=============== * What is Orca? =============== Orca is a free, open source, flexible, and extensible screen reader that provides access to the graphical desktop via user-customizable combinations of speech, braille, and/or magnification. Orca development has been led by the Sun Microsystems, Inc., Accessibility Program Office via continued engagement with its end users and generous contributions from the Mozilla Foundation and wonderful community members.
You can read more about Orca at http://live.gnome.org/Orca. ================================== * What's changed for Orca v2.27.5? ================================== LOTS of stuff. Please read the following carefully. 2.27.5 - 27-Jul-2009 General: * Migrated to GtkBuilder (bgo#582506 and bgo#589362) * Fix for bgo#434600 – cursor routing keys cannot be used to position caret at end of line * Re-fix for bgo#568696 - locus of focus changes when updating list of files in nautilus * Work on bgo#575784 - accented characters are not echoed correctly. Orca now has two new checkboxes on the "Key Echo" tab of the preferences UI. The first, "Enable non-spacing diacritical keys", specifies whether dead keys are echoed or not. The second, "Enable echo by character", specifies if the exact character typed in an editable text area is to be spoken. This differs from the "Enable alphanumeric and punctuation keys" setting in that it echos the characters that are typed vs. the keys that were pressed. If both are enabled, preference is given to character echo where it applies. * Fix for bgo#578106 - Gtk Warning on starting Orca Preferences GUI * Fix for bgo#585049 - When I select paragraphs with Ctrl+Shift+Down key combination, Orca says incorrect information message * Fix for bgo#585417 - Allow pauses to be inserted in speech output * Fix for bgo#585948 - Automatic position index spoken request. Orca now has a "Speak child position" on the "Speech" tab in the preferences UI. When selected, Orca will speak the child position (e.g., 'item 6 of 7') of various objects. * Fix for bgo#588471 - Orca's clicking functionality should click on the locusOfFocus when not in flat review * Fix for bgo#588774 - Tooltips aren't always presented * Fix for bgo#589244 - Remove libgail-gnome usage, use gail in gtk+ instead * Fix for bgo#589497 - orca shouldn't speak entering / leaving flat review mode when verbosity is set to brief * Fix for bgo#589504 - Orca double speaks typed characters when input method is enabled Firefox: * Fix for bgo#480883 - Braille navigation on Webpages. The pan left and pan right buttons on the braille display should now allow you to scroll through the page content in linear order. * Fix for bgo#586399 - Orca should provide support/access to "Mouse Overs" in web content. See the following message for a complete description: http://mail.gnome.org/archives/orca-list/2009-July/msg00186.html. * Fix for bgo#588910 - Orca should support the spellcheck as you go in mozilla applications * Fix for bgo#589455 - Can not activate links with structural navigation keys New and updated translations (THANKS EVERYONE!!!): es Spanish Francisco Javier Dorado Martinez fr French Claude Paroz ===================== * Where can I get it? ===================== You can obtain Orca v2.27.5 in source code form at the following: http://download.gnome.org/sources/orca/2.27/orca-2.27.5.tar.gz http://download.gnome.org/sources/orca/2.27/orca-2.27.5.tar.bz2 Enjoy! The Orca Team _______________________________________________ gnome-announce-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-announce-list
