Re: [orca-list] Orca now has preliminary support for object mode / non-layout mode. Yes. Really.

[Alex Midence <alex midence gmail com>]

I'm totally all for layout presentation being the default.  I have also always liked how Orca presents the 
screen layout.  As a trainer of exclusively sighted students on web-based applications, I keenly appreciate 
the importance of this feature.  In Jaws, the feature for moving between a "simple layout" (the object mode 
which is different frem screen layout" is in a dialog specific to jaws and can't be toggled with a hotkey.  
The other option is Screen Layout and It is quite handy in braille but tends to be a bit verbose on some 
lines in speech.  Still and all, it's nice to have both for certain situations.  Some pages seem easier to 
navigate in simple layout while others are better to navigate in screen layout.  Thank you, Joannie for 
implementing this feature.  

Alex M



-----Original Message-----
From: orca-list [mailto:orca-list-bounces gnome org] On Behalf Of Kyle
Sent: Friday, September 12, 2014 8:20 AM
To: orca-list gnome org
Subject: Re: [orca-list] Orca now has preliminary support for object mode / non-layout mode. Yes. Really.

One of the things I've always liked about Orca is the way it presents websites more closely to the screen 
layout than other screen readers I used in the past on other operating systems. Even ChromeVox doesn't always 
present a layout that is similar to the way a website looks on screen to the extent that Orca does. That 
said, I guess some people need a different presentation style. In this case, I think a checkbox in 
preferences is probably the best way to handle this, as long as the layout presentation remains the default. 
A command keybinding may be good as well, but it may be good to be able to toggle between the two 
presentation modes.
~Kyle
http://kyle.tk/
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