Re: [orca-list] Status bar presentation updated and includes braille support

[John Covici <covici ccs covici com>]

What is the command to speak the status bar?

Thanks.

On Fri, 08 May 2020 21:28:14 -0400,
Joanmarie Diggs wrote:
> Hey José.
>
> Thanks for the feedback!
>
> The small delay is not surprising. Orca's doing much more work
> now in order to ensure the right things are presented. I will try
> to make it more performant over time.
>
> --joanie
>
> On 5/8/20 21:22, José Vilmar Estácio de Souza wrote:
> > Hi Joanie.
> >
> >
> > I tested the changes using VSCode and they were
> > excellent. After the changes I noticed a small delay when I use
> > the command to speak the status bar.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> >
> > On 5/8/20 8:44 PM, Joanmarie Diggs wrote:
> > > Hey all.
> > >
> > > I made a number of changes today in Orca master regarding
> > > presentation of the status bar. It was prompted by some VSCode
> > > support wanted in Orca, but led to some bigger changes. Most
> > > notably:
> > >
> > > * If you are a braille user, when you give the command to speak the
> > >   status bar, braille will also be generated so you can examine the
> > >   bar that way without having to flat review the last line.
> > >
> > > * Roles are now presented (e.g. so you know if something is a button
> > >   or link in the status bar).
> > >
> > > * Labels in braille now have the end-of-line marker, if you have this
> > >   setting enabled. Feedback on this would be helpful. The rationale
> > >   was the label soup I saw in braille for LibreOffice Writer. Speech
> > >   separates these things out with pauses so you don't hear label
> > >   soup.
> > >
> > > I also found an inconsistency in what was spoken for a link
> > > (name is preferred) versus braille (actual text, complete with
> > > non-printable characters, was preferred). Now braille also
> > > prefers name. Let me know if that change has any unanticipated
> > > side effects.
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > > --joanie
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>
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