Re: [orca-list] How to write extension for ibus input method?

[Joanmarie Diggs <jdiggs igalia com>]

Thanks! I can reproduce it. What would you like Orca to say instead of
what it is saying now?

--joanie

On 03/22/2018 11:10 AM, Cameron Wong wrote:
> Hi Joanmarie,
>
> Here is the steps to reproduce the issue. (I try it on a Ubuntu live CD
> in English language.)
>
> 1. Install and setup ibus-libpinyin
> $ sudo apt install ibus-libpinyin
> You may not need to install since I find it already installed in an
> Ubuntu live CD.
>
> Setup Chinese input method in following procedure:
> Ubuntu 18.04(dev)->System Setting->Region & Language->Input
> Sources->add(+)->Chinese(Intelligent Pinyin)
>
> 2. Activate Chinese input method
> Open a terminal
> Press SUPER+SPACE, you will see an icon on the top right window changed
> from “En” to “中”
> Then input “zhong”(in fact “zh” is enough), you will see a panel with 5
> Chinese characters whose pinyin is “zhong”. Press Up and Down array key
> to move cursor to select Chinese character.
> When you press UP and Down array key, Orca(with eSpeak) will say “panel,
> Chinese letter 1”, “panel, Chinese letter 2” etc. If you use a TTS
> support Chinese, the word “Chinese letter” will be replaced with the
> real sound of that Chinese character. But you don’t need to bother to
> install a Chinese TTS.
>
> My goal is to find a way to customize the content of “panel, Chinese
> letter 1”.
>
> Many thanks!
>
> Cameron
>
> 2018-03-22 20:28 GMT+08:00 Joanmarie Diggs <jdiggs igalia com
> <mailto:jdiggs igalia com>>:
>
>     Hi Cameron.
>
>     I'll take a look. But I know absolutely nothing about ibus-pinyin. What
>     steps do I need to take to launch/view the panel in question?
>
>     Thanks!
>     --joanie
>
>     On 03/22/2018 05:59 AM, Cameron Wong wrote:
>     > Hi developers,
>     >
>     > I am trying to make ibus-pinyin input method readable.
>     >
>     > I have hacked ibus package to call speech dispatcher to achieve my
>     > purpose directly in Ubuntu 14.04 and Ubuntu 16.04 without touching
>     > Orca's code in the pass years. In the old days, Orca did not read ibus
>     > input method at all.
>     >
>     > However, from Ubuntu 18.04 which switches to Gnome 3, Orca can read ibus
>     > input method panel a bit but far from good enough. I use accerciser to
>     > analyze ibus input method panel. It belongs to gnome-shell not its
>     > lauching process ibus-engine-pinyin. And there no properties that I can
>     > identified this panel belongs to ibus.
>     >
>     > So it there a way I can write app script to change the way Orca reads
>     > ibus input method panel?
>     >
>     > If there is no easy way to write a script to read ibus input method
>     > panel, is there a way to disable Orca reading ibus input method panel?
>     > Then I can read it in my old way.
>     >
>     > Or are there any other suggestions?
>     >
>     > Thanks a lot!
>     >
>     > Cameron Wong
>     >
>     >
>     >
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