GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 735691
Change default Screen reader shortcut
Last modified: 2019-03-20 11:17:40 UTC
We currently use Alt+Win+S, Windows 8 uses Win+Enter, or Win+Volume up (on tablets): http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/hear-text-read-aloud-narrator Should we switch to that? Or add it?
When in doubt, ask the users. :) And Orca users are a pretty active group, so I expect they'll readily share their opinion. I just started the thread. Stay tuned. https://mail.gnome.org/archives/orca-list/2014-August/msg00559.html
I think changing this shortcut key may introduce great deal of confusion. About two years ubuntu started with ctrl+s in unity. Then gnome invented super+alt+s and now we are considering another shift. It's worth noting ubuntu have since adopted this gnome upstream choice for super+alt+s. By the way on the mac there is also a shortcut command+F5 which starts / exits voice over. Do we want some inspiration from that as well? I hope alt+super+s to stay there if possible. If there will be a huge demand for the other shortcuts then please make them aliases to this one which is already respected.
I think Alt+Win+S is slightly more intuitive than Win+Enter, making it easy to infer that S stands for speech or "start speech." I don't know of Win+Enter being a shortcut for anything at this point, though, so it may be unusual enough to be memorable in its own right. I suggest adding it rather than replacing Alt+Win+S, unless there's a good chance that one of these shortcuts would be good for some other use. I echo the sentiment that, whichever one is chosen, we should try to stick with it for a while.
(In reply to comment #3) > I think Alt+Win+S is slightly more intuitive than Win+Enter, making it easy to > infer that S stands for speech or "start speech." Except in language where speech doesn't start with an S. > I don't know of Win+Enter > being a shortcut for anything at this point, though, so it may be unusual > enough to be memorable in its own right. I suggest adding it rather than > replacing Alt+Win+S, unless there's a good chance that one of these shortcuts > would be good for some other use. I echo the sentiment that, whichever one is > chosen, we should try to stick with it for a while. We have a pretty decent compatibility with Windows where it makes sense. This is probably a good case given the broad use of Windows.
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