I seem to be having a bad day technology wise but after reading of the
improvements in Chrome I decided to make it my default browser this morning.
The result was pretty poor really. Using the latest version of Jaws 17 I
went to the Sainsbury's web site and after struggling for about 30
minutes gave up. I shut down Jaws and reloaded Jaws to no avail. i
then reloaded the page and then Chrome completely. I then restarted my
PC. I then switched from Jaws to NVDA with no improvement. I then made
sure that the Chrome windows were maximised again to no avail.
Basically the characteristics of the problem was that neither Jaws nor
NVDA was able to execute links consistently. . Frequently I had to
resort to the Elements List in NVDA and the Links list in Jaws and even
then this often did not work. For example I found it impossible to
execute the book slot link. I found that the only consistently reliable
way to open links in Chrome with Jaws and NVDA was to tab to the link,
bring up a context menu and then select open in new window. I had to do
this to open my accounts page on the Sainsburys site for example.
Just to make sure that there was nothing weird about the site I then
re-instated Firefox as my default and reopened the same Sainsbury's
site. Then all the links opened normally as you would expect with both
Jaws and NVDA.
So Chrome obviously does not like me. I am using Windows 10 with latest
builds of Jaws 17 and NVDA.
The Kindle for Mac app does not like me either as this is also
apparently working fine for others.
David Griffith
David Griffith
On 30/06/2016 21:26, Chris Moore MBE wrote:
Freedom Scientific have been working with Google to make their products work
better together. JAWS 15 works quite well, but JAWS 17 is even better.
I see Google still recommend using Firefox with a screen reader when you use
their services. Perhaps they’ve just not got around to updating their help
page.
Chris
On 29 Jun 2016, at 17:43, Steve Nutt <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:-
Yep I'll go along with that, having just tried it.
All the best
Steve
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Iain Lackie
Sent: 29 June 2016 17:00
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Subject: [access-uk] Re: Chrome web browser, your thoughtts
It's a lot better than it used to be with JAWS.
Iain
On 29 Jun 2016, at 3:44 pm, Steve Nutt <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi Tony,
Chrome works OK with Window-Eyes and NVDA.
All the best
Steve
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From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Tony Sweeney
Sent: 29 June 2016 15:34
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Chrome web browser, your thoughtts
Thanks for getting back Mo.
It's for accessing TV on line here in the ROI and I hear Chrome is good with
dealing with flash as well as Firefox I do believe.
Best,
Tony Sweeney.
On 29/06/2016 15:14, Mobeen Iqbal wrote:** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:-
Hi Tony.
In my experience, jaws has not been accessible to be honest with
Chrome. I'm not sure what others think, but i've had the best results
with IE and firefox to be honest. Is there any particular reason
you're thinking of switching?
cheers,
Mo.
On 29/06/2016 13:41, Tony Sweeney wrote:** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:-
Hi folk,
Was thinking of switching my web browser from IE 11 to Chrome using
Jaws 15 and windows 7.
I think Chrome certainly wasn't accessible with screen readers but
now it's fine in that regard II I now hear.
Now is there anything in particular I need to know about chrome
and/or good keystrokes you would like to pass on?
Thanks for any assist with this,
Best,
Tony Sweeney.
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