Thanks Larry.
I’m using an outdated version of Window Eyes and that may be the problem. I’ve
been reluctant to give them any more money though because I’ve been uncertain
as to how long Window Eyes is going to be around. Nothing absolutely definitive
yet, but it is increasingly looking like I may have made the right decision.
Evan
From: Larry Lumpkin
Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2017 6:48 PM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: What happened to the Long Synopsis for books?
Evan, I’m using the latest JAWS and ie and all looks fine here.
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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Evan Reese
Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2017 5:41 PM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: What happened to the Long Synopsis for books?
Hi Deborah, Sue, et al,
I did a search earlier today for Artificial Intelligence Intro and got the
following three results. All of them have the metadata not on separate lines
but in one long line.
However, I’m using Window Eyes 8.4 and IE11. That may well make the difference.
If anyone would be willing to look at the data for the books at one or more of
the following links, and if the info is each on its separate line, that would
clinch it that it’s my screen reader that’s somehow not reading it correctly.
It used to though, not all that long ago.
https://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/91044 ;
https://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/645287
https://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/452795
Evan
From: Deborah Murray (Redacted sender "blinkeeblink" for DMARC)
Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2017 6:23 PM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: What happened to the Long Synopsis for books?
Like Sue, I also use JAWS and I’m not seeing what Evan is seeing.
Everything is on it’s own line and is actually quite nice.
This is using either I.E. or Firefox.
Deborah
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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Judy s.
Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2017 4:02 PM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: What happened to the Long Synopsis for books?
Hi Evan,
That's got to be something in the webpage coding that's different for a screen
reader than visual, that's taking a hit when it comes to accessibility.
Visually, each of those things are on their own line. I wonder what's different?
Judy s.
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On 2/25/2017 2:49 PM, Evan Reese wrote:
That�s not the only thing that�s changed on the metadata page.
All of the metadata below the synopses, ISBN, if any, Date of Addition and so
on, is all smooshed together now instead of each item being on its own line. So
if you are using a screen reader, and you, for example, just want to see when a
book was added to the collection, you have to start from the beginning of that
section, book quality, and read the ISBN, the publisher, and other stuff before
you can hear when the book was added rather than just being able to arrow down
past that stuff to get to what you want to know.
Evan
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From: Judy s.
Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2017 1:06 AM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: What happened to the Long Synopsis for books?
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Hmm. Stranger and stranger. I'm not sure it's the long synopsis that's
missing. A book seems to default to showing the long synopsis only if both a
long or short are available. The books I was originally looking at each had a
brief long synopsis.
But a book's metadata page now only shows one synopsis. The pages are quite
different too in that the information that used to be on the right side (other
books, book quality, related links) are now on the left side of the page.
Judy s.
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On 2/22/2017 11:43 PM, Judy s. wrote:
Some time in the last week the Bookshare site had some kind of update. I
can't find a long synopsis for any book when I go to a book's page. Is there a
setting I've missed that let's you see the long synopsis?
--
Judy s.
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