

opportunity?
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Hi, Mike:

Mike Pedersen writes:
> Hello all, we are currently expanding our link support from only firefox
> to include other applications such as openoffice, evolution, tomboy and
> so-on.  With that in mind we have a few questions on which we'd like
> community feedback.  
>
> Currently in firefox we put the word link after a hyper link In my
> opinion this will be a real problem when trying to show links in
> editable documents where layout and formatting are much more important. 
Absolutely an issue in editable docs, imho. Glad this is on the docket.

> We are currently adding the ability to use combinations of dots 7 and 8
> to underline hyperlink text.  This feature will be user-configurable.
> You will be able to choose none, dot 7, dot8, or both.  


So, why not a parallel opportunity for speech users? For instance my
preference is to choose a brief sonicon and have a different pitch for
hyperlink text instead of the word "link" being spoken.

On the other hand, I suspect some users would want that "link" word
spoken. But, if all this is configurable, it should work for speech as
well as braille users, imho.

Janina