Re: JAWS 11 Problems
- From: "Gary King" <w4wkz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2009 18:43:46 -0600
Adrian,
I'll comment on your first problem with silent web sites. I have had pretty
good success using Insert+z to turn the Virtual Cursor off and back on. I
think the Window-Eyes folks need to do something similar with Browse Mode
from time to time.
Gary King
w4wkz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
----- Original Message -----
From: "Adrian Spratt" <Adrian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 9:53 PM
Subject: JAWS 11 Problems
I installed JAWS 11 on Sunday after someone pointed out that it handles AP
mode better than previous versions. I am experiencing the following
problems:
1. I repeatedly but inconsistently encounter silence on webpages. JAWS
will announce how many headings, links, etc., the page contains, but won't
read anything. If I press "h," JAWS will verbalize, "No more headings on
this page," even though it just told me there are five.
I've tried the usual methods, such as alt-tab and insert-escape, to get
JAWS to speak, but no luck. I've also turned on the new focus alert, but
although other people report similar problems to what I'm describing, in
my case JAWS isn't even announcing a focus loss.
2. The concept behind anchoring placemarkers is good. However, I've come
upon a strange quirk. I've experimented with them at a website that is
unfortunately password-protected. Several placemarkers I've added won't
stick. Instead of landing me at that spot, "k" takes me to the first
heading. The solution I found by chance was to place the anchored
placemarker at the nearest link. It's a workaround, not an ideal solution.
Any thoughts?
3. The word count feature is potentially useful, but I'd like to copy the
results in order to explore and manipulate them. However, I haven't found
a way to do so, whether by a simple control-a, control-c command sequence
or by virtualizing the window with the revised insert-alt-w command. Has
anyone discovered a way to copy these data?
4. As for the AP mode problem, I'm having more trouble than before at
www.yahoo.finance.com
In addition to using AP mode, that website likes to stream stock quotes at
you. Before JAWS 11, I figured out how to tab to both AP moade and quotes
and in each case press enter to turn it off. However, now the quotes are
streaming away and I can't get JAWS to the quotes link to disable this
feature. They completely disrupt JAWS.
I plan to upgrade my RAM from 512 MG to 3.5 GB this weekend. Does anyone
know if this upgrade could help overcome these problems? Also, can anyone
assess the risk of my authorizations not being recognized? I assume with
the hardware change, I will be called upon to produce my authorization
disc. My system is XP Pro.
Thanks for any ideas.
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