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

[Steve Holmes <steve holmes88 gmail com>]

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That would be an interesting idea.

Oh BTW, please reply to the list when replying to a message.  If I
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On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 01:20:58PM -0500, Scott Berry wrote:
> Also what would be really awesome is having some kind of sound theme
> for headings, lists and tables.
>
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> Subject: Re: [orca-list] Use of non-speech sounds for navigation...
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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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