Re: [orca-list] braille compared to speech

["mattias" <mj mjw se>]

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How to activate 7-8 to indicate focused links?

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Hermann
Skickat: den 20 september 2008 15:37
Till: Daniel Dalton
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Ämne: Re: [orca-list] braille compared to speech


On 20.09.2008 at 14:29:16 Daniel Dalton <d dalton iinet net au> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I've got a question about braille: why aren't orca-specific messages 
> printed in braille, just spoken? eg. numpad 0 and numpad enter says 
> the title, but doesn't braille it. I'm sure there are others, but that 
> is the most obvious to me... Would anyone who can code think this 
> should be added?
Despite the fact that I cannot add this to Orca, I doubt that this are the
main things regarding braille and Orca: You can always read a portion of the
screen by scrolling to the wanted position using the keys of your braille
display. So, for example, to the top/bottom of the screen. So what's the use
in doubbling this when using speech? There are other things that are more
important:
- Why isn't it possible to increase Orca's responsiveness in braille? When I
perform any action using my braille display (Alva Satellite 544), I have to
wait a few seconds till I see a result? And when the screen has a lot of
content, this amount of seconds rises, so in Thunderbird with a large inbox.
- Why is it not possible to use the line-left line-right commands of my
display to scroll the screen, so for example in FF, where I have to use
line-up line-down to scroll one line for/back and then line-left line-right
to read the second part of the current line?
- I set up braille to show dots 7 and 8 when text is selected. This does not
work reliable, so in Thunderbird, where I cannot use braille to check what
text I've selected. The same with links in FF, although I activated dots 7-8
to indicate focused links.
Finally: Is it possible to use Orca with braille only? This is necessary
when working in a group, where speech might be disturbing. Hermann
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