Octavian, windoweyes 7 will have full unicode support which wasn't the
case
with previous versions, so you don't have to be afraid, it will support
lots
of languages and synths for them, including braille support.
What i can tell you also from my personal expirience is that since version
5.5 of windoweyes its possible to have both jaws and windoweyes on the
same
machine.
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[mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Octavian
Rasnita
Sent: Friday, April 11, 2008 2:07 PM
To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Fritz Will Be Digging Into This - Window-Eyes Scripting
Introduction
This is great!
The fact that Window Eyes supports scripting, and not just a single
proprietary scripting language not very well documented, but any language
that supports com automation, and if I also add the fact that Window Eyes
can be set to use the same keyboard layout as Jaws, I think that even if
it
is not the best screen reader yet, it will surely be very soon.
I have used Window Eyes a long time ago, but I didn't like its keyboard
layout, and I heard that it is also not very friendly with some apps I
use.
Now I think the engineers from GW Micro will be able to make easier
scripts
for those applications (like Office, VS.net...), so I don't think Jaws has
many advantages... at least from what I heard. (I hope I won't have a
different opinion after trying the latest Window Eyes).
As a marketing tip, I think GW Micro could make a special offer to Jaws
users, and allow them to pass to Window Eyes with smaller costs. In that
case, I think there will be many users that won't find any reason to stay
with Jaws.
I don't know how good is Window Eyes with Java apps though, nor how well
reads Window Eyes the special chars in other languages with the english
synthesizer.
Does anyone know if Window Eyes can be installed on the same computer that
has Jaws (6) installed?
The Video Intercept Manager makes me afraid to test another screen reader
when Jaws is installed...
Octavian
----- Original Message -----
From: <james.homme@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, April 11, 2008 2:46 PM
Subject: Fritz Will Be Digging Into This - Window-Eyes Scripting
Introduction
Hi,
This looks more powerful to me than JAWS scripting.
From the web page:
http://www.gwmicro.com/News_&_Events/Latest_News/?newsNo=87
A Short Introduction to Window-Eyes Scripting, and the Window-Eyes
Object Model
Feb-02-2008
As you most likely know by now, the scripting cat is out of the
scripting bag. At ATIA, GW Micro introduced one of the most requested
features in
Window-Eyes: support for a scripting language. Not only is Window-Eyes
providing a scripting support, but the method being used is by far the
easiest available in the market today. As time goes on, we will
provide more information. For now, I'd like to provide you with a
small section of the introduction in the Window-Eyes Scripting
documentation.
Enjoy!
*****
The Window-Eyes scripting engine is a COM Automation server. COM
Automation, according to Microsoft, is "a technology that allows
software packages to expose their unique features to scripting tools
and other applications." That means all the guts of Window-Eyes are
accessible through various objects, properties, methods, and events
(these items make up the Window-Eyes Object Model). In addition,
Window-Eyes embeds ActiveScript engines, including VBScript and
JScript. This means that you can create scripts in VBScript, JScript
(which is Microsoft's proprietary version of JavaScript), or any language
that supports COM automation.
Are you a Perl programmer, and want to use PerlScript? Be our guest.
Do you prefer Python? Then why not create your scripts in
ActivePython? Granted, the PerlScript, PythonScript, and similar
parsing engines would need to be installed on machines where the
scripts in those languages are going to be used. But if you're only
creating scripts for yourself, and you happen to be an excellent Perl
programmer, you have the power. Are you a C++ programmer? Are you a
Visual Basic programmer? Do you use VBA, PHP, or .NET? Regardless of
the language you choose, as long as it supports COM Automation, you
can make Window-Eyes sing (literally, if you want).
Unlike other scripting engines' limited exposing of their interface to
other applications and the use of proprietary languages, Window-Eyes
scripting is an open server that not only hosts clients (i.e. scripts,
executables, etc.), but also exposes itself through COM Automation to
other applications. In other words, in addition to creating scripts
that Window-Eyes can host, you can also access Window-Eyes objects
from other programs. The possibilities are endless.
How to Use this Guide
The Window-Eyes Object Model reference is divided into several sections.
The Objects section contains a detailed listing of all available
objects, along with their properties, methods, and events. The
Enumerations section lists all available constants and their values.
The Custom User Interface section talks about creating your own
dialogs using the Window-Eyes scripting engine. Lastly, the Tips &
Tricks section provides a few ways to do common scripting tasks.
The Window-Eyes Object Model reference standardizes with the VBScript
language. All examples, syntax, and other notation will be in VBScript
unless otherwise noted.
What are Objects, Properties, Methods, and Events?
Objects are containers of data, the data being a combination of
properties (or attributes), methods (things you can make an object
do), and events (things that an object causes to happen).
Understanding the organization of an object is best done through
analogy.
Imagine a dog as an object. A dog has properties, such as color,
height, weight, breed, and so on. A dog has methods (or functions)
such as sit, speak, stay, roll over, and heel -- these are commands
that you tell a dog to perform. A dog also has events, including
barking, tail wagging, and chasing cars -- these are things that dogs do
in their free time.
What About Syntax?
As mentioned previously, the Window-Eyes Object Model reference will
use VBScript when supplying syntax and examples. It is important to
note, however, that accessing object information is similar in other
programming languages -- you are not restricted to using VBScript.
When you're working with objects, you access properties and methods
using a convention called a dot operator, meaning you use a dot (or
period) to connect an object with a property or method.
For example, to assign a color to a dog object, you might do:
Dog.Color = "Brown"
To command your dog object to perform a task, you might say:
Dog.PlayDead
To listen for your dog object to bark, and then command your dog
object to behave, you might try:
Sub MyDogBarked()
Dog.Silence
Dog.Sit
Dog.Stay
End Sub
Syntax will become clearer as you read through the various objects
sections, and review examples.
More to come!
=== End of article ===
Jim
James D Homme, , Usability Engineering, Highmark Inc.,
james.homme@xxxxxxxxxxxx, 412-544-1810
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basis." -- Margaret Bonnano
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