[orca-list] Prolems noticed while accessing Gcalctool with Orca.

[Dattatray Bhat <bhatdv gmail com>]

While exploring Gcalctool with Orca screen reader, I have noticed the following remarkable behaviour-

1. Title bar wrongly announced after switching to another mode
Speech output of 'Speak title bar' command depends on the mode in which Gcalctool was started, and does not reflect a change in mode.
If you start Gcalctool in Basic mode, the output is "Calculator" even after you switch to Scientific or Financial mode.
If you start it in Scientific mode, the output is "Scientific Calculator" even after you switch to Financial or Basic mode.
If you start it in Financial mode, the output is "Financial Calculator" even after you switch to Basic or Scientific mode.

2. Contents of result area announced too many times
When you start Gcalctool, Orca announces contents of result region too many (12) times, i.e. "Zero.. zero.. zero.. zero.. zero.. zero.. zero.. zero.. zero.. zero.. zero.. zero". When you switch mode, the contents of result region are announced 4 times. In both cases, announcing the contents twice should be enough. 

3. Change in numeric base not correctly announced
Orca response to change in numeric base is unpredictable.
When Alt+b (binary)      is pressed, Orca may announce “Bin selected radio button” or “Bin not selected radio button”.
When Alt+o (octal)       is pressed, Orca may announce “Oct selected radio button” or “Oct not selected radio button”.
When Alt+d (decimal)     is pressed, Orca may announce “Dec selected radio button” or “Dec not selected radio button”.
When Alt+x (hexadesimal) is pressed, Orca may announce “Hex selected radio button” or “Hex not selected radio button”.

4. Change in display type is not correctly announced
Orca response to change in display type is unpredictable.
When Alt+n (engineering) is pressed, Orca may announce "Eng selected radio button” or “Eng not selected radio button”.
When Alt+f (fixed)       is pressed, Orca may announce "Fix selected radio button” or “Fix not selected radio button”.
When Alt+s (scientific)  is pressed, Orca may announce "Sci selected radio button” or “Sci not selected radio button”.

5. Change in trigonometric type is not correctly announced
Orca response to change in trigonometric type is unpredictable.
When Alt+g (degrees)  is pressed, Orca may announce "Degrees selected radio button” or “Degrees not selected radio button”.
When Alt+a (gradians) is pressed, Orca may announce "Gradians selected radio button” or “Gradians not selected radio button”.
When Alt+r (radians)  is pressed, Orca may announce "Radians selected radio button” or “Radians not selected radio button”.

6. Change in accuracy not announced if entered as numerals
'A' activates the accuracy setting. Number of decimal places can be entered as numeral or selected by up/down arrows. Orca does not announce number of decimal places if entered as numeral.

7. Trailing zeroes setting not announced
Ctrl+t shows/ hides trailing zeroes. Orca does not announce the change in settings.

8. Thousands separators setting not announced
Ctrl+k shows/ hides thousands separators. Orca does not announce the change in settings.

9. Precedence setting not announced
Ctrl+l/ r sets the precedence to L-R/ arithmetic. Orca does not announce the change in precedence. The change in precedence is announced only if the status bar is read (Orca+KP_Enter twice). L-R precedence keeps showing in status bar when computations are performed. Arithmetic precedence note disappears from status bar as soon as computations start. 

10. Constants and memory register actions not properly announced
On pressing #, Orca just says "Menu. It should say "Constants menu".
On pressing S, Orca just says "Menu". It should say "Save-to-memory menu".
On pressing Shift+Delete, S Orca just says menu. It should say "Reset-memory-to-zero menu".
On pressing R, Orca just says "Menu". It should say "Retrieve-from-memory menu".

11. Operator names not announced when corresponding keys are pressed
When keys C, u, *, /, -, !, M, r, i, ^, @, s are pressed, Orca does not speak the operator names viz. C(change sign), u (absolute value), * (times), / (divided by), - (minus), ! (factorial), M (modulus division), r (reciprocal), i (integer portion), ^ (raised to power), @ (square), s (sqare root).

I could not locate the above problems among the open bugs in products Gcalctool and Orca on GNOME Bugzilla page. Being a newcomer to Orca, I request experienced users and developers to guide me on whether to post these as new bugs.

Regards.

D V Bhat
OSSD, CDAC Mumbai (Kharghar)