Oh, I'm stupid, and Chris has answered your question: you're asking about the client end. Sorry for the digression. Alasdair On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 9:26 PM, Alasdair King <alasdairking@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > The problem (if it is a problem, see below) is that your JAWS users > will be using Internet Explorer or Firefox (or some other browser) to > fetch the web pages, not JAWS. So you can't tell. The browser (UA > string) is the same. > > Unless, and I can find no sign of this with a Google and I've never > read anything about it, starting JAWS sets the the SPI_GETSCREENREADER > flag in Windows, and Internet Explorer then uses the "aural" or > "braille" media CSS type. That would make sense. But it doesn't. > > If I may, and feel free to shoot me down, the problem is that > assistive technology vendors and users have learned that the best > approach is usually to try to get the same content as a sighted person > gets, rather than rely on the content provider providing an > alternative that is as up-to-date, useful and rich. For example, let's > say you can identify your JAWS users: now, you might decide that the > iPlayer pages should take JAWS users into a more accessible page > design. Alas, you start getting this implemented, then there is > another BBC shake-up and the site doesn't get updated, so the > programmes available to sighted people aren't available to > screenreader users. Assistive technology that works with what sighted > people get knows it gets the latest and best content. > > -- > Cheers, > Alasdair King > WebbIE > http://www.webbie.org.uk > > > > On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 10:38 AM, Chris Hallsworth > <christopherhallsworth71@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > Hi, when the website loads, press shift JAWS key v. This will open the > > personalized settings dialogue box. Hope that helps. > > > > -- > > Why not join my Blind Hobbyist group? To join, send a blank message to > > blind-hobbyist-subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Thanks, Chris > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Damon Rose > > To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 9:47 AM > > Subject: [access-uk] Configuring websites for jaws > > > > > > > > Hi there. > > > > I believe there is a way of configuring individual websites for jaws. E.g. > > having flash not appear on some websites but appearing on others. > > > > Can someone help? I can't seem to work it out. > > > > Cheers > > > > > > Damon Rose > > Content Producer: Ouch, Ouch Podcast, See Hear. > > www.bbc.co.uk/ouch \ www.bbc.co.uk/seehear > > > > Have you heard the Ouch Podcast yet? A razor sharp disability talk show > > presented by Mat Fraser and Liz Carr: www.bbc.co.uk/ouch/podcast > > > > > > Tel: 020 8752 4427 (x0224427) > > email: damon.rose@xxxxxxxxx > > http://www.bbc.co.uk > > This e-mail (and any attachments) is confidential and may contain personal > > views which are not the views of the BBC unless specifically stated. > > If you have received it in error, please delete it from your system. > > Do not use, copy or disclose the information in any way nor act in reliance > > on it and notify the sender immediately. > > Please note that the BBC monitors e-mails sent or received. > > Further communication will signify your consent to this. > > > > -- > Alasdair King > -- Alasdair King ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq