Comment 3 for bug 1792629

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.
>
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> 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
>
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