Re: [orca-list] Orca Key behavior/customization (was Re: More accessibility for orca issue)

[Willem van der Walt <wvdwalt csir co za>]

Pressing keys in quick succession is used in speakup to invoke different 
functions than when pressing the key once, ore more than once but in 
slower succession.
IMHO it works very well, so tapping the key twice within 0.5 seconds to 
get it into bypass mode should work fine.
Vocalizing the move to and from bypass mode is a good idea.
Regards, Willem


On Tue, 27 May 2008, Hermann wrote:

> Willie Walker <William Walker Sun COM> writes:
> > This is a nice discussion and thanks for bringing it up!  I'm curious 
> > about the user interface we'd present for the various features.  How do 
> > these sound?
> >
> > 1) Bypass function: press a special key combination once and Orca 
> > ignores all key combinations except one, which is the one to turn 
> > bypass off.  For example, Orca+Delete could be used to toggle the 
> > on/off of the bypass feature.
> OK. 
>
> > 2) Sticky key for Orca key: Perhaps treat the Orca key always as a 
> > specialized sticky key -- press it 2X in a row with no other keys and 
> > the Orca modifier is locked.  Press it again and it becomes unlocked.
> OK, but I think twice is a low value. One might press it unintended,
> so perhaps three times?
>
> > 3) Modification of the Orca key: this one might be tough (but not 
> > impossible) to accomplish if we wanted to allow the user to press *any* 
> > key on the keyboard to define the Orca key.  But, we could potentially 
> > limit the choices and present the user with a combobox.
> I think we should limit it and present a combo box with possible
> choices; it's better for security reasons.
> Hermann
>
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