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

[kendell clark <coffeekingms gmail com>]

hi
Wow, I didn't know this was going to start a huge debate. I was just 
throwing the idea out there, since nvda does this, and no, we are not 
trying to mimick nvda at all, nor should we, but it would help those 
coming over from nvda feel a little more familiar, although if this ever 
does get implemented it should of course be configurable.
Thanks
Kendell Clark


Al Sten-Clanton wrote:
> Well, sounds are words, to, and in this case pretty short ones whose 
> meanings are known at least to the folks who know the language they're 
> in.  Mind, I wouldn't object to their being available as an option, 
> but the benefit seems small.  (And as one of those dudes with some 
> hearing loss, I need some better speech, anyway.)
>
> Best!
>
> Al
>
> On 2/17/2017 10:05 PM, B. Henry wrote:
> > 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.
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