From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from server2.sitesell.com (server2.sitesell.com [216.95.221.3]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with SMTP id 87CCA10A26 for ; Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:33:12 -0400 (EDT) Received: (qmail 8676 invoked from network); 21 Jul 2008 17:33:06 -0000 Received: from jimi.tabbweb.com (bas7-montrealak-1128775077.dsl.bell.ca [67.71.189.165]) by server2.sitesell.com ([216.95.221.3]) with ESMTP via TCP; 21 Jul 2008 17:33:06 -0000 Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:33:06 -0400 (EDT) From: Trevor Astrope To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: irc In-Reply-To: <4884BCD7.9090103@baechler.net> Message-ID: References: <4884BCD7.9090103@baechler.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed 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 17:33:12 -0000 The epic client works well for me, but I use the lice script with it, so ymmv. I also don't use the debian package. On Mon, 21 Jul 2008, Tony Baechler wrote: > 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 >