Re: [orca-list] Faster Language Switching?

[Willie Walker <William Walker Sun COM>]

Hi:

I apologize for not having the features you're looking for.  They are
currently in the Orca bugzilla database
(http://bugzilla.gnome.org/buglist.cgi?query=product%3Aorca).  As such,
they are known and will be done after we've worked through the higher
priority topics or when someone who dearly wants these features *now*
works on a patch ;-):

http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=419123 - Modified speech
settings do not change immediately in preferences dialog

http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=419742 - Add the ability to
switch languages

Can you tell me more about the "text describing the controls is still in
English" problem?  For example, do you have specific controls and
specific examples?  I'd like to determine if this is just that the
Finnish translation is not up to date (something you could help with) or
if there is an internationalization logic problem in Orca.

Finally, with respect to "ïOrca still has a long way to go in terms of
features and usability", specific issues will help us get there and
logging bugs and feature requests in the Orca bug database is always
welcome.  From your prior e-mails (which I've saved and will study), I
see that you're a magnification user -- positive constructive feedback
for improving the magnification experience is definitely welcome.  We're
at a good point right now where we have the eZoom author working on
improving it via GNOME Outreach Program: Accessibility.  So, it's really
a good time to start thinking about changes for the 2.26 release next
spring.

Thanks!

Will

PS - Which version of Orca are you using?  I see you're on Ubuntu 8.04.
You *might* consider trying to update to the latest Ubuntu Intreprid
development builds and the latest Orca.

On Sat, 2008-08-02 at 13:11 +0300, Veli-Pekka TÃtilà wrote:
> Hi list,
> Any chance of binding a hotkey for switching to a particular voice? I
> need to use both US English and Finnish with eSpeak or Festival. Now to
> switch languages I need to hit caps+space for the panel, wait a few
> secs for it to appear, use the arrows to find the speedch tab, again tab
> switching isn't instant nor is the last tab recalled, tab down the
> dialog to find the voice list, change the voice, hit alt+a twice to
> reach apply and hit space on it. Not exactly instant compared to merely
> hitting a hotkey.
>
> One gripe I also have is that the text describing controls is still in
> English, yet spoken in Finnish. It would be far better if I could retain
> the English voice and English prompts for screeen reader prompts yet
> have screen text spoken in Finnish.  Alternatively  you could have the
> same speech language and locale for both the screen texct and screen
> reader text: i.e. both in Finnish.
>
> PS: Why don't Orca sliders such as speed react to page keys? i thought
> Gnome sliders would.
>
> PPS: SOrry about mainly complaining here. I mean, it is great to have
> the FInnish in the first place. But granted, Orca still has a long way
> to go in terms of features and usability, in my view.
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