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

[Steve Holmes <steve holmesgrown com>]

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When I think of a bypass key, I think of how it has been done with
windows screen readers like Window-Eyes where the bypass key bypasses
a single key stroke.  So if I were wanting to use the numpad-Minus key
for example, I could hit the bypass key then hit the minus key from
the numeric keypad and it would go through with any interferience from
Orca.  The next time any Orca key is pressed including that same minus
key, it would have normal Orca behavior.  Now if you want the bypass
to remain sticky, maybe a double press of the bypass key in rapid
succession could toggle that mode.  You better have spoken prompts for
this toggle too.  Then you would have the best of both worlds and
hopefully less confusion for newbies or someone accidentally pressing
an Orca key combination.

On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 08:24:04AM -0600, David E. Price wrote:
> Hi, Will,
>
> Willie Walker wrote:
> > 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.
> >    
> I would suggest that this behavior be selectable by the user. If a check 
> box in the Orca Preferences dialog box is selected, then this behavior 
> occurs.  I believe that this behavior as the default could be very 
> problematic for new users who, while trying to remember the keys they 
> need to use, may inadvertently press the Orca modifier twice in a row 
> without realizing it, resulting in unexpected and confusing behavior.  I 
> would also suggest that the two presses of the Orca modifier be required 
> to occur within a short and finite period of time, such as 1 second. I 
> move back and forth between two computers on a regular basis, and I can 
> see myself being distracted when I have pressed the Orca modifier, doing 
> something else on the other computer, and returning to Orca and 
> accidentally invoking sticky keys.  You may also want to think about 
> vocalizing the activation and deactivation of sticky keys, just for clarity.
>
> Thanks,
>
> dave
>
>
>
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