Re: [orca-list] Proofreading mode (was Orca and underline in openoffice)

[Michael Whapples <mwhapples aim com>]

I will try and put my comments on the bug report as well, may not quite 
be word for word though.

Also as a quick note, I am unsure whether I would refer to this as a 
proof reading mode, to me that conjures up an image of turning on a mode 
for reading (like the virtual buffer/MSAA/Browse modes of windows screen 
readers when using the internet). I feel its not a change of mode but 
rather I would be turning on announcement of style changes (like turning 
on speak object mnemonics).
On 01/-10/-28163 08:59 PM, Joanmarie Diggs wrote:
> Hi folks.
>
> On Sun, 2010-05-30 at 18:18 +0100, Michael Whapples wrote:
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> > I have just filed enhancement
> > https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=620108 about the reading by
> > speech thing.
> >      
> Awesome. Thanks! I'm copying and pasting my comment from that bug here
> so that everyone can weigh in.
>
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> Initial questions (I'm sure others will come to me as I work on this):
>
> 1. Should the list of attributes be based on what's enabled for speech in the
> Text Attributes page of the Orca Preferences dialog? Or should it be any
> attribute which is detectable regardless of what the preferences are?
> I think it should be tied in with what is enabled for speech in the text attributes table, I certainly 
> wouldn't want every attribute change announced. Also this would feel consistant with Braille.
>    

> 2. I can see wanting to also do this for SayAll. I can also see wanting to do
> it for only SayAll or only line navigation or both or none. What about
> navigation left and right? Perhaps we can do something similar to how we speak
> misspelled words??
>    
I can imagine wanting it to be configurable for say all or cursoring or 
both/none. As for navigating a line, I feel it should be as you move to 
a changed attribute it gets spoken and as you navigate off the attribute 
you get informed it is now off (precisely how I am unsure, should it say 
the attribute followed by off or the window-eyes idea which announces 
the new style, if none then it tells you normal for the style). I think 
this slightly differs from misspelled words as you don't hear when you 
leave the spelling error.
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> --joanie
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