[duxhelp] Re: Braille display quirk

  • From: "Jack Maartman" <jmaartman@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <duxhelp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2004 13:32:53 -0700

Yet another naive comment on my part.  It is like suggesting that DBT would
run under Window-eyes without set-files. My inquiry was based on jaws
scripting being a kind of programming language, while Window-eyes set-files
are more or less just lists of settings. I no speak deee jaws very well.

Thanks

Jack

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Sullivan" <peter@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <duxhelp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 12:59 PM
Subject: [duxhelp] Re: Braille display quirk


> Jack,
>
> Do you have JAWS installed?  If so, try removing the scripts and you can
see
> for yourself.
>
> I suggest that the result wouldn't be very good, particularly with a
braille
> display.  You'd find that menus and dialogs would work pretty well, but
the
> main document window would be difficult.  This is typical, not just of
JAWS,
> but of screen readers in general.  They need the most help (be it by
macros,
> .set files, or map files) in the places where the user interface of a
> product is most unique.
>
> - Peter
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: duxhelp-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:duxhelp-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On
> Behalf Of Jack Maartman
> Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 3:56 PM
> To: duxhelp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [duxhelp] Re: Braille display quirk
>
> I am interested to know just how well DBT would function with JFW, if it
was
> not script dpependent.
>
> Jack
>
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