[access-uk] Re: BBC news web access problem
- From: "Wendy Sharpe" <w.sharpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2008 15:06:07 +0100
Derek
I have JAWS 6, and I obviously have the right things installed, as the links
you gave work well. Here's what I found.
The first link is a page of search results for guide dog. Using H to go
down the headings, I came to one that said "results from BBC audio and
video". Cursoring down a few from there I got to "guide dogs stay with
families". Just below that it says "link graphic, small video icon". I
pressed enter on that, and got a new browser window which asked for my
preferences. This is because I have both Windows Media Player and Real
Alternative, so it wanted to know how I wanted to hear the story. I pressed
the appropriate radio buttons, pressed ok and it played.
Having heard that one, I cursored down a bit further to the story about the
pub, pressed enter on "small video icon", and it played. The clip did seem
to be cut off in mid sentence at the end, but I don't think that was a fault
at my end.
The second link was even easier. I just put the URL in the open page box,
pressed enter, and it played straight away. On this page I pressed H three
times to get to the story headline. Just below this it says "macromedia
flash movie start". Below that the button is accompanied by the story
headline, and below that is a "play this again" button which you can press
if you want to hear it again.
As I said, I only have JAWS 6, and I believe earlier versions don't support
flash, but I am quite impressed with the way this site works.
One thing I would suggest is that you might have personalised settings for
the BBC news site which have turned flash movies off. I sometimes do this
for annoying sites where flash doesn't seem to produce anything other than
pictures. To check this out, when you are on the site, press insert shift
V. You then get a list of options which you can cursor down. The quickest
way is to keep pressing F till you hear "flash movies". It will either say
on or off, and if it says off, press the space bar to turn it on.
I hope all this helps.
Wendy
-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Derek Hornby
Sent: 27 April 2008 13:54
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: BBC news web access problem
Hi Benjamin
> > Is there a way to read such sorties without flash?
>
> Could you link to an example of such a story?
http://tinyurl.com/4p9p3e
Read down until you get to:
Guide dogs stay with families
And the story about guide dog and pub.
Also this one:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7357256.stm
Supposed to be about police rad in London.
But again one needs flash it seems.
Regards, Derek
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