[brailleblaster] Screen readers and the edit boxes was Linux version working
- From: "Vic Beckley" <vic.beckley3@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 10 May 2013 14:44:44 -0400
Keith,
I took another look at NVDA and BB. It is now working pretty well with BB. I
think it is working as well as, if not better, than Window-Eyes at this
point. For some reason, Window-Eyes isn't working quite as well as it did
previously. Both of those screen readers are usable, though. Orca doesn't do
quite as well under Linux as either of the Windows screen readers. With a
little caution, though, I think it can be used. I don't even have JAWS on my
machine so I can't compare it. This is just my opinion, of course, based on
my experiences with BB.
Best regards from Ohio,
Vic
-----Original Message-----
From: brailleblaster-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:brailleblaster-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Keith Creasy
Sent: Friday, May 10, 2013 9:41 AM
To: brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [brailleblaster] Re: Linux version working
It seems like none of the screen readers with the possible exception of
Window-Eyes handles lines in our SWT Styled edit widget correctly. Would a
soft return work? The following is supposed to be in Unicode. From
Wikipedia:
The Unicode character set provides a line separator character as well as a
paragraph separator to represent the semantics of the soft return and hard
return.
0x2028 LINE SEPARATOR * may be used to represent this semantic
unambiguously
0x2029 PARAGRAPH SEPARATOR * may be used to represent this semantic
unambiguously
Keith Creasy
Software Developer
American Printing House for the Blind
KCreasy@xxxxxxx
Phone: 502.895.2405
Skype: keith537
-----Original Message-----
From: brailleblaster-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:brailleblaster-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John J. Boyer
Sent: Friday, May 10, 2013 9:32 AM
To: brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [brailleblaster] Re: Linux version working
Vic,
Great news! Where would we be without YOU?
John
On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 09:22:33AM -0400, Vic Beckley wrote:
> As stated in my previous message, after updating the swt.jar file
> BrailleBlaster NewDesign is working fine under Linux. I haven't gotten
> that error once yet. The views are scrolling together to the character
> and everything else that I tried worked just fine. It is working
> pretty much just like the Windows version. Orca does have some trouble
> keeping up with the cursor in the text view, but so does NVDA. Orca
> will often read what you left instead of what you landed on. This is when
moving by line and word.
> Moving by paragraphs also throws it off just like in Windows. Overall,
> this is a tremendous success, though.
>
>
> Best regards from Ohio,
>
> Vic
>
>
>
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John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer Abilitiessoft, Inc.
http://www.abilitiessoft.com
Madison, Wisconsin USA
Developing software for people with disabilities
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