Re: [orca-list] Another Web question

[Joanmarie Diggs <jdiggs igalia com>]

Hi Jean-Philippe.

In focus mode, Orca speaks blank lines for me. Could you please provide
me with a concrete example of where there are blank lines that Orca
fails to read?

--joanie

On 05/01/2016 12:34 AM, MENGUAL Jean-Philippe wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've just had a new request about this topic: in teaching contents about
> computing, programming, etc., it seems that reading code example is
> difficult. Because such examples are seperated by blank lines. As Orca
> doesn't speak blank lines, even in focus mode, impossible to separate
> easily functions or code and explanations. Are there other similar
> feedbacks?
>
> For remind, I just think this behavior should be optional in Mozilla: a
> checkbox !o speak or not blank lines.
>
> Best regards,
>
>
>
> Le 15/04/2016 02:31, MENGUAL Jean-Philippe a écrit :
> > Hi Joanie,
> >
> > Oh I see, thanks. Actually there's this option, and "ignore blank lines"
> > in Firefox tab in specific prefs. But in this second case, it affects
> > tables, not the regular page. Are they 2 different contexts? I mean,
> > couldn't we imagine to extend this checkbox (in Firefox tab) from tables
> > to the whole Web page (navigation section), so that the user could choose?
> >
> > I tried focus and navigation modes as you sold me. They don't enable me,
> > on the page I studied, to see blank lines. Navigation mode skips them,
> > but fous mode as well. But I guess it's expected isn't it?
> >
> > With my best regards,
> >
> >
> > Le 15/04/2016 01:51, Joanmarie Diggs a écrit :
> > > Hi Jean-Philippe.
> > >
> > > On 04/14/2016 07:34 PM, MENGUAL Jean-Philippe wrote:
> > >
> > > > Last question: you said that it was a users request, but why the
> > > > checkbox "speak blank lines" doesn't help them to choose to have them
> > > > spoken or not? Does this setting affect another kind of contents?
> > >
> > > What you refer to is a speech setting; not a caret-navigation setting.
> > > It's documentation can be found at:
> > > https://help.gnome.org/users/orca/stable/preferences_speech.html. The
> > > content to save you the time:
> > >
> > > =======
> > > Speak blank lines
> > > If the Speak blank lines checkbox is checked, Orca will say "blank" each
> > > time you arrow to a blank line. If it is unchecked, Orca will say
> > > nothing when you move to a blank line.
> > > Default value: checked
> > > =======
> > >
> > > HTH.
> > > --joanie