Re: [orca-list] is it possible contro orca behavior via a script

[Steve Holmes <steve holmes88 gmail com>]

Well, I like to mute Orca while using gnome-mplayer because sometimes
if and when you start seeking around in a track, Orca begins speaking
stuff from the status bar and then won't shut up because the status
bar is constantly changing so I just routinely turn off speech when
starting gnome-mplayer and turn it back on when finished.  It just
works better all around that way.  I haven't had any blow-ups for a
very long time this way.  Gnome-mplayer is a funny interface here.
The normal mplayer commands work even though you're in a gnome
interface.  You can still pop up the menus though and then you would
need Orca to speak of course.  But I just make sure to force speech
silent while playing content.

On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 10:31:02AM -0500, Albert Sten-Clanton wrote:
> Steve, you actually can have Orca speak when you're using gnome-mplayer?
> When I kick it in to hear a streaming radio show, Orca's gone as soon as the
> show comes on my computer.  Sas this happens when I use my normal, Arch
> desktop, but not when I use the Vinux CD, I wondered if there was some quirk
> in the relevant Arch package(s).
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
> Al 
>
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>
> Like someone else said, the Orca+S key is your friend for the moment.  
> Just toggle it off before starting the application in question and toggle it
> back on when through.  I do this when I use gnome-mplayer all the time.
>
> On 01/26/2011 09:34 AM, José Vilmar Estácio de Souza wrote:
> > Hi all.
> > Is it possible to send commands to orca via a script?
> > I have a friend that would like turn speech of while some programs are 
> > executed and turn speech on after execution finish.
> >
> > He could stop orca using the -q option and start orca after the 
> > executions but he wouldn't like to hear the welcome message.
> > Any suggestions?
> > Thanks.
> >
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