[jaws-uk] Re: Landmarks Being Announced
- From: "David Russell" <david.russell8@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 13 May 2010 15:43:26 +0100
It is not just on google but on other sites such as the BBC website.
David
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[mailto:jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Iain Lackie
Sent: 13 May 2010 15:39
To: jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: Landmarks Being Announced
I suspect Google has changed its webpage to include landmarks. JAWS has been
telling me about Yahoo! landmarks for some time now.
Iain
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From: "David Russell" <david.russell8@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2010 3:36 PM
To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: Landmarks Being Announced
>
> Leonie,
>
> That is useful, but why have they suddenly appeared, or just started being
> announced?
>
> The only thing I can think of which I changed in the last day or so was a
> couple of microsoft automatic updates? I wonder if that has caused Jaws
> to
> tell me about landmarks. I remember doing a microsoft update and jaws was
> silenced as a result.
>
>
> David
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Léonie Watson
> Sent: 13 May 2010 15:12
> To: jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: Landmarks Being Announced
>
>
> They're another way of navigating to different areas of a page. You
> can use the semi colon key to move between them. More information here:
> http://www.nomensa.com/blog/2010/screen-readers-and-aria-landmark-roles/
>
> I don't think it's possible to stop Jaws announcing them. I've had a
> quick look through the configuration manager and haven't spotted anything
> likely at least.
>
> Léonie.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On
> Behalf Of Darran Ross
> Sent: 13 May 2010 14:45
> To: Jaws-UK
> Subject: [jaws-uk] Landmarks Being Announced
>
> Hi List.
>
> Over the last day or so I've noticed that, especially on Google, JAWS has
> started telling me how many landmarks are on a newly loaded page.
>
> Does anyone know what I've done to turn this announcement on? Because I'd
> like to turn it off again.
>
> That's JAWS 10 BTW.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Darran
>
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