Re: [orca-list] Firefox Regression with Access Key Announcements

[Joanmarie Diggs <jdiggs igalia com>]

Hi Brandon.
I'll take a look. Thanks for the report!
--joanie

On 10/22/18 6:27 AM, Brandon Tyson via orca-list wrote:
> Hello,
>
> For awhile now, Orca has been unable to present access keys on web
> pages in Firefox if "Report Object Mnemonics" is selected in Orca's
> speech preferences. The last version I remember this working in,
> similar to the echo by sentence issue, was 3.18.2.
>
> Steps to reproduce:
> 1. Using a recent version of Orca such as 3.30.0, open Firefox and go
> to a website that contains access keys, such as
> http://btprojects.jc-hosting.me
> 2. Make sure that the "speak object Mnemonics" option is turned on in
> Orca's preferences globally for all applications.
> 3. Tab through the links.
> Actual result: When you get to the links, such as "Utilities", "To Do
> Lists", "Word Race", "Battery Meter" and "Audio Content", Orca does
> not read the access keys that I've placed on them, so if someone wants
> to navigate around the site on Linux with Orca they won't know what
> these access keys are.
> Expected Result: Orca should read each of the access keys, such as:
> "Utilities link, alt+shift+u", "Word Race link, alt+shift+w", and so on.
>
> Another site where you can see this is on the Gmail site when in Basic
> HTML view. The "Compose Mail" link has an access key of alt+shift+c
> which I can press, but Orca doesn't read that out either.
>
> Thank you very much for your time and I look forward to any input you
> may have on this.
>
> Also, I just want to say that I appreciate how quickly Echo by
> Sentence and support for Pluma's spell checker was improved! Thanks
> again for doing that, and thanks again for such a great screen reader!
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Brandon Tyson