Re: [orca-list] XBoard Accessibility

[Samuel Thibault <samuel thibault ens-lyon org>]

Hello,

h g muller hccnet nl, le Sun 02 Aug 2015 10:12:01 +0200, a écrit :
> Op Vr, 31 juli, 2015 11:12 am schreef Samuel Thibault:
> > That is when a disabled user uses audio feedback.  Other disabled users
> > might be using braille, or whatever other kind of device to transmit text
> > to them, you can never know how that happens.  That's another reason why
> > the duty to choose how to transmit information is given to the screen
> > reader: that one was configure to transmit the information
> > the way the user can get it.
> I admit I had not considered Braille output. But as Braille output is
> similar in character to speech (namely sequential output of textual
> information),

No, braille output is not similar to TTS, it's not sequential,
precisely. Casting a TTS interface into braille would be cumbersome for
a braille user. And as I said, you can never know how the user will
want the output. He may be using something even completely different
than braille or speech. That's why it's better to just provide the
information to the screen reader, and let it do the rendering in a
suitable way.

Samuel