Personally I use Irssi myself. Don't know what others use. Tom -----Original Message----- From: speakup-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca] On Behalf Of Tyler Littlefield Sent: Monday, July 21, 2008 1:05 PM To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. Subject: Re: irc Hello, I've never had that problem with speakup, but my usage isn't really much to speak uf. I personally like BitchX the best--though you should read docs before you use it. Thanks, ~~TheCreator~~ Visit TDS for quality software and website production http://tysdomain.com visit the piratecafe for programming related resources: http://piratecafe.net msn: tyler at tysdomain.com skype: st8amnd127 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tony Baechler" <tony@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Monday, July 21, 2008 10:44 AM Subject: irc > 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 at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > __________ NOD32 3284 (20080721) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com > > _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup at braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
