gobby's "read-only text" conversation info not spoken

[patrick.wade@…]

Using ORCA speech: (part of GNOME's accessibility suite, see: http://www.gnome.org/projects/orca/ )

The "read-only text" region about the current gobby conversation is not read out by Orca. This is text like:

 [17:55:33] memberZ3 has joined
 [17:56:01] <jeffrey101> Is anyone still here?

This information should be keyboard navigable and heard through Orca speech. This would make Gobby more useful for blind users.

[armin]

Do you know, by change, what needs to be changed with the widget so that Orca reads out the text?

[phil]

Which version is affected? I fixed some accessibility issues with 0.6.7, especially adding a cursor to the chat widget, enabling braille users to display the content...

[patrick.wade@…]

Hi Armin,

This problem was seen with Gobby 0.4.6. I have not tried Gobby (0.6.7) with Orca screen reader (speech tool).

[phil]

Then please retry with the most current version and see if it's already fixed (it should be).

[patrick.wade@…]

Phil, I don't see 0.6.7 under http://releases.0x539.de/gobby/ Was that a typo - do you mean "0.4.7"? Thanks.

[armin]

Yes, 0.4.7 was meant.

[armin]

Patrick, is the problem still present in 0.4.7 or 0.4.8?