[jawsscripts] Re: Does Jaws care about font?

  • From: Soronel Haetir <soronel.haetir@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 08:32:27 -0900

I've noticed problems with italics sometimes.  It's especially
apparent in the comment sections of some sites, the normal Say All
produces really garbled output but stepping word by word reads fine.

On 2/7/10, Jacob Kruger <jacobk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Really don't think jaws really cares about the font, but it might prefer a
> relatively common one, but I think both versions of helvetica are common
> enough, but anyway.
>
> On the other hand, when visiging certain webpages, if they use foreign
> fonts, jaws does seem to not necessarily render them too well, but anyway...
>
> Stay well
>
> Jacob Kruger
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> From: "GianniP46" <giannip46@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Sent: Saturday, February 06, 2010 11:54 PM
> Subject: [jawsscripts] Does Jaws care about font?
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>> Hi all,
>> well, I am still having problems with some graphics in ScratchLive.  The
>> programmers want to know if Jaws cares about what font is used?  In the
>> latest beta build they switched from Helvetica Nueue to Helvetica, would
>> this matter?  In the latest build I have lost a ton of accessibility and
>> we are trying to figure out if the font change is the culprit.  Can anyone
>>
>> give me some info to share with them on what kind of graphics work well
>> for jaws?  They are using pixel images for there graphics.  Does this
>> matter?  are there other properties that can cause Jaws trouble in terms
>> of seeing the graphic?
>> Thanks all, any help is greatly appreciated.
>> Gian Pedulla
>> GianniP46@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
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