[access-uk] Re: blame where due

  • From: "Iain Lackie" <ilackie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2012 13:46:45 +0100

The buzz is a sound which indicates you are in an edit field. You must have 
activated a sound scheme. For some reason, JAWS must be picking up some kind of 
source code. You can in fact enter a quantity. It is the number which occurs at 
the very end of what appears to be source code. interestingly, if you use 
Firefox, you can see clearly that a quantity has been entered as the preceding 
code is not spoken.

Iain

From: Hazel & Kim Darvell 
Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2012 12:41 PM
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
Subject: [access-uk] Re: blame where due

Thanks for your posts Ian 
Well it seems someone can shop at Sainsbury's .
My problem is prior to entering quantities in the box Jaws now reads a long 
string of letters and numbers but cannot enter anything in the edit fields.
As for the sounds, all I now get is a very annoying vuzz which I assume is a 
link but as it doesn't tell me what the link is I have no idea.
Still with this Indian summer it will wait to sort out.
Take care 
Hazel
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Iain Lackie 
  To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2012 3:49 PM
  Subject: [access-uk] Re: blame where due

  I have to report that I have no problems with Sainsburys. All the links are 
speaking and I am using JAWS 13.

  Iain

  From: Hazel & Kim Darvell 
  Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2012 1:35 PM
  To: access u k 
  Subject: [access-uk] blame where due


  Hello to all 
  I think I need to get this off my chest so anyone not wanting to hear a good 
moan then please feel free to turn a deaf ear to the following.

  I am a firm believer of putting blame where it's needed so here goes.

  We have been running Jaws 11 on our desktop for a number of years with no 
trouble so when I decided to get myself a laptop early last year  I too used 
Jaws 11 and could do all the usual things.

  A few weeks ago I installed on the laptop Jaws 13, unlucky for some and that 
was me.

  All has been installed correctly but can I use it ? not on your life.

  I can no longer shop online or do anything on web pages.

  Instead of saying the word link I get this annoying click, and it won't say 
what the link is.

  I then had the bright idea to contact Sight & Sound and spent one and a half 
hours with them on remote support, this was a call that was charged for as it 
was over the 59 mins .

  What a waste of time and money, all they did was change the sound that each 
link made, now it sounds like there is a great big bee stuck in the speakers.

  The Issue on Jaws reading too much info could not be resolved and their 
parting advice was to report to Sainsburys that they had a problem with their 
website.

  This I suggested to Sainsburys.

  That evening I had a gut feeling about all this.

  I went onto the desktop and tried all our usual sites with the following 
screenreaders.

  Jaws 11 

  System Access.

  Dolphin Guide 

  N V D 
  All these worked a treat.

  The next day I contacted Sainsburys  . to tell them there was no problem with 
their website .

  Many software companies we deal with for accessible technology  are too quick 
in blaming other people for the problems which they themselves are responsible 
for
  I have been told all the settings with Jaws are all correct.

  In future we will get a demo of any new version before spending out shed 
loads of money. 
  I feel better for that but it doesn't help with my present situation.

  Take care 
  Hazel 

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