Re: [JAWS-Users] Browsers and background audio
Wish there was a Google Chrome add-on available that would automatically toggle the autoplay feature of all Flash and Html 5 web players to off. If you go to a page that you do want to have the web player autoplay function enabled, press a shortcut key combination and it would be enabled for that visit only. Guess someone out there will get around to creating such an add-on like this one day. Would make surfing some sites with JAWS so much easier (And quieter.) At 03:34 PM 5/19/2017, you wrote: It seems to be browser dependent. As I said, control-m will stop playback in Firefox. I'm looking for ways to stop or block playback in both IE and Chrome. In IE, there are options to not download images and sounds, but will any of these options block this embedded media? If so, which option? Alternatively, is there an extension or add-on that might work to solve this problem? Thanks, Jeff On 5/19/2017 6:52 AM, Kenny wrote: I agree! CNet stinks now for it auto plays some sort of info video whennever you access resources there. It doesn't seem to be a Flash player. Some new fancy HTML 5 player that JAWS isn't able to recognize any controls to stop it. At 02:46 AM 5/19/2017, you wrote: I'm still trying to find the best way to deal with sites like CNET which automatically launch audio/video on their pages. First of all, can anyone tell me what is being used to play these things? I don't think it's Flash. Is it javascript or something else? Someone enlightened me to the fact that control-m will stop playback in Firefox. Is Firefox the only browser that offers this option? Can playback be stopped in either Chrome or IE? Finally, is there anything in any of the browsers' settings that will block this background media? I saw something in IE that *might* do it, but I'm not sure. I couldn't find anything in either Firefox or Chrome that seemed to have anything to do with this. If it matters, I'm running JAWS 18 on Windows 10 Anniversary Home edition with the latest versions of all 3 browsers mentioned. Thanks, Jeff For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
Re: [JAWS-Users] Browsers and background audio
I'm not sure about other browsers, but Internet Explorer settings have a section for multimedia on the advanced tab. You will have the option to play videos or not. You would obviously press the spacebar to select not to play them. Sorry I can't help for Firefox, Chrome, Safari or other browsers, but I would imagine that other browsers must have the same type of options. Good luck. Scorpio -Original Message- From: Audiobookfan Sent: Friday, May 19, 2017 2:46 AM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: [JAWS-Users] Browsers and background audio I'm still trying to find the best way to deal with sites like CNET which automatically launch audio/video on their pages. First of all, can anyone tell me what is being used to play these things? I don't think it's Flash. Is it javascript or something else? Someone enlightened me to the fact that control-m will stop playback in Firefox. Is Firefox the only browser that offers this option? Can playback be stopped in either Chrome or IE? Finally, is there anything in any of the browsers' settings that will block this background media? I saw something in IE that *might* do it, but I'm not sure. I couldn't find anything in either Firefox or Chrome that seemed to have anything to do with this. If it matters, I'm running JAWS 18 on Windows 10 Anniversary Home edition with the latest versions of all 3 browsers mentioned. Thanks, Jeff For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
Re: [JAWS-Users] Browsers and background audio
It seems to be browser dependent. As I said, control-m will stop playback in Firefox. I'm looking for ways to stop or block playback in both IE and Chrome. In IE, there are options to not download images and sounds, but will any of these options block this embedded media? If so, which option? Alternatively, is there an extension or add-on that might work to solve this problem? Thanks, Jeff On 5/19/2017 6:52 AM, Kenny wrote: I agree! CNet stinks now for it auto plays some sort of info video whennever you access resources there. It doesn't seem to be a Flash player. Some new fancy HTML 5 player that JAWS isn't able to recognize any controls to stop it. At 02:46 AM 5/19/2017, you wrote: I'm still trying to find the best way to deal with sites like CNET which automatically launch audio/video on their pages. First of all, can anyone tell me what is being used to play these things? I don't think it's Flash. Is it javascript or something else? Someone enlightened me to the fact that control-m will stop playback in Firefox. Is Firefox the only browser that offers this option? Can playback be stopped in either Chrome or IE? Finally, is there anything in any of the browsers' settings that will block this background media? I saw something in IE that *might* do it, but I'm not sure. I couldn't find anything in either Firefox or Chrome that seemed to have anything to do with this. If it matters, I'm running JAWS 18 on Windows 10 Anniversary Home edition with the latest versions of all 3 browsers mentioned. Thanks, Jeff For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
Re: [JAWS-Users] Browsers and background audio
I agree! CNet stinks now for it auto plays some sort of info video whennever you access resources there. It doesn't seem to be a Flash player. Some new fancy HTML 5 player that JAWS isn't able to recognize any controls to stop it. At 02:46 AM 5/19/2017, you wrote: I'm still trying to find the best way to deal with sites like CNET which automatically launch audio/video on their pages. First of all, can anyone tell me what is being used to play these things? I don't think it's Flash. Is it javascript or something else? Someone enlightened me to the fact that control-m will stop playback in Firefox. Is Firefox the only browser that offers this option? Can playback be stopped in either Chrome or IE? Finally, is there anything in any of the browsers' settings that will block this background media? I saw something in IE that *might* do it, but I'm not sure. I couldn't find anything in either Firefox or Chrome that seemed to have anything to do with this. If it matters, I'm running JAWS 18 on Windows 10 Anniversary Home edition with the latest versions of all 3 browsers mentioned. Thanks, Jeff For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
[JAWS-Users] Browsers and background audio
I'm still trying to find the best way to deal with sites like CNET which automatically launch audio/video on their pages. First of all, can anyone tell me what is being used to play these things? I don't think it's Flash. Is it javascript or something else? Someone enlightened me to the fact that control-m will stop playback in Firefox. Is Firefox the only browser that offers this option? Can playback be stopped in either Chrome or IE? Finally, is there anything in any of the browsers' settings that will block this background media? I saw something in IE that *might* do it, but I'm not sure. I couldn't find anything in either Firefox or Chrome that seemed to have anything to do with this. If it matters, I'm running JAWS 18 on Windows 10 Anniversary Home edition with the latest versions of all 3 browsers mentioned. Thanks, Jeff For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
