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

[Steve Holmes <steve holmes88 gmail com>]

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Yeah, I was just going to mention Emacspeak also.  He refers to these
sounds as "Audio icons." One such place I think good for these sounds
would be if you were typing shifted alpha keys while caps lock is
still on; I can't think of how many times I started typing something
and forgetting to turn caps lock off.  I think I like the idea of
focus control changes too.  

But I also share the same concerns for not being able to recognize
some audio icons and their meanings.

On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 05:14:13AM +1200, Rob Hill wrote:
> 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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