Re: [orca-list] Experimental "Rewind" and "Fast forward" implemented for SayAll

[Rob Whyte <fudge thefudge net>]

Hi Joanie,
Found this quite useful, how ever Firefox tends to enter this mode once
a page loads with the automatically speak the page setting enabled.

Cheers


On 19/01/15 13:21, Joanmarie Diggs wrote:
> Hey all.
>
> I've just committed a change to master which, when enabled, makes it
> possible for you to press Up and Down during a SayAll to go back and
> forward in order to re-hear previously read content or skip over
> something you don't want to hear. Some notes:
>
> 1. It's disabled by default. To enable it, edit your
> orca-customizations.py file adding:
>
> import orca.settings
> orca.settings.rewindAndFastForwardInSayAll = True
>
> 2. Currently, if you are *not* in Gecko content, you can only rewind as
> far as the beginning of the SayAll you're in. For instance, if you are
> in the middle of a text document and start SayAll, Orca starts reading
> from the middle of the document. You will not be able to rewind to the
> start of the document. I'll fix that in the near future. In the
> meantime, the solution is start the SayAll at the top of the document if
> you really want to read from the top of the document. <smiles> If you're
> in Gecko content, you should be able to rewind all the way to the
> beginning, even if you didn't start your SayAll from there.
>
> 3. If this setting is enabled, obviously Up and Down will not interrupt
> speech during a SayAll. Any other key, however, should interrupt speech.
>
> 4. Hey, wouldn't it be cool if you could also use structural navigation
> to skip ahead and behind? Why yes, yes it would. <smiles> That's next on
> my list.
>
> Those of you able to test master, please give this a try and let me know
> what you think. Thanks!
> --joanie
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