Re: [orca-list] Should Orca ignore your punctuation settings when the only thing on the line is punctuation?

[Al Sten-Clanton <albert e sten_clanton verizon net>]

Hi, Joanie.


I'm inclined towards option B.  I had to think about this, since my 
first reaction was that I want my settings to rule the day. Since 
Silence is unhelpful, though.


I have Orca set to speak blank lines.  I've noticed, though, that I'll 
often hear nothing when I'm on lines I presume to be blank in 
Thunderbird messages I'm writing or editing.  Your question makes me 
wonder if there are things on those lines I didn't knowingly put there.  
(I should remember next time to set punctuation to "all" when I'm 
replying to an e-mail.)


In short, then, I'd probably want to know when there's something on a 
line that is not blanks and is not ordinary writing that I can read with 
most punctuation on.  It's not a big problem, since I have a key for 
changing punctuation levels, just a thing that's maybe better to have 
than not.


Al


On 3/20/20 1:05 PM, Joanmarie Diggs wrote:
> Hey all.
>
> What should Orca do when you up/down arrow to a line which consists 
> only of punctuation, or of punctuation with whitespace?
>
> a. Respect your punctuation setting, even if that means Orca might stay
>    silent when you arrow to that line, OR
> b. Ignore your punctuation setting, because Orca should say something,
>    and if we just give the symbol to the speech synthesizer as-is, the
>    speech synthesizer might not say it.
>
> Right now Orca is doing option a, assuming that it should always 
> respect your setting because you know best about your preferences, and 
> you can always use left/right or flat review the characters.
>
> But periodically I find it weird that there is silence when one arrows 
> to a line that consists only of punctuation, or of punctuation and 
> whitespace. So I'm wondering if b would be a better option.
>
> Looking forward to your thoughts. Thanks!
> --joanie
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