Re: JAWS detecting hardware et al

Your comments has nothing to do with whether Windows detects whether a device 
has been connected to a computer or not. That is the responsibility of the 
operating system.

Your comments have to do with whether JAWS does or does not read windows and 
elements that appear on the screen.

JAWS is programmed to read all sorts of information that does not appear on the 
screen, for example, when a list appears on the screen in a Web page.  JAWS 
will tell you that you are now on a list and how many items are in the list. 
Likewise, JAWS will tell you when you reach the end of the list.  JAWS also 
does this for frames and other elements

To a person who can see, it is obvious for them to determine that a number of 
related things appearing underneath each other constitutes a list, whereas, a 
box surrounding text or graphics is a frame, even if they might call the frame 
a box.

So, therefore, if you plug an external device into a USB port and Windows does 
not detect the device, for what ever reason, no window appears, so there is 
nothing for JAWS to read to you.

Sincerely:

Dave Durber

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Gene 
  To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2008 5:22 PM
  Subject: JAWS detecting hardware et al


  Dave,

   

  I have had more than one occasion when JAWS has not detected something but 
the computer has.  I have also had JAWS read text on the screen that was not 
visible to a sighted person.  For example, of late, I've had JAWS reading in a 
dialogue box concerning my wireless connection that doesn't seem to be there 
for a sighted person.

   

  James, I realize this may be "off topic", but JAWS and hardware must work 
together and I know that isn't always true.

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