[jaws-uk] JFW 7 and Document Presentation

From: <tim.pennick@xxxxxx>
To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2005 11:00:22 -0000
Hi All,

I've often been a bit underwhelmed by new JAWS releases, and have sometimes 
posted messages to that effect on this list.  However, I must say that I'm 
really impressed with JFW 7.  It has some good new features which I can 
recommend people to try if they haven't already, such as the new "quick 
navigation keys" in MS Word.  However, I'm getting inconsistent results from 
the new Screen Layout Document Presentation mode, which allows JAWS to display 
tables and horizontal lists of links in a way which more closely resembles what 
the sighted user sees.  In principle, I think this is a big improvement, 
especially, but not exclusively for people using braille displays, as 
navigation becomes much quicker, and you can display a whole list of links on 
one line.  However, I'm getting some very inconsistent results, and I'm not 
sure if this is down to the feature still needing a bit more development, or 
whether its something to do with my configuration, e.g. whether I shouldn't 
really have trusted the Merge utility when upgrading from JFW 6 to 7.

The problems I'm having are on pages which contain lines, each of which has 
several links or buttons.  If you have Screen Layout switched on, arrowing up 
and down a page seems to only speak the first link on a line.  There seems to 
be no way of accessing the other links on the line unless you're using a 
braille display, which needs to be switched into line mode to be able to read 
other links.  This also happened in an in-house Computer-Based Training package 
I was using last week, with a set of radio buttons each of which had longish 
labels associated with it.  Some of the radio buttons were inaccessible unless 
I switched back into Simple Layout.

Has anyone else noticed this type of problem, or do I need to do a JAWS repair 
to make sure I've got up-to-date settings files?

Regards,

Tim Pennick

Tim Pennick
tel:    01473 609040
BTnet:  00 1609040
email:  tim.pennick@xxxxxx


British Telecommunications plc
Registered office: 81 Newgate Street London EC1A 7AJ
Registered in England no. 1800000

This electronic message contains information from British Telecommunications 
plc which may be privileged or confidential. The information is intended to be 
for the use of the individual(s) or entity named above. If you are not the 
intended recipient be aware that any disclosure, copying, distribution or use 
of the contents of this information is prohibited. If you have received this 
electronic message in error, please notify us by telephone or email (to the 
numbers or address above) immediately. 

Activity and use of the British Telecommunications plc E-mail system is 
monitored to secure its effective operation and for other lawful business 
purposes. Communications using this system will also be monitored and may be 
recorded to secure effective operation and for other lawful business purposes. 




** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:-
** [mailto:jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe]
** If this link doesn't work then send a message to:
** jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
** and in the Subject line type
** unsubscribe
** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the
** immediately-following link:-
** [mailto:jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subjectúq]
** or send a message, to
** jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq
[jaws-uk] JFW 7 and Document Presentation

Other related posts:
