[access-uk] Re: Jaws suggestions and possibly other screen readers too

According to the podcast it actually makes a sound when forms mode is on, and another when forms mode is off. I suppose this could be changed so that JAWS announced it as it always did. 

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----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Hartgen" <brian@xxxxxxxxxxx> 
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Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2008 6:07 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Jaws suggestions and possibly other screen readers too 


Hi Derek
This is very easy. If you reach a form control, you will be in auto forms mode and you will either hear a sound play or the announcement "forms mode on". If you want to bypass that control and move elsewhere on the page, simply down arrow and forms mode will automatically be deactivated. 

Any other questions please let me know.
----- Original Message ----- From: Derek Hornby 
 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
 Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2008 4:59 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Jaws suggestions and possibly other screen readers too 


 Chris  wrote
"When you land on an edit box or a combo box, forms mode will be activated 
 automatically ready for you to type or  make a selection. This only works
 if you use the arrow keys or  the tab key."

 If that's how it will work I can see a problem here!
What if you were arrowing down, starting from before the edit field, and you 
 want To go past, edit,  i.e go further down the screen. If you are
 automatically placed in to forms, (just because you have arrived here by
the use of arrow key) you are now going to need to come right out, to carry 
 on down the screen.

 Now as I now the programmers of Jaws not stupid, I have clearly missed
 something here.

 Regards,  Derek

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