Orca 3.28.0: Enable Echo By Sentence doesn't Work

[Brandon Tyson]

On the "Key Echo" tab of Orca's preferences is a check box to "enable echo by sentence". On Ubuntu Mate 16.04, which used Orca 3.18.2, checking this box caused Orca to be able to speak typed sentences as soon as space was pressed after typing a punctuation mark to complete a sentence.
Sometime after this, and still in Orca 3.28.0 as well as Orca 3.29.3, checking the "enable echo by sentence" option doesn't speak sentences when they're completed.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open a text editor such as Pluma Text Editor or Libreoffice Writer.
2. With "Enable Echo By Sentence" enabled, type a sentence in the document and press space.
Expected result: Orca speaks each sentence as it is completed and space is pressed.
Actual result: Orca does not read the sentence and, if no other key echo options have been checked, Orca remains silent.

I use this option a lot especially when taking notes, as for me it's the equivalent of how sighted users can look at what they've just written and make any corrections.

Thank you very much for your time and I look forward to any fixes you may be able to provide.

Sincerely,

Brandon Tyson

[Alex ARNAUD (alexarnaud)]

Hello all,

I'm able to reproduce it as described with Orca master and Debian Stretch both with Pluma and LibreOffice Writer 6.1.1.

Thank you for the report Brandon.

Best regards,
Alex.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Brandon Tyson (brandongold98)]

Hi,

Is this the best place to report this, or should I put it on the Gnome
Bugzilla too?

Thank you very much for your time and I look forward to any assistance
you are willing to provide.

Sincerely,

Brandon Tyson

On 9/17/18, Alex ARNAUD <email address hidden> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I'm able to reproduce it as described with Orca master and Debian
> Stretch both with Pluma and LibreOffice Writer 6.1.1.
>
> Thank you for the report Brandon.
>
> Best regards,
> Alex.
>
> --
> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug
> report.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1792629
>
> Title:
> Orca 3.28.0: Enable Echo By Sentence doesn't Work
>
> Status in gnome-orca package in Ubuntu:
> Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> On the "Key Echo" tab of Orca's preferences is a check box to "enable echo
> by sentence". On Ubuntu Mate 16.04, which used Orca 3.18.2, checking this
> box caused Orca to be able to speak typed sentences as soon as space was
> pressed after typing a punctuation mark to complete a sentence.
> Sometime after this, and still in Orca 3.28.0 as well as Orca 3.29.3,
> checking the "enable echo by sentence" option doesn't speak sentences when
> they're completed.
>
> Steps to Reproduce:
> 1. Open a text editor such as Pluma Text Editor or Libreoffice Writer.
> 2. With "Enable Echo By Sentence" enabled, type a sentence in the document
> and press space.
> Expected result: Orca speaks each sentence as it is completed and space is
> pressed.
> Actual result: Orca does not read the sentence and, if no other key echo
> options have been checked, Orca remains silent.
>
> I use this option a lot especially when taking notes, as for me it's
> the equivalent of how sighted users can look at what they've just
> written and make any corrections.
>
> Thank you very much for your time and I look forward to any fixes you
> may be able to provide.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Brandon Tyson
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-orca/+bug/1792629/+subscriptions
>

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[Alex ARNAUD (alexarnaud)]

The best place seems to be the Orca mailing list. I've sent a message about your issue on it: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/orca-list/2018-September/msg00105.html

On the Orca mailing list you've to add to your bug report your environment: your distribution name and version number, so hear Ubuntu 18.04.

Thank you also for the useful and precise bug report you've made.

Best regards,
Alex.

[Alex ARNAUD (alexarnaud)]

This issue has been fixed in the development branch of Orca that will be available on Ubuntu 18.10 or 19.04.

Best regards,
Alex.