[orca-list] Use of non-speech sounds for navigation...

[Sasikumar (ààà/ààà) M <the little sasi gmail com>]

Hi,

This is based on something I read in a journal. The paper claims that using non-speech sounds for things like navigation makes screen readers more friendly for the visually impaired. I think one advantage is that these sounds (a screech for up arrow, a bell for the enter-key, etc) are shorter and easier to comprehend than the full word/phrase which will be used otherwise. Such sounds enable you to overlay them along with normal speech, without spoiling the message. Since my team at Mumbai is doing work on Orca, I wanted to know from you -- particularly the visually impaired on this list -- as to your thoughts on this idea.

We can then formulate a set of proper and well coordinated sounds for 5-10 navigational tasks, and implement them.

- Sasi