[jaws-uk] Re: How can I make JAWS recognise these links?

Hi Pete,

I have found a work around for your problem without you having to revert to 
demo of Window Eyes!

When you have more than 30 tracks listed, you nee to switch to "use virtual PC 
Cursor Off" mode by pressing jaws + Z.  Then tab until you hear 2, 3, next etc. 
 Press enter on the desired link and then switch back to virtual PC cursor mode 
with jaws + Z once the page has loaded.

It's not an ideal solution but better than nothing.  It's certainly worth 
dropping a line to Virgin Digital pointing this out to them though.

Cheers.

Robert




  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Pete H 
  To: jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Friday, June 22, 2007 11:36 AM
  Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: How can I make JAWS recognise these links?


  Hi Robert,

  Any well known artist will do, as long as they have more than 30 tracks 
listed, it is when browsing through the tracks that it will not recognise the 
links to continue to the next list of tracks.

  Regards,

  Pete H.


    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Robert Winter 
    To: jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
    Sent: Friday, June 22, 2007 11:15 AM
    Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: How can I make JAWS recognise these links?


    Hi Pete,

    Can you give us an example of the artist you are searching for so we can 
try and simulate what you are experiencing.  I have tried the site and have no 
problems with the search results.  My specs are the same as well.

    Cheers.

    Robert

      ----- Original Message ----- 
      From: Pete H 
      To: jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
      Sent: Friday, June 22, 2007 9:53 AM
      Subject: [jaws-uk] How can I make JAWS recognise these links?


      Hi folks,

      I'm having an access problem with a website and would like some advice ...

      System: Windows XP Home, fully updated; JFW 8, latest version; Internet 
Explorer 7
      Website: http://www.virgindigital.co.uk

      This is a music download site, but you don't have to register to search 
their database or listen to the sound samples, and all aspects of the site are 
fine, including registration and purchasing, but my difficulty is with browsing 
within pages.

      I select an artist in the normal way, and it comes up with the artist's 
albums and total number of tracks. If this number of tracks exceeds 30, JAWS 
will not allow me to continue to the next page by using the PC cursor, I have 
to go into jaws cursor and search about for the links, they appear in a row 
from left to right labelled Start, 1, 2 etc and finishing with Next. I can 
press the left mouse key on Next and it will take me to the next page, but why 
doesn't JFW recognise these as normal links, they don't appear in the links 
list either, but I am told that they look like normal links, and a demo copy of 
Window-Eyes which I use as a backup treats them normally, laying them out in a 
vertical column just like the links in a search engine.

      So what should I do? Should I contact Virgin Digital and tell them their 
browsing function is difficult to access, or should I ask Freedom Scientific 
why links that appear normal to a sighted user are not recognised by their 
program?

      Is there anything I can do to JFW to make it see these links as normal? I 
get the same result regardless of whether or not Flash is enabled.

      Regards,

      Pete H.


      http://www.therockery.net

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