Re: [orca-list] suggestion: add sounds for entering/exiting browse and focus modes, turning on and off orca

[Milton <milton duurzaamdigitaal org>]

If you've got a certain age and ran out of some memory, you'll be happy 
to hear the words spoken.


Milton


Op 18-02-17 om 04:05 schreef B. Henry:
> We are talking about a sound, not words.
> Sounds can play in as little as a tenth of a second and be understood by many, certainly a half second sound 
> can be distinguished by just about everyone
> with fair or better hearing. Speech takes longer, e.g. even at very fast word per minute counts it takes 
> longer to hear two words than to hear  a sound
> icon. For those who listen to their screenreaders at more typical rates the difference is greater, and for 
> some words are more distracting than a
> non-verbal sound for communicating relatively sinmple information.