Re: [orca-list] chat support, some questions

[Joanmarie Diggs <jdiggs igalia com>]

Hey Kendell.

I'll take a look. Thanks!
--joanie

On 08/23/2016 08:04 AM, kendell clark wrote:
> hi all
> The subject line is a little vague because I'm not sure what to call it.
> Orca has generic support for chat programs like pidgin, empathy, etc.
> Would it be possible to add chat support for mumble and linphone? Right
> now, mumble's text support is a little strange. Orca can't navigate
> through the chat log with the arrow keys, only by using flat review. The
> log area appears to be a read only text area but orca can't navigate it.
> Linphone is the same. Orca doesn't announce new incoming messages,
> although a sound is played for mumble. This isn't critical by any means,
> just something I've been wondering about.  Is orca's support for orca+1
> through 0 to read the last 10 messages generic to any chat app or does
> it need to be implemented for each app? Basically I'm wondering if it
> wouldn't be possible to abstract support for chat apps like you did with
> the new terminal app. You'd probably still need an app specific script
> if the app had bugs you had to work around but it might be less work
> this way.  I'm no expert at all though and could be completely wrong
> though, just curious.
> Thanks
> Kendell Clark
>
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