[duxuser] Re: Duxbury and JAWS
- From: "John E Sherrer" <jesherrer@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2003 08:49:50 -0500
Hi Caryn;
Please send me the script.
John
----- Original Message -----
From: "Caryn Navy" <caryn@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 3:39 PM
Subject: [duxuser] Re: Duxbury and JAWS
> Hello everyone. As I am a JAWS user and I work at Duxbury Systems, I have
> been exploring some of the issues about DBT and JAWS that have come up on
> the list in the last few days. In particular, I have worked on
reproducing
> the problem of JAWS' saying the wrong item when you use the DownArrow,
> UpArrow, Ctrl+RightArrow, or Ctrl+LeftArrow key to move by line or by
word.
> I have done this exploration with JAWS 4.02 and DBT 10.4.
>
> When the DownArrow problem uccurs for me, I always find that the cursor
was
> already on the bottom line of text on the window before I pressed
DownArrow.
> For example, in the file dochow.dxp from the Duxbury folder, when the
cursor
> is at the top of the document and I press PageDown followed by DownArrow,
> JAWS should speak the line "General Notes" but often speaks the line above
> that or says "blank." Similarly, when the UpArrow problem occurs for me,
I
> always find that the cursor was already on the top line of text on the
> window before I pressed UpArrow. My guess is that in the cases where this
> problem occurs, DBT takes a little longer to reposition the text on the
> screen, and JAWS needs to wait a little onger before speaking the line.
>
> I have written a quick set of JAWS script files which makes JAWS delay
> before speaking for these arrowing commands. In my initial testing, I am
no
> longer finding this problem. If anyone would like me to send them this
set
> of script files for testing, please send me a note off the list. I
created
> these script files in jaws 4.02, i BELIEVE THEY WOULD WORK IN OTHER
VERSIONS
> OF jaws AS WELL.
>
> Sincerely,
> Caryn
>
> Caryn Navy
> Duxbury Systems
> Phone: (978) 692-3000, ext. 310
> E-mail: caryn@xxxxxxxxxx
> Web: www.duxburysystems.com
> Fax: (978) 692-7912
>
>
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