Orca talking excessively when using QuickPick

[jvesouza]

Type: Bug
CC: @meganrogge @isidorn

Steps to reproduce:

1. Press ctrl+shift+p .
2. Pay attention to the message that is read by the orca. Basically it informs what action can be performed by the user and if there is any command selected, it also informs what the command is.
3. start typing slowly.

In my environment, for each typed character, practically all information spoken in step 2 is repeated, along with information from the new command.

In my opinion information from the new command would suffice. The same behavior can be observed in other scenarios such as searching for files activated with ctrl+p.

VS Code version: Code - Insiders 1.79.0-insider (2dfb838, 2023-05-26T05:24:15.146Z)
OS version: Linux x64 6.2.15-300.fc38.x86_64
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[TylerLeonhardt]

@isidorn / @meganrogge so I tested this in NVDA and it says something more reasonable:

• the character you typed (ex: "a")
• the number of results (ex: "200 results")
• the command name (ex: "Add breakpoint")
• the number that that item is (ex: "3 of 200")

What's the guidance here for when one screen reader is more correct than the other?

[meganrogge]

When it works for one screen reader and not another (orca), that means it's a problem with orca.

@jvesouza thank you for the report. can you pls report this issue to orca?

[meganrogge]

It's possible this has the same root cause as #121811 and thus will be fixed in June. Let's track there

[joanmarie]

It's now fixed in Orca master.

[jvesouza]

Only to confirm that the problem was fixed perfectly.