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

This might be one of the pages that calls for an 'advanced' tab or an expandable/collapsible view. 


-Dave




On 04/23/2012 06:47 PM, Christopher Chaltain wrote:


I haven't put any thought into this, but what about putting less common
settings in a lower level, maybe with an advanced button on each page.

On 23/04/12 17:41, Dave Hunt wrote:

I think a couple of checkboxes should do it.  Let's call them 'speak'
and 'pitch'.  If 'pitch' is selected, present the adjuster.  What would
we do about mixed case, all-caps, and/or other attributes?  This could
get messy if we're not careful.


-Dave





On 04/23/2012 06:36 PM, Albert Sten-Clanton wrote:

Good idea to have the "Cap" for capital letters as an option.  "CapCap"
would be good for things that are all in capitals.

Al

-----Original Message-----
From: orca-list-bounces gnome org [mailto:orca-list-bounces gnome org] On
Behalf Of Joanmarie Diggs
Sent: Monday, April 23, 2012 5:23 PM
To: orca-list gnome org
Subject: [orca-list] Fwd: Re: Orca preferences dialog redesign

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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The manual is at
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The FAQ is at http://live.gnome.org/Orca/FrequentlyAskedQuestions
Log bugs and feature requests at http://bugzilla.gnome.org
Find out how to help at http://live.gnome.org/Orca/HowCanIHelp
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