Re: [orca-list] Orca is not reading already opened windows

[chrys linux-a11y org]

Howdy,

I think this rather an problem in orca and more a heuristic in firefox to disable AT Toolkit support if not 
needed to save Performance.  if no AT (like an screenreader  or magnifier)  was detected if you run firefox 
or Thunderbird  they assume that you dont need it. 
I think, but not totaly sure, this can be forced  in about:config  in firefox.

Cheers chrys

Am Mo. Apr. 3 15:31:49 2017 GMT+0200 schrieb Germano Corrêa:
> Hello!
>
> Since I work with web accessibility, most of my job consists in evaluting
> accessibility in a website, which includes tests with a screen reader. As I
> use Fedora, the used screen reader is Orca.
>
> I don't know why, but I can't use Orca if I start the screen reader after a
> window is already opened. If I'm using Firefox, for instance, without the
> screen reader, and then I have to start the screen reader to test
> something, it reads nothing in the page, not even the title of the window.
> I have to close Firefox, start Orca, and then open Firefox again.
>
> Sometimes not even this works, with Firefox Developer Edition, for example.
> As I installed it with Flatpak, I don't know if this is an issue related to
> flatpak or if it's just an Orca bug.
>
> The only thing I can think is start Orca on boot, but then disable speak,
> and enabling it when I need, but I'll have to get more used to Orca's
> shortcuts because I can't use Caps Lock normally, for instance, among other
> things.
>
> I would really appreciate it if anyone could help me with this, with a
> workaround or a fix, or just an explanation.
>
> Best regards,