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

[Simon Eigeldinger <simon eigeldinger vol at>]

hi christopher,

thanks for the info. ah interesting.
then this works as long as orca doesn't support chrome by itself.


greetings,
simon


Am 20.09.2012 17:33, schrieb Christopher Chaltain:
> 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-----
> > 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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