Re: [orca-list] so cloase with xfce and orca

[Christopher Chaltain <chaltain gmail com>]

The current version of ChromeVox doesn't use speech dispatcher.
Apparently that's in an upcoming version.

Right now, I use ChromeVox with a TTS from Google, and I'm never tempted
to turn off speech in Orca while using ChromeVox. Orca doesn't read the
same text that ChromeVox reads, and there are some menus and dialogs
that ChromeVox doesn't read, so I actually want to use them in tandem.
I'm not sure how much this will change if you're using ChromeVox with
speech dispatcher.

Although I use ChromeVox quite a bit, I wouldn't want to lose access to
Firefox. Using Chrome and ChromeVox means learning a new browser and a
new screen reader, which behaves quite a bit differently from Orca.
Plus, as whenever you have a choice, there are some web pages that I
just prefer to use with Firefox and Orca.

On 20/09/12 10:11, Alex Midence wrote:
> I think you would go into the orca preferences for chromeand turn speech
> off.  How are other self-voicing apps dealt with by Orca?  
>
> Alex M
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Behalf Of simon eigeldinger vol at
> Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2012 8:57 AM
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> Subject: Re: [orca-list] so cloase with xfce and orca
>
> hi alex,
>
> i wonder how chromevox behaves when orca also wants to talk on that
> dispatcher and  chromevox too.
> guess you need, as also on windows, disable the screenreader you are using
> while chromevox is active which i don't think is a nice idea to deal with.
>
> greetings,
> simon
>
>
>
> On Thu, 20 Sep 2012 08:11:40 -0500
>   Alex Midence <alex midence gmail com> wrote:
> > Why are you hung up on them?  Perhaps, it's time to explore other 
> > alternatives.  Have you had any luck with Sylpheed and Clausemail?
> > for browsers, I recently read an update that Chromevox was making 
> > strides in usability.  It now uses speech dispatcher which allegedly 
> > makes it easier to configure and install.  Firefox is nice but, it's 
> > not the only browser.  Same can be said of Thunderbird.  Unless, of 
> > course, the state of the competing e-mail clients is as inaccessible 
> > as Evolution.
> >
> > On another note, what are you using for a text editor in your setup?
> > Have you had any luck with Leafpad?  I tried it and ran into hitches  
> > with getting it to read what I typed.  I had to go into orca  
> > preferences and have ot track things like justification and  
> > indentation (don't have the preferences dialog handy right now to be  
> > completely accurate).  Only after I set all that stuff to on did it  
> > read what I'd typed and it was a bit clunky besides.  This was before  
> > all the xfce 4.10 stuff came out so, I'm hoping it works better now.
> >
> > Alex M
> >
> > On 9/20/12, Jonathan Nadeau <j nadeau charter net> wrote:
> > > Hello list,
> > >
> > > Here is my update with xfce and Orca. i'm so cloase to being done and  
> > > having everything accessible. There are two programs holding me back  
> > > from being done. Firefox and Thunderbird. I have no idea of why these  
> > > two programs are not accessible. i've even downloaded firefox and  
> > > thunderbird from mozilla and even these weren't accessible. If anyone  
> > > has any ideas please let me know.
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