Re: [orca-list] Ring in the New Year by typing numbers!

["Andy B." <sonfire11 gmail com>]

Agree.

On 01/02/2012 01:32 PM, Paul Hunt wrote:
> Joanie, all,
>
> When would you not want to hear the state of the locking keys when you 
> press one of them?
>
> I think Orca should always announce this even if key echo is disabled. 
> You're doing more than just speaking the name of the key as it's 
> pressed afterall, you're reporting a change of state of the system.
>
>
>
> On 02/01/12 18:23, Joanmarie Diggs wrote:
> > Hey Steve, all.
> >
> > On Mon, 2012-01-02 at 10:01 -0800, Steve Holmes wrote:
> > > While talking about toggling of the num lock key, I also notice that
> > > the Caps lock key does not speak the status of that toggle either.
> > See my response to Paul. For what it's worth, I too have been bitten by
> > that very thing. Key echo makes me crazy since I can touch type quickly
> > and accurately (modulo the numeric row). Thus for me, key echo is never
> > enabled. And this raises an interesting question: If expert users and
> > the developer herself make this mistake, maybe we should be doing
> > something differently within Orca so that a user has to actively disable
> > the speaking of locking keys. I dunno. What say you all?
> >
> > Thanks and take care.
> > --joanie
> >
> >
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