[jaws-uk] Re: Website with Music
- From: "Joan Muir" <wjmuir.twadugs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 11:05:58 +0100
Thanks, Adrian.
No buttons, no stop music links, flash off didn't stop the music, so I'll
just have to grit my teeth and try to hear myself emailing him through the
contact link.
If anyone wants to hear the music, which is fine if it wasn't too loud, the
link is
http://www.ianwalkeronline.com/
Best wishes,
Joan.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Adrian Higginbotham" <adrian.higginbotham@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2006 9:35 AM
Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: Website with Music
> Rather depends upon how the music is being played. If it is a background
> sound then indeed escape will stop it, however if this doesn't work your
> next best bet is to hope that the developer at least had the good sense
> to put a button to silence the music. If this is a button true then
> using the b key on version 5 onwards of jfw will cycle through buttons,
> it's just a matter of struggling to hear what jaws is saying through the
> noise I'm afraid but at least if you know what you are hoping to hear
> you might have a better chance. If no appropriate sounding buttons are
> found then you could try jfw key f7 to generate a list of all the links
> on the page and again try to listen to see if any of those sound like
> music off, sound off, stop music etc. Anotehr alternative is that the
> sound might be part of a Flash animation. Using jaws to blick the flash
> will also stop the music - when on the site do jfw key v to open up
> verbosity settings, press f twice to reach the show Flash animation
> option, use space once to toggle this to no, and press enter. If that
> does fix it then you can use jfw key, shift v, to configure that setting
> for the website in question only.
>
> Otherwise it's use a braille display, external synth, or forget it.
> =20
>
>
> Adrian Higginbotham
> Accessibility and inclusion adviser
> British Educational Communications and Technology Agency - BECTA
> Tel: Direct dial 024 7679 7333 - Internal extension #2287
> Email: Adrian.Higginbotham@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Web: http://www.becta.org.uk/
> BECTA, Millburn Hill Road, Science Park, Coventry, CV4 7JJ=20
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Joan Muir
> Sent: 17 August 2006 00:39
> To: jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [jaws-uk] Website with Music
>
> Hi, Folks,
> I know this has been asked before but my memory must have been playing
> tricks.
>
> I enter a site on which music is blasting. How do I shut it up please?
> Poor old Jaws hasn't a hope of being heard! I thought I used Escape but
> it didn't work.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Joan.
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