Re: [orca-list] self-voicing apps and orca--was Re: so cloase with xfce and orca

[Alex Midence <alex midence gmail com>]

That's a good question.  I don't use any self-voicing apps in Linux other
than Emacspeak and that one, I use from the console with speakup toggled off
with numpad insert + numpad enter.  Emacspeak doesn't use speech dispatcher
and I use espeakup these days in console leaving speech dispatcher for
Orca's exclusive use so this situation never comes up for me.

Alex M


-----Original Message-----
From: orca-list-bounces gnome org [mailto:orca-list-bounces gnome org] On
Behalf Of Dave Hunt
Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2012 10:18 AM
To: orca-list gnome org
Subject: [orca-list] self-voicing apps and orca--was Re: so cloase with xfce
and orca



Hi,

I use a self-voicing game that seems to peacefully coexist with orca. 
When the game puts up a dialogue, it and orca both speak it.  I don't know
whether the game and orca share an instance of speech dispatcher, or maybe
the game launches its own?



-Dave



On 09/20/2012 11:11 AM, 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-----
> From: orca-list-bounces gnome org [mailto:orca-list-bounces gnome org] 
> On Behalf Of simon eigeldinger vol at
> Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2012 8:57 AM
> To: orca-list
> 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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> > > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/orca-list
> > > Visit http://live.gnome.org/Orca for more information on Orca.
> > > The manual is at
> > > http://library.gnome.org/users/gnome-access-guide/nightly/ats-2.html
> > > 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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> > http://library.gnome.org/users/gnome-access-guide/nightly/ats-2.html
> > The FAQ is at http://live.gnome.org/Orca/FrequentlyAskedQuestions
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