Hi all.
I am trying to find a solution to a problem experienced by someone with
over
50 percent vision in one eye though this person has problems with the
lining
of that eye causing her to experience increasing amounts of irritation and
indeed pain as she uses her eyes. When she is tired she often experiences
periods of blurred or cloudy vision when detailed print reading is
difficult. screen magnification is not helpful to her.
She currently has JAWS but finds that it speaks far too much. She tends
to
use the mouse a lot and JAWS tends to speak part of what is in focus when
she tries to click on things. She would find speech useful when using the
internet, reading PDF or long word documents and when using email.
I think that if her sight deteriates, JAWS could be useful so I would like
to get it to grow with her as her sight deteriorates or for when she is
tired.
I have set verbosity to advanced so that a minimum of jaws messages and
info
about controls is read. I have set screen echo to none so that she is not
bombarded with info. This is useful when in file lists etc. if she does
want this feature I have shown her how to change it so that, for example,
messages will be read when scrolling through emails.
This person is a real mouse head! she can type well but short cuts do not
come naturally to her. Does JAWS have a facility where you can click on a
piece of text with the mouse and have it read?
My last query is about JAWS and Internet Explorer. JAWS will of course
read
lots of things using the virtual cursor but as far as I know, it gives a
sighted person no hint at all visually about what part of the screen is
being read. You can buy Magic to do this I know and it could be that
Magic
would be the better solution for her anyway. You can turn off virtual
cursor I know but I believe you lose the ability to have parts of a web
page
spoken then.
so, has anyone used JAWS in this situation? would Magic be a better
solution even though magnification is not required? and though this last
point is not strictly JAWS related, is there really an all together better
solution I should be considering?
Regards
Graham
Graham Page
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