----- Original Message -----
From: "net bat" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, October 19, 2012 3:40 PM
Subject: Re: Guess What? Window-Eyes 8.0 Beta 1 Has a New Browse Mode!
Guess What? Window-Eyes 8.0 Beta 1 Has a New Browse Mode!go to the
gwmicro.com/beta site and listen to the podcasts. there is more info there
then what is in the guess what emails.
-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Zielinski
Sent: Friday, October 19, 2012 1:36 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Fw: Guess What? Window-Eyes 8.0 Beta 1 Has a New Browse Mode!
I accidentally posted this to the news feed, so here it is on the info
list.
----- Original Message -----
From: Steve Zielinski
To: [email protected] ; [email protected]
Sent: Friday, October 19, 2012 3:30 PM
Subject: Re: Guess What? Window-Eyes 8.0 Beta 1 Has a New Browse Mode!
The podcast talks about tabbing and shift-tabbing to controls for browse
mode to turn off automatically. However, will it do the same if you use a
hotkey such as "c" to navigate to the control, or use the up and down
arrows, to locate the control?
Secondly, will browse mode turn off automatically if you navigate, with
arrows or with hotkeys, to other controls other than edit boxes, such as
combo boxes, and buttons? I suspect the answer to these questions are all
yes, but I want to make sure. If no, that's a real bummer.
Thanks.
Steve
----- Original Message -----
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Sent: Friday, October 19, 2012 9:58 AM
Subject: Guess What? Window-Eyes 8.0 Beta 1 Has a New Browse Mode!
Oct-19-2012
Disclaimer
The following message includes information regarding Window-Eyes 8.0 Beta
1.
Please note that Window-Eyes 8.0 Beta 1 HAS NOT been released at this
time.
We are, however, providing you with some small glimpses into the features
that Window-Eyes 8.0 Beta 1 will contain. We are currently not answering
any
questions regarding the functionality of the beta. The only things we're
going to talk about will be what we have included in our Guess What
series,
which will continue up to the beta release date. We will answer all
questions at that time. Please be patient; you will be rewarded.
If you're subscribed to the GW Micro or Guess What podcast feed, you'll
automatically receive this Guess What in MP3 format. Check out
www.gwmicro.com/podcast for more information. If you want to download the
MP3, read this article online, or view more Guess What articles (when they
are released), please visit www.gwmicro.com/beta.
Enjoy!
--
Welcome to GW Micro's Guess What series, an introductory look at the
highly
anticipated release of Window-Eyes 8.0 Beta 1.
Weâ?Tll be covering a new feature in Window-Eyes 8.0 Beta 1 until its
release, so stop by our web site daily (www.gwmicro.com/beta) to make sure
you don't miss any of the exciting new features.
Since the start of the Guess What series, many of you have been asking
Browse Mode. The time has finally come to showcase all of the hard work GW
Micro has been doing to improve your web browsing experience.
New Supported Web Browsers
While it has not yet been officially released, GW Micro is leading the
pack
with support for Internet Explorer 10! This includes IE the program and
IE
the modern app when using Windows 8. So, for those of you who are using
Windows 8, you will be able to use IE 10 with the power of Window-Eyes 8.0
Beta 1. Window-Eyes continues to support Mozilla Firefox and we have
greatly improved support for both browsers by making web pages load much
faster and field names read much better in both browsers.
The Tab and Shift-Tab keys are now sent directly to the web browser
regardless of whether you are in or out of Browse Mode so that dynamic
content that appears will be simple to access. In previous versions of
Window-Eyes, the Tab and Shift-Tab keys were intercepted, but this new
implementation will help ensure much better access to dynamic content.
Auto Browse Mode
One of the most noticeable differences you will find while browsing the
web
with Window-Eyes 8.0 Beta 1 is that Browse Mode will automatically turn
off
when you Tab or Shift-Tab to a form control that requires Browse Mode to
be
off. Instead of hearing "Browse Off," you will now hear a sound that
indicates whether Browse Mode is on or off. If you Tab or Shift-Tab away
from the form control, you will be notified with a sound that Browse Mode
is
back on, but you can continue to easily navigate the page without the
entire
Browse Mode buffer re-loading. An example of this would be
www.google.com.
Google.com puts focus in the edit box as soon as you are on the page. You
will hear the sound indicating that Browse Mode is off. If you press Tab
until you are not on a form control, Browse Mode comes back on, but you
can
continue to navigate without being back at the top of the page. You will
know Browse Mode is on or off by the new Browse Mode sounds, which can be
adjusted in the Windows Control Panel.
You can choose to have sounds for Auto Browse Mode when Browse Mode turns
on
or off, you can have Window-Eyes say "Browse Mode On or Off," you can have
both, or you can turn both of them off. So, if you are a Braille user, you
will still be able to easily tell when Browse Mode is on or off by
selecting
the "Indicate with Speech" setting. If you prefer to use Browse Mode the
way it worked in previous versions of Window-Eyes, you can turn off Auto
Browse Mode. This option is called "Allow Automatic Form Interaction When
Browse Mode is Enabled" under the Verbosity then Browse Mode then Autoload
Settings.
Auto Browse Mode will also help when using the mouse to navigate web
pages.
When sighted users try browsing the web with Window-Eyes, they often have
difficulty understanding why text is not placed in an edit box once they
click in it. This is no longer an issue with Window-Eyes 8.0 Beta 1
because
when the mouse is clicked inside a form control, including edit boxes,
Browse Mode will automatically turn off.
When trying to communicate with sighted users about a web page, it has
often
been difficult for sighted users to understand exactly where something is
located on the screen. This can make it difficult for screen reader users
to communicate important information on a web page to a sighted user.
Window-Eyes 8.0 Beta 1 ensures that the text that is spoken is always
visible on the screen. Additionally, in both Internet Explorer and
Firefox,
the route mouse to focus hotkey (Insert-Numpad Plus) works 100% of the
time
and can visually route your mouse to what you are looking at on the web
page. This will make it very easy for you to communicate to your sighted
peers.
In past versions, you had to press Enter on a form control to ensure focus
would remain on that control. You now have the option to press Enter or
Control-Shift-A and focus will remain on that form control. This gives
you
more control over how you interact with web pages. You can also press Esc
to turn Browse Mode on at any time.
ARIA Support
Window-Eyes 8.0 Beta 1 now includes support for ARIA! What is ARIA? ARIA
stands for Accessible Rich Internet Applications. What does this mean?
It
means that most of today's dynamic web pages and applications which have
been designed to take advantage of ARIA that did not function in older
versions of Window-Eyes now work beautifully in Window-Eyes 8.0 Beta 1!
In
essence, dynamic web pages work much better with Window-Eyes 8.0 Beta 1
than
ever before. ARIA is now supported outside of Browse Mode in both Internet
Explorer and Firefox. Note that Internet Explorer 10 provides more
support
for ARIA than previous versions of Internet Explorer.
An example of ARIA would be on www.yahoo.com. This machine is running
Internet Explorer 10 on Windows 8. As soon as you access www.yahoo.com,
you
hear the new Browse Mode sound that indicates Browse Mode is off. This is
because focus is automatically in the edit box. Let's type "GW." Once we
type "GW," you hear that there are suggestions available and the ARIA
support included by Yahoo even tells you how to navigate to those
suggestions.
A web developer can set different ARIA elements to either be off, polite,
or
assertive. This means that Window-Eyes 8.0 Beta 1 will read ARIA elements
differently depending on how the web developer created the page. For
example, if the web developer made something assertive, then speech will
be
interrupted.
Several good examples of ARIA are located at
http://test.cita.uiuc.edu/aria/live/index.php. After we are on this page,
we will activate the Live 3 Static Reader link. The new page begins
reading
and you can hear it says "You have new mail." Then, it says, "You have
new
messages" followed by "There are new news feeds." All of this is content
that is updating dynamically on the screen. Window-Eyes 8.0 Beta 1 is
handling all of this with ease.
Now, we will activate the Example 4 link. This is a page keeping score of
a
game. You can hear that the scores are being updated dynamically as each
person or team scores.
As you can see, Browse Mode is greatly improved and is ready to support
the
next generation of the web.
These exciting features are just a few of what we have in store for you.
As
you can see, Window-Eyes continues to lead the way in new technology!
We hope today's "Guess What?" has given you a glimpse into the power of
Window-Eyes 8.0 Beta 1, and its innovative new support for the web.
Stay tuned for Monday's "Guess What?" to learn more about Window-Eyes 8.0
Beta 1!
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