Re: [orca] Re: [maybe off-topic] difference between IsEnabled and ScreenReaderEnabled DBus properties

Samuel Thibault <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.debian.devel.accessibility
Organization I am not organized
Message-ID <Z-R9WqDa3EjIcjBb@begin>
Hello,

Lukáš Tyrychtr wrote:
> My understanding of these properties is:
> 
> IsEnabled: A screen reader is running right now
> 
> ScreenReaderEnabled: A screen reader should be running, e. g. the preference is
> turned on in the system settings

That's my understanding too.

Samuel

> Dne 26. 03. 25 v 15:16 Patrick ZAJDA napsal(a):
> 
>     Hello,
> 
>     I post both to Orca and Debian-Accessibility lists because I am not sure
>     about which one is the most related.
> 
>     I see there are two properties in org.a11y.Status (DBUS):
>     * IsEnabled (which is enabled by Orca on startup
>     * ScreenReaderEnabled (which is only checked but not set by Orca)
> 
>     What is the difference between these?
>     Why only managing the most generic and not the specific one for screen
>     reader?
> 
>     It looks if we want to check if a screen reader is enabled, we have to
>     check if something related to accessibility is enabled?
> 
>     Thanks and best regards,
> 
>     --
>     Patrick ZAJDA
>
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