Is the highlight tracking described in the speakup help system for speakup cvs? Just trying to figure out how you folks know how to use this feature. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Adam Myrow" <amyrow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Monday, August 22, 2005 2:51 PM Subject: Re: Thanks for the new highlight tracking! > I've gotten a chance to play with highlight tracking, and it is > definitely worth the effort of building a 2.6.12.5 kernel. I've always > ignored the Midnight Commander before, but now, I feel I could actually > make use of it. It also works well in the Pilot file browser that comes > with Pine. Even if you don't use the "-g" flag to make the cursor appear > where the file is, speech will still properly track where you are once > highlight tracking is turned on. > > Is there a way to get Speakup to read what text is highlighted at the > moment? For instance, it would be nice to know what file is highlighted > without having to move up and down with the arrows. Another place this > would be handy is in the Aspell spelling checker. Since that spelling > checker is supposed to eventually replace Ispell, I've been trying to get > used to it. It isn't nearly as accessible as Ispell, however. Ispell > shows the unknown word at the top of the screen, then shows it in context. > Aspell, on the other hand, shows the unknown word only in context, in > reverse video. By looking at the suggestions, and moving through the > lines above, repeatedly pressing insert-period, I can eventually find the > word in question since it is in reverse video, but this is a real pain in > the rear. It would be nice to have a keystroke which would read any > highlighted text on the screen, so I could easily tell what word is being > asked about. > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
