[jaws-uk] Re: Cursor Blink Rate
- From: "Tristram Llewellyn" <tris-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 17:05:21 +0100
The cursor blink rate parameter used to be more relevant on older systems a
few years ago where it would be necessary to alter this.
Jaws has to watch the cursor blink at least once, if not twice for it to
reliably detect and distinguish it from say some other veritcal line that
may appear in the off screen model. This is why those with sight will
occasionally point out that it is blinking very much faster than normal.
The fast it blinks the quicker the screen reader can detect the cursor and
give reliable read out. Thus if the cursor never blniked at all it is
likely that document reading would be very difficult.
MS Word draws it's own cursor rather than the standard Windows one, which
for a time caused some difficulties, and for some still does.
Regards.
Tristram Llewellyn
Sight and Sound Technology
Technical Support
www.sightandsound.co.uk
----- Original Message -----
From: "Flor Lynch" <florlync@xxxxxx>
To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, October 17, 2005 4:57 PM
Subject: [jaws-uk] Cursor Blink Rate
Hi,
This may be one or a few questions for more advanced users. What does
the 'cursor blink rate' in JAWS actually do? What would happen if the
PC cursor never 'blinked'? And on braille displays?
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