Re: [orca-list] Some really newbie questions

[Brandon Keith Biggs <brandonkeithbiggs gmail com>]

Hello,
One more question:
Sometimes in an app like firefox or the help, Orca will stop responding 
to the up and down arrows.
How do I refresh orca so that it will work again? It works if I hit tab 
or alt tab, but changing the focus doesn't work and neither does loading 
a new page.
thanks,

Brandon Keith Biggs
On 07/21/2014 04:28 AM, Brandon Keith Biggs wrote:
> Hello,
> Some really newbie questions:
> 1. How do I make Orca say a word rather than spelling it when 
> incountering a string like "test1"?
> 2. How can I keep Orca from saying "capital o" or "backspace o" when 
> pressing shift or backspace?
> 3. What is the best way to navigate through thunderbird? In windows I 
> just press enter on my messages and it reads all super fast, but here 
> it seems to lag a lot when I do that. Hitting f6 works, but does not 
> do a "read all" function when I jump into the message pane. How can I 
> most quickly read my messages?
> 4. Where is spell-check in Thunderbird located?
> 5. How do I save in Gedit? When I press ctrl+s Orca says "capital s" 
> and jumps me into the save window. I type in a document name like 
> "test1" then hit enter. Nothing happens. I then type: "test1.txt" and 
> hit enter. The only thing that seemed to work is "/test1" and now I 
> can't find it in my home dir.
> 6. How do I see the username of my computer? When trying to log into 
> the console I'm asked for my user name, but I don't remember it...
> 7. I'm using the elaquence synth and when arrowing through letters I 
> often hear lowd pops. Is there any way to keep this from happening?
> 8. Is there any way to hear the function name rather than the keys 
> when I do something like ctrl s or ctrl r in an app? I know what I'm 
> pressing, but don't always know what function I'm calling.
> 9. I can't seem to find a "read all" function, what is the key command 
> for read all?
> 10. Is there any way to add or remove folders in the bookmark menu in 
> firefox without going into the bookmarks manager? I tried going into 
> the bookmarks manager, adding a folder and looking at the folder in 
> the menu, but even though the folder was named in the manager, it 
> still showed "unnamed" in the bookmarks menu.
> Thank you,
>
> Brandon Keith Biggs

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