Is this a Speakup problem?

[Jude DaShiell]

Does anyone know how to use:
spk key_kpasterisk = speakup_gotoOn Sat, 11 Aug 2018, Didier Spaier wrote:

> Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2018 18:34:21
> From: Didier Spaier <didier at slint.fr>
> Reply-To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.
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> Subject: Re: Is this a Speakup problem?
>
> Actually, this is the same behavior as in Orca when in Laptop mode. In
> this case the Orca Modifier is CapsLock and to lock or unlock CapsLock
> you can type CapsLock twice (or press CapsLock+BackSpace then CapsLock).
>
> For what it's worth, here is a complete list of Speakup key bindings:
> http://slackware.uk/slint/x86_64/slint-14.2.1/doc/SpeakupAllDefaultKeyAssignments
>
> Didier
>
>
> On 08/10/2018 05:45 PM, Janina Sajka wrote:
> > Yes, it catches me up from time to time as well.
> >
> > It is a feature, though one may choose to argue the feature's true
> > value. I don't recall ever latching intentionally, for instance.
> >
> > Janina
> >
> > Tom Fowle writes:
> >> I was under the impression this is a speakup feature to allow
> >> use of the shift lock as the speakup key. press and hold for speakup
> >> functions, tap twice to toggle real shift lock.
> >>
> >> It's caught me too.
> >> Tom Fowle WA6IVG
> >>
> >> On Thu, Aug 09, 2018 at 12:40:03PM -0400, Rudy Vener wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Nope. Hitting Ctrl-Shift does nothing.
> >>> The only way to get myself out of the accidental capslock state is to
> >>> hit my capslock key twice.
> >>> Hitting it only once leaves me in caps lock.
> >>>
> >>> Very odd.
> >>>
> >>> On Thu, Aug 09, 2018 at 12:00:01PM -0400, speakup-request at linux-speakup.org wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> I can't answer your original question, but when you find yourself in all
> >>>> caps, what happens when you hold the control key down then just tap
> >>>> shift once then let both keys up?  I figured out how to turn capslock
> >>>> off earlier when this happened to me and did it this way accidentally
> >>>> until I figured out what I had just done.  Hope this helps you.
> >>>> ***************************************
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Rudy Vener
> >>> Website: http://www.rudyvener.com
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