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

[Rob Hill <robhill es co nz>]

Hello Sasikumar and list,

You may wish to look at the emacspeak screen reader, where such sounds
are implemented, with the option to turn them off.  I feel they are
very helpful.


Regards,

Rob 




Sasikumar (???/???) M writes:
> 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
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