I had the most nightmarish experience yet: Somehow (probably by accidentally typing the shortcut) I turned on Orca, but because my computer's sound was muted, I only got mysterious symptoms. PDF files in Firefox kept returning to the first page, TeXstudio would crash with a segmentation fault when I opened the file manager, and I feared that my CPU was about to die. Finally, after plugging in headphones to listen to a video, I heard the jabbering and opened the System Monitor to find out the name of the program causing it. Please add an Orca icon to the system tray to help users to fix this faster!
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-orca in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1165609 Title: There is no apparent way to stop Orca Status in OEM Priority Project: Invalid Status in gnome-orca package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: The "Orca Screen Reader" icon in the Dash is a trap. If a user accidentally opens it, the only apparent recourse for the incessant jabber is to either mute the volume system-wide or log out. This makes for a very poor user experience. Orca could avoid this situation by providing at least one of the following: 1) A notification of how to stop it, if there is a way to stop it. 2) A confirmation prompt prior to starting. 3) A quit option in a standard location such as the indicator menu. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04 Package: gnome-orca 3.8.0-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-16.26-generic 3.8.5 Uname: Linux 3.8.0-16-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu5 Architecture: amd64 Date: Sat Apr 6 18:35:02 2013 InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-04-06 (0 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Alpha amd64 (20130402.1) MarkForUpload: True PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gnome-orca UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/oem-priority/+bug/1165609/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
