From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from dukecmmtar01.coxmail.com (dukecmmtar01.coxmail.com [68.99.120.48]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 35DC010A46 for ; Mon, 21 Jul 2008 12:42:34 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [192.168.0.100] (really [70.166.17.50]) by dukecmmtar01.coxmail.com (InterMail vM.6.01.06.01 201-2131-130-101-20060113) with ESMTP id <20080721164233.BFXF25430.dukecmmtar01.coxmail.com@[192.168.0.100]> for ; Mon, 21 Jul 2008 12:42:33 -0400 Message-ID: <4884BCD7.9090103@baechler.net> Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 09:44:07 -0700 From: Tony Baechler User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (Windows/20080421) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: irc Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 16:42:34 -0000 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.