Re: [orca-list] no audio output on menus in ubuntu 12.04 beta1

[Thomas Ward <thomasward1978 gmail com>]

Hi Mallory,

I think that is a logical deduction. It looks to me like what you said
is the case. Orca is reading the underscores in menus meant to
indicate which letter is the hot key. Its more an annoyance than
anything else right now.



On 3/10/12, Mallory van Achterberg <stommepoes stommepoes nl> wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 01:06:32PM +1100, Bart Bunting wrote:
> > 1.  Menus are spoken with what appears to be "underscore" where spaces
> > should be.  Note that this doesn't always happen as expected, for
> > example, in the firefox edit menu, I hear "underscore find"
> > "pref underscore erences" "find underscore again".
> > Perhaps this is underscores being sent where spaces should be, although
> > the apparent random insertion of one in the middle of preferences is
> > strange.  Also the one preceding find.
>
> I wonder if it's announcing the little underscore that's in the menus
> for sighted keyboarders' quick keys?
> Because in FF edit menu, Find has an underscore under the letter F
> (meaning you can select it by hitting F), and Preferences has the
> n underscored and that could explain why "underscore" is read out
> seemingly in the middle of the word.
> Select All would announce it in between because the A has the under-
> score.
>
> So it would make sense that it's trying to announce the keyboard
> shortcut key right before the letter itself, but it sounds more
> annoying than helpful. With PrefereNces you can't tell it's specifically
> the N.
>
> -Mallory
>
>
>
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