Re: Audio Enriched Links
- From: "Easy J." <rios25@xxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 16 May 2004 14:02:36 -0500
I think that I missed where to download it but what is the exact URL that I
can get audio enriched links?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Parente" <parente@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, May 16, 2004 6:04 AM
Subject: Re: Audio Enriched Links
> First, let me handle the installer question, then I'll tackle the
> question about the usefulness of the software.
>
> The installer adds a couple of lines of code to the Internet Explorer
> JSS files for JAWS. The uninstaller should remove these lines of code
> when you decide to uninstall the program. I have tested the install and
> uninstall process on a number of machines with JAWS 4.51 and 5.0 without
> any problems. However, someone using Audio Enriched Links reported that
> he couldn't get the uninstaller to work. Even then, there should be no
> harm if the extra functions remain in the Internet Explorer script. The
> installer doesn't make any detrimental changes to existing functions.
> Even still, if you really want to get rid of what the installer added,
> you could either search for comment line with the term "pyAEL" in them
> in the internet explorer script and remove the code under them or run
> the JAWS repair process to return the scripts to their normal state.
>
> As for the usefulness of the addon, I leave that up to the general
> public to decide. The idea is that Audio Enriched Links give a summary
> of what is to come if you follow a link before you decide to follow it.
> Typically, the only information you have about a link is the text of the
> link and whatever little else JAWS tells you. The problem is that many
> links aren't that descriptive, for instance, text links that say "Click
> Here" or image links that don't have proper ALT attributes. In those
> situations, you have to follow the link and browse around on the next
> page to see what's there and figure out if it was even worth viewing in
> the first place. But if you had a preview of the next page before you
> went there, you might be able to make a decision as to whether or not
> the next page is useful before you spend time browsing it and deciding
> that it wasn't worth visiting.
>
> As an example, consider the Research link on the web page at
> http://www.cs.unc.edu. When JAWS encounters this link, all it says is
> "/Rollovers/indexup-01-02.gif" because the link is an image without a
> proper ALT tag. You wouldn't even know this was a link to the Research
> page of the site from what JAWS tells you. With Audio Enriched Links,
> you hear the following information about the link just by pressing a
> single keystroke combo:
>
> Research (UNC-CH Computer Science)
> Same domain
> Mostly links
> 8 paragraphs, 27 links, 2 images, 0 forms, 2 tables
> 19 percent readable text
> 39 warnings, 0 errors
> Some highlights: Major Research Project Areas, Faculty Research Areas
> Index, Research Laboratories, Research Support, Research Groups and
> Meetings, Intel Technology for Education 2000, Industrial Relations,
> Faculty Research Presentation Slides, (internally available only),
> Research Results and Products.
>
> Now you know quite a bit more about the next page and can decide whether
> or not you want to visit it.
>
> At any rate, it's up to you, the users, to decide if the software is
> worth it or not. It's definitely not perfect yet since it's an early
> version, but it is free to download so you might want to try it out. If
> you don't like it, then you can feel free not to use it or uninstall it.
> I'll welcome any feedback about how you like or don't like using it and
> what needs to be improved.
>
> Pete
>
>
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