[jaws-uk] Re: jaws and dry eyes
- From: "Graham Page" <gpage@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2009 16:12:07 -0000
Hi Erica.
I think that for many people, it might be better in a number of ways if they
were not quite so dependent on the mouse from both a convenience and an
ergonomic point of view. Many PC users however use the mouse most of the
time and the keyboard only when absolutely necessary. I think there are in
fact some PC users who would use the mouse to select from a list of letters
and drag them into a document if that was an option out of choice rather
than necessity. Yes I know that switches work on that principal and it is
often something not done by choice as well. I have tried to persuade her
though that using the keyboard can be of benefit. Maybe i should consider
wiring up the mouse so she gets a small electric shock if she tries to touch
it!
Cheers
Graham
----- Original Message -----
From: "Erica Cole" <rebellion220@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 3:31 PM
Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: jaws and dry eyes
Hi Graham
Sounds like a complex issue.
My friend uses Zoomtext but she really would luv a copy of magic!
That does stuff like this from what I can tell, it is best to go look at
the product info though.
Its an individual thing.
Zoomtext seems to be quite cheap to buy and magic I'd say is the most
expensive.
Jaws and Magic work well together too, even with magnification set to one.
I think you can get NVDA to read what is under the mouse too: I'm not that
good with the mouse as I have no usable vision.
If you can get hold of the lists of shortcuts that microsoft produce, study
of those might yield some results. I'll post them to the group along with an
article I found that might be useful to all of us.
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Sorry for the confuzzled nature of this here message.
Erica.
From: "Graham Page" <gpage@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 3:12 PM
To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [jaws-uk] jaws and dry eyes
> 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
> Home Phone: 0207 265 9493
> Mobile: 07753 607980
> Fax: 0870 706 2773
> Email: gpage@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> MSN: gabriel_mcbird@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Skype: gabriel_mcbird
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