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

[Robert Cole <rkcole72984 gmail com>]

Hello, Joanie, all.

As far as this goes, I think leaving the audio feedback concerning 
locking keys on is a good idea. This is from my perspective, and here is 
why:

I have had to purchase multiple keyboards in the past. Some of these 
were multimedia keyboards which had many more keys than a normal 
keyboard. I did not take the time (bad on my part, I know...) to learn 
all of the keys, and at times I would be guilty of locking/unlocking 
something which would really throw me off. And at other times I press a 
locking key by accident and then I have to try to figure out which key I 
pressed.

That is just my two cents, even though the problems I had were my own 
fault...a PEBKAC problem--Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair 
(pointing to me). :)

Take care.

On 01/02/2012 10:23 AM, 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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