[duxuser] Re: Getting jaws to ........
- From: "Lloyd G. Rasmussen" <lras@xxxxxxx>
- To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2002 09:55:56 -0400
I try to deal with these problems in Window-Eyes as follows:
I set up a character dictionary so that left-bracket will say "code" and
right-bracket will say nothing.
I set ctrl-left and ctrl-right arrows to "word enhanced" instead of read
full word. This usually reads what I want, but it does stop at the tilde,
or at a dash in the middle of a word.
If I were going to refine my strategy a little, I'd do what I did in DBT
for DOS for Vocal-Eyes back in 1995: define a "float window" which starts
at the cursor position and ends at the first right-bracket to the right.
This should work in WE, but I haven't tried it.
I have set up Window-Eyes hotkeys for "read previous word" (ctrl-num-PgUp),
"read current word" (ctrl-num-RtArrow), and "read next word"
(ctrl-num-PgDn) so that I can quickly scan the area around the cursor with
speech.
I run DBT in "reveal codes" mode most of the time, and agree that some of
this would work much better with a braille display connected.
At 02:25 PM 9/27/02 +0100, you wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>No promises here, but we've been looking at what scripting might be
required for JAWS to perform better with DBT.
>
>Reading full codes, and likewise reading codes letter by character by
character is obviously one that needs doing.
>
>What other areas are causing difficulties?
>
>Please think carefully before you answer. This is not an exercise to
replace the existing functionality of a screen reader or Windows itself,
which may require to be answered by a better explanation of how it's done.
e.g. navigating HTML Help files.
>
>George Bell
>Techno-Vision Systems Ltd
>
Braille is the solution to the digital divide.
Lloyd Rasmussen, Senior Staff Engineer
National Library Service f/t Blind and Physically Handicapped
Library of Congress (202) 707-0535 <lras@xxxxxxx>
<http://www.loc.gov/nls>
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