From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from spaceymail-a3.g.dreamhost.com (lax-green-bigip-5.dreamhost.com [208.113.200.5]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8485710A47 for ; Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:06:38 -0400 (EDT) Received: from tdsportable (97-118-26-239.hlrn.qwest.net [97.118.26.239]) by spaceymail-a3.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id CC00B19558D for ; Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:06:36 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <002901c8eb53$fb106df0$4200a8c0@tdsportable> From: "Tyler Littlefield" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: <4884BCD7.9090103@baechler.net> Subject: Re: irc Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:05:23 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=response Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3138 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3198 X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.10 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:06:38 -0000 Hello, I've never had that problem with speakup, but my usage isn't really much to speak uf. I personally like BitchX the best--though you should read docs before you use it. Thanks, ~~TheCreator~~ Visit TDS for quality software and website production http://tysdomain.com visit the piratecafe for programming related resources: http://piratecafe.net msn: tyler@tysdomain.com skype: st8amnd127 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tony Baechler" To: Sent: Monday, July 21, 2008 10:44 AM Subject: irc > Hi all, > > Samuel previously stated on this list that I was complaining but not > helping with better Debian accessibility. Therefore, I'm asking here > first to find out what I should do. Should I file a bug or is there > something I can set in Speakup to get around the problem? > > The problem is with the ircII client. It seems to work fine and has no > obvious accessibility problems. It is a text mode program and works fine > from the console. However, everything I type is repeated by Speakup. If > I type the slash for example, I hear "slash slash." If I'm typing a > command like /help, I her "slash slash h h e e l l p p." I can minimize > this by turning off key echo, but I don't understand why it echos > everything. Is there a fix for this? Other irc clients don't have that > problem and I haven't found any other programs that do that. I used to > have a similar problem in DOS but it had to do with graphics. I think it > might be how it writes to the screen, since the cursor isn't always on the > same line as the text I type, but I think I tried turning off cursor > tracking with no improvement. > > Should I use a different irc client, just live with it, file a bug or > what? What other irc clients are people using? I've installed all the > text mode clients that come with Debian, but I really think I like ircII > best. Is there another client not available in Debian that I should > compile from source? Is it an issue with the Debian scripts? Thanks all > for any other thoughts you might have. > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > __________ NOD32 3284 (20080721) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com > >