Re: [orca-list] Thoughts about binding unbound speak-selected-text command?

[Andy Borka <sonfire11 gmail com>]

I like this idea. For now, I bound it to ORCA+SHIFT+NUMPAD_DOWN.



On 07/13/2018 01:31 PM, Joanmarie Diggs wrote:
> Hey all.
>
> Orca now speaks the selected cell range when use the command to speak
> the selected text. Hopefully the presentation is what you want. If it is
> not, please start a new thread.
>
> I was about to add this information to whereAmI as well. But in whereAmI
> in tables, Orca presents things like coordinates. So if you used
> whereAmI because you wanted the selected cell range, you'd have to wait.
> And like Kyle says, speech is already a slow medium.
>
> In addition, I noticed that we present selected icons in whereAmI, after
> other whereAmI details. Arguably the same problem as with selected cell
> range.
>
> With this in mind, what do you all think about the following proposal:
>
> 1. We turn the speak-selected-text command into a speak-selection
>     command which will immediately present the selected whatever when
>     used.
>
> 2. We bind the command (currently it's unbound).
>
> Thoughts? And if you agree, what should the binding be?
>
> --joanie
>
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