1. GeneralGeneral
Configuring Cthulhu's fundamental behaviors
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General Preferences
Preferences dialog box option to select which Cthulhu keyboard
layout to use, desktop or laptop.
Keyboard Layout
The Keyboard Layout radio button group allows you to specify if
you will be working on a desktop (i.e. with a numeric keypad) or laptop
keyboard. Which layout you choose will determine both the Cthulhu
Modifier as well as a number of keyboard shortcuts for performing
Cthulhu commands.
Default value: Desktop
Preferences dialog box option to enable presentation of tooltips which
appear as the result of mouse hovering.
Present Tooltips
When checked, this option will tell Cthulhu to present information
about tooltips when they appear as the result of mouse hovering. Specific
actions to force tooltips to appear, such as pressing CtrlF1 when an object has focus, will
always result in tooltips being presented, regardless of this setting.
Default value: not checked
Preferences dialog box option to enable presentation of the object
under the mouse pointer.
Speak Object Under Mouse
When checked, this option will tell Cthulhu to present
information about the object under the mouse pointer as you move
it around the screen using Cthulhu's
Mouse Review feature.
Default value: not checked
Preferences dialog box options for customizing the time and date
formats used by Cthulhu.
Time Format and Date Format
The Time Format and Date Format combo boxes allow
you to specify how Cthulhu will speak and braille the time and the
date.
Default value: use the system locale's format for each
Preferences dialog box options for enabling rewind, fast forward,
and structural navigation during Say All.
Navigation in Say All
Cthulhu's Say All feature speaks document content from your
present location to the end of the document. By default, pressing any
key will interrupt Say All's presentation. However, if you check the
Enable rewind and fast forward in Say All checkbox,
Up and Down can be used during Say All to quickly
move within the document in order to re-hear something which was just
read or skip past text of no interest without having to restart Say All.
If you are reading a document within an application that has structural
navigation support, and you have checked the Enable structural navigation
in Say All checkbox, you can use the supported structural navigation
commands in a similar fashion: H/ShiftH continues reading from the next/previous heading,
P/ShiftP continues reading
from the next/previous paragraph, T/ShiftT continues reading from the next/previous table, and
so on.
Default value: not checked
Announce Contextual Information in Say All
Cthulhu can optionally provide more information about the document
content being spoken, such as announcing when you are entering and leaving
a blockquote, list, table, or other container. Whether or not these
announcements are made can be configured independently through the following
checkboxes:
Announce blockquotes in Say All
Announce forms in Say All
Announce landmarks in Say All
Announce lists in Say All
Announce panels in Say All
Announce tables in Say All
Default value: checked
Whether or not Cthulhu makes these announcements during
navigation is also configurable. You will find similar checkboxes
on the Speech page. For more information, see
Spoken Context.
Preferences dialog box option for customizing Cthulhu's
Say All presentation.
Say All By
The Say All By combo box allows you to specify whether
Cthulhu speaks a sentence at a time or a line at a time when
doing a "Say All" of a document.
Default value: Sentence
Preferences dialog box options for managing settings profiles.
Profiles
The Profiles group of controls, which appear at the bottom
of the General page, make it possible for you to maintain
and use multiple configurations.
The Active Profile combo box displays the current profile
and allows you to select a different profile to load.
The Load button will cause Cthulhu to load the
profile indicated in the Active Profile combo box.
The Save As button allows you to save the current set of
options from the preferences dialog box to a named profile.
The Start-up Profile combo box allows you to select the
profile which should be automatically loaded each time you launch
Cthulhu.
Progress Bar UpdatesSpeak updates
If the Speak updates checkbox is checked Cthulhu will
periodically speak the status of progress bars.
Default value: checked
Braille updates
If the Braille updates checkbox is checked Cthulhu will
periodically display the status of progress bars on your refreshable braille
display.
Default value: not checked
Beep updates
If the Beep updates checkbox is checked Cthulhu will
periodically emit beeps which increase in pitch as the value of the progress
bar increases.
Default value: not checked
Frequency (secs)
This spin button determines how often updates are presented.
Default value: 10
Applies to
This combo box allows you to control which progress bars should be
presented, assuming the presentation of progress bar updates has been
enabled. The choices are All, Application, and
Window.
Choosing All will result in Cthulhu presenting
updates for all progress bars, regardless of where the progress bars
are located.
Choosing Application will result in Cthulhu
presenting updates from progress bars in the active application, even
if they are not in the active window.
Choosing Window will result in Cthulhu only
presenting updates for progress bars in the active window.