It's not senseless; it's an audio equivalent to the visual notification that browsers provide to sighted users when a feed is present.
Here's what the JAWS manual says about the subject:
Feeds A Web feed is a way to subscribe to your favorite Web sites and receive updated content. This content can consist of headlines, articles, podcasts, summaries, and so on. Internet Explorer constantly scans the Web pages that you visit to see if they support Web feeds. If a page supports a Web feed, JAWS will announce, "RSS Feeds available."
Adding a Feed To add a feed, do the following: Press ALT+J and then press ENTER toview feeds on the page. Select Plus button subscribe to this feed. Choose Subscribe. Viewing a List of FeedsTo verify that the feed was added, do the following: Press CTRL+J to open the Feeds tree view. Use the UP or DOWN ARROW keys to locate the newly added feed in the Feeds list.
-- Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis Yardbird wrote:
you mean that's how you can respond to that pop-up announcement that comes up as a page is trying to load, with a button to close it (Escape works, too)? Just press control J if you want to? How come there aren't any instructions right on that pop-up? It seems like such a senseless thing (I can see that it's a pop-up, masking the page that's loading). Weird stuff. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Russell Solowoniuk" <RSOLOWONIUK@xxxxxxx>To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2007 8:11 PM Subject: RE: IE 7 and JAWS One more short cut key I use is when I hear Jaws say RSS feed I press Alt+J to subscribe to the feed if it is one I'm interested in. Cheers, Russell -----Original Message----- From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kelly Ford Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2007 8:20 PM To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: IE 7 and JAWS Hi, Although it isn't JAWS specific, there is a quick reference guide to IE7 at http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/ie/quickref.mspx. The most common hotkeys I use include: Ctrl+t to open a new tab. Ctrl+shift+q to list all open tabs. Ctrl+j to list RSS feeds I've subscribed to. Ctrl+e to put focus in the search box Some settings changes you may want to make: 1. Have IE play a sound when an RSS feed is detected by opening Internet Options, selecting the content tab and then feed settings. There's a check box to have a sound played. 2. You may also want to explore some of the tab settings. You can ensure that you only get one IE window open all the time by making some adjustments as to whether new pop-ups open in a new tab, a new window or if IE decides. Personally I set this to open in a new tab. Kelly -----Original Message----- From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Yardbird Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2007 2:10 PM To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: IE 7 and JAWS Hi Allen, On this topic, may I ask how difficult it is to learn how to use IE 7 if you install it? With Jaws V. 8.0.2107, of course, is what I'm talking about. I've heard that it's only got a few features that a person would have to learn, like this thing about tabbed windows, but even then, what I'd like to know is, is there a place you can go to simply read some instructions for how to use the new browser, specifically with Jaws as your access tool? I'd love to consider finally switching over (upgrading, I guess we're supposed to say) because I heard in the FS podcast that IE 7 works really nicely with RSS feeds, and that's an area I'd like to learn how to work with, soon. thanks for any helpful suggestions. All best, The Bird ----- Original Message ----- From: "Allan Wong" <allanwkf@xxxxxxxxx> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2007 1:18 PM Subject: IE 7 and JAWS hi, for me, it is working fine out of the box. the only setting that i've made is to change the default search engine to google instead of msn search by default. Warmest Regards, Allan Wong 3M Technology ** If I said something wrong, please forgive me, as English is not my native, I'm sorry.----- Original Message ----- From: "Vicki" <amethyst17@xxxxxxx>To: "JFW List" <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 04:03 Subject: IE 7 and JAWS I'm just now getting ready to install IE 7, and I'm using JAWS 8. Are there any settings I should change in IE 7 to make it work better with JAWS? Thanks. Vicki -- JFW related links: JFW homepage: http://www.freedomscientific.com/ Scripting mailing list: http://lists.the-jdh.com/listinfo.cgi/scriptography-the-jdh.com JFW List instructions: To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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