[orca-list] Fwd: Re: Orca preferences dialog redesign

[Joanmarie Diggs <jdiggs igalia com>]

Forwarding to the Orca list so that all the answers are public.

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: [orca-list] Orca preferences dialog redesign
Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2012 17:20:06 -0400
From: Speedy <speedychair live com>
Reply-To: Donald Marang verizon net
To: Joanmarie Diggs <jdiggs igalia com>

On at least one release of orca or Ubuntu, I have seen the Set
PunctuationLevel bound to Orca + p.  This binding made sense to me.

I have two additional items I personally would like to see added to the
orca preferences.  The first may not be very popular anymore.  Because
my hearing sometimes misses the pitch change for capital letters, I
prefer it say "Cap" before the letter when typing and reviewing by
letter.  I have figured out more than once how to do this for espeak.
Is it generally possible to provide a checkbox which would work for most
synthesizers?  The second enhancement I would like to see added to the
orca preferences dialog is a way to speed up the speech rate beyond the
default.  The espeak package now uses the libsonic libraries which can
speed up the speech up to 3x the previous range.  This is utilized by
NVDA in Windows as a Turbo checkbox.  Currently in Vinux, the max - min
range and the default rates can be changed in the configuration files.

*Don Marang*
Vinux Package Development Coordinator - vinuxproject.org
<http://www.vinuxproject.org/>


On 4/23/2012 12:25 PM, Joanmarie Diggs wrote:
> Hey Albert.
>
> Thanks for your response!
>
> On 04/23/2012 12:06 PM, Albert Sten-Clanton wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> > Let me know if I'm mistaken, but one thing I've never seen is the option of
> > a key binding for changing punctuation level on the fly.  This would often
> > be helpful.
> It's unbound by default and is currently called "Cycles to the next
> speaking of punctuation level." Personally I think that could be better
> worded. Regardless, given that we are getting a makeover, I would ask
> you to consider the following: Why didn't you find this before?
> Possibilities could include, but are not limited to:
>
> 1. Lousy description of function
> 2. The keybindings page is confusing
> 3. You think the setting should be elsewhere
> 4. Something(s) else
>
> For the record, I am not going to take any offense at, or be hurt by,
> hearing a bunch of "What I hate about the Orca Preferences dialog"
> items. In fact, that is *exactly* what I am asking all of you to
> provide. I want to hand Felipe with the most detailed list possible so
> that we can, once and for all, have a GUI that is awesome.
>
> Thanks again!
> --joanie
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