Re: [orca-list] punctuation level keystroke I set doesn't seem to work

[Joanmarie Diggs <jdiggs igalia com>]

What synthesizer are you using?
--joanie

On 1/28/20 6:26 PM, Al Sten-Clanton wrote:
> Hi, Joanie.
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> 1.  I read your message, the one just below.
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> 2.  I used orca-space to get into settings, then right-arrowed to speech 
> settings, then tabbed to punctuation = most.  I hit escape and got out 
> of there.
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> 3.  I pressed control-shift-p.  When I do that, as I did just this 
> second, it says "p punctuation set to all."
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> 4.  I reread a bit of your message. It did not read the comma in "Having 
> said that, ..." It read no other punctuation, either.
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> 5.  I hit orca-space again and went to the punctuation setting. It still 
> said punctuation = most.
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> Note:  I've bound a couple of other keys, but have only tested 
> control-shift-pageup and control-shift-pagedown, which are to increase 
> and decrease the speech rate.  They work as they should.
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> I hope this helps, but tell me if you need more testing.
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> Al
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> On 1/28/20 12:39 PM, Joanmarie Diggs wrote:
> > Update: Having pinned down the source of the Shift-related regression, 
> > realized that it only happens with Orca+Shift+key; not Ctrl+Shift+key. 
> > That, along with reading your message more closely, tells me that my 
> > previous suggestion to try without Shift was bogus. Sorry about that!
> >
> > Having said that, punctuation cycling is working for me as expected. 
> > So I'm not sure what's going on in your case. Can you give me very 
> > precise steps to reproduce the problem?
> >
> > Note that changing the punctuation level via keystroke is meant to be 
> > very temporary. For instance, imagine you're proofreading a message 
> > where the punctuation needs to be perfect. You'd use the command to 
> > change the punctuation level, and re-read the message before sending. 
> > But as soon as you get into another application, things go back to the 
> > default. If you really want to make a permanent change, you should do 
> > so not via keystroke, but by setting the value in the Orca preferences 
> > dialog, either globally or for the application where you need that 
> > setting.
> >
> > --joanie
> >
> >
> > On 1/28/20 11:59 AM, Joanmarie Diggs wrote:
> > > There seems to be a regression in bindings which are rebound and have 
> > > shift in them. I'll look into this. In the meantime, try a shortcut 
> > > without Shift to see if this is the same problem for you.
> > >
> > > --joanie
> > >
> > > On 1/28/20 8:05 AM, Al Sten-Clanton via orca-list wrote:
> > > > Greetings!
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I am using what I think is the latest version of Orca, and also of 
> > > > Slint.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I assigned the key control-shift-p to set punctuation levels for 
> > > > Orca. I did this as a general setting, not specific to any app. When 
> > > > I use the keystroke and am told that the punctuation level is "all," 
> > > > however, I do not get all the punctuation. (I'm not sure what level 
> > > > I'm at for the default.) I have found this when using Bookshare with 
> > > > chrome, in Thunderbird when reading message, and, if memory serves, 
> > > > in a text document (I forget which editor).
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Am I missing something I should do?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Thanks!
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Al
> > > >
> > > >
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