Re: [orca-list] beginning work on an NVDA like controller

[Alex Midence <alex midence gmail com>]

Hmmh, how about a system call to spd-say to make some text be spoken.  You would be bypassing Orca altogether 
and using Speech-dispatcher.  I don't know Python but, here is some pseudocode for what I mean:

String notification;
Function TalkToMe (Notification) {
System(spd-say 'notification');
} 

Admittedly, it's influenced by my smattering of c++ but, hopefully, you get the picture.  
Hope this makes sense,
Alex M


-----Original Message-----
From: orca-list [mailto:orca-list-bounces gnome org] On Behalf Of Joanmarie Diggs
Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2014 6:52 AM
To: Halim sahin; orca-list gnome org
Subject: Re: [orca-list] beginning work on an NVDA like controller

On 12/11/2014 11:24 AM, Halim sahin wrote:
> https://mail.gnome.org/archives/commits-list/2014-June/msg01039.html
> Afaik this functionality allowed other apps to use orca for speech output.

Actually that code was not implemented, let alone being called. So even if it were not removed, other apps 
could not use Orca for speech output.

Having said that, Orca is a screen reader; not an app that others can use to make their app speak whatever 
they want. So if the functionality being proposed is screen-reader functionality, it should be included in 
Orca. If the functionality is not screen-reader functionality, then Orca should not be used to provide it. If 
the latter is the case, and the problem is just wanting consistent voice settings, Orca can expose those 
speech settings.

Hope this helps.
--joanie
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