Re: [orca-list] Indicating text attribute changes in OpenOffice [was suggestions for openoffice/orca improvements]

["David E. Price" <deprice cs utah edu>]

Hi, Janina,

Janina Sajka wrote:
> I would really not care to hear even the page announcement in REadAll
> mode--unless I have also enabled reading all punctuation and caps
> indications in ReadAll--a kind of proofreading. And, if I've enabled
> punctuation and caps for proofreading, wouldn't I also want to hear all
> font changes? Bold? Italics? Etc?
>
> How would you suggest that all of these text attributes be indicated to the user?  Pitch changes for the more 
> common types of formatting? Vocalizing all attribute changes? Remember that auditory icons will remain 
> problematic as long as gnome-speech retains sole control of the sound card.   This is a very difficult 
> problem, as I see it, trying to find the middle ground between ease of use and perfect announcement of all 
> attribute changes, which could make it very difficult to keep track of what is going on in the document. So, 
> any ideas?
>    

Thanks,

dave