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

[Cameron Wong <hgneng gmail com>]

Great!

When we input Chinese with pinyin input method, we need to choose the right character with the same sound. For example, there are many character map to "zhong". There all pronounce the same (although some with different tone). We need to explain it in word context to user like below:

When cursor on first candidate character of "zhong" - "中", Orca should say "中国的中", which means this is the first character of China.

When cursor on second candidate character of "zhong" - "种", Orca should say "种子的种", which means this is the first character of seed.

I wrote a dictionary for explaining all Chinese character in the input method before. I need to find a way to replace the default output of Orca "panel, Chinese letter n" with explanatin of that "Chinese letter" in my dictionary.

Cameron

2018-03-24 2:17 GMT+08:00 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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