[ossrp-control] Re: What Is A Screen Reader?




Well sometimes mapping these relationships would work quite well and other
times not at all.  Drag and drop is a good examaple of when not to use this
approach.  The progblem there is that mapping an action while it's being
performed is simply too much information for the average user to process
without an unduly amount of practice.  However, I remember having a program
several years ago in dos when I was using the versabraille.  Now the
program used something called exploding windows which was an effect
visually created when a new window was opened.  The versabraille is not an
audio device but you could hear when a new window opened because the
braille dots zipped across the screen in an obvious way.  The effect was
tactile if your hands happened to be in position as well.  Audio effects
and icons could be very useful in conveying all sorts of information.
Sometimes spoken clues and explantions will be necessary and sometimes as
with drag and drop the action itself would be made more difficult by going
overboard on the audio.  Doing an audio mapping for drag and drop may be
useful in a tutorial about windows for explaiing the concept but not in
actual screen reader operation.  Just some comments for the road.

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