Hi Everett--
At least up to JAWS 9.0 it's a decision by the user. I don't know if
10.0 switches modes automatically based on the code it encounters or if
it handles dynamic processes by some other mechanism.
I'll bet Colin and/or Anastasia know, however!
Mike
E.J. Zufelt wrote:
----- Original Message ----- From: "E.J. Zufelt" <[email protected]>
To: "Allison Bloodworth" <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 6:06 PM
Subject: Re: FLUID-1821: Image Reorderer instructions for screen
reader users
Good evening,
I'm not to familiar with how things are supposed to work, or how they
actually work, but shouldn't ATs like JAWS automatically switch in
and out of virtual cursor mode depending on what type of region the
user has entered?
Thanks,
Everett
----- Original Message ----- From: "Allison Bloodworth"
<[email protected]>
To: "Anastasia Cheetham" <[email protected]>
Cc: "Fluid Work" <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 6:57 PM
Subject: Re: FLUID-1821: Image Reorderer instructions for screen
reader users
Hi Anastasia,
What do the instructions say currently? It seems to me that a
reference to the "virtual cursor" could be very confusing to non-
screen reader users. It also seems that if there were a way to give
JAWS users info about *only* the set of keystrokes they could use,
it would be best to do that and minimize their cognitive load.
Cheers,
Allison
On Dec 11, 2008, at 12:53 PM, Anastasia Cheetham wrote:
FLUID-1821 suggests some improvements to the Image Reorderer
instructions for screen reader users - for example, the
instructions that they need to turn off virtual cursor.
In trying to implement these improvements, however, some questions
came to mind that I'm not sure how to deal with.
Here's the source of the conundrum:
We first implemented the keyboard movement using Ctrl + arrow
keys. We soon found that this key combination was already 'taken'
by JAWS for another purpose, so we found an unused combination:
Ctrl + i, j, k or m. Now, the Image Reorderer will work with
either of these sets of keys.
The instructions that are both displayed and spoken describe both
of these keysets. However, JAWS users can't use whichever set they
like - only the letter version will work for them. Also, it could
be argued that non-screen reader users don't really need to be
told to turn virtual cursor off.
So: should the spoken instructions be different than the visual
instructions? Is this a good idea? A bad idea?
Thoughts from screen reader users? Thoughts from interaction
designers? Thoughts from people who have thoughts on the issue?
--
Anastasia Cheetham [email protected]
Software Designer, Fluid Project http://fluidproject.org
Adaptive Technology Resource Centre / University of Toronto
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