Hello everyone. Recognising that braile developments could be part of the commercial release of version nine, I stil want to profile the need for enhancements to Window-Eyes's braile support.
I have often commented on the braille features which need attention or inclusion, but here now is the full list. 1. Include the option for direct contracted braile input. 2. Include a continuous or autoscroll mode. 3. Group the braille hot keys feature so that it has a similar categorisation to the speech hot keys. Thus: braile hot keys for mouse, screen, browse mode etc. 4. Layout the hot keys as a table, so that it becomes possible to navigate by function, hot key label, assignments etc. 5. Correctly label display buttons for each supported device in the hot keys aplication. For example: the Braille Edge's buttons are still described as advance 1, advance 2 etc, when they are referred to by HIMS as f1, f2 etc. The new Alva display does not have the five way touchpad, which is still referred to in the Window-Eyes hot keys. With specific continued reference to the Alva, capturing many of the keys does not work. 6. More clearly describe the extent to which each display is supported or not supported. For example: What will Window-Eyes do with the Focus Blue displays from Freedom Scientific. Although I like these displays, because there is no commitment from Freedom Scientific to open up support to other screen reader developers, I believe that a day might come when support from AI Squared for the Focus range of displays could be removed. The Window-Eyes user experience with the Focus displays is disappointing. 7. Include an ASCII code chart in the manual. 8. Include instructions for writing user definable tables. 9. If users wish to improve the extent to which braille input is accomplished, provide instructions on how to do this. I am still hopeful that at least some of these suggestions will be included in the full release of version nine, and I encourage users to express opinions on this topic. It is clear to me that generally, beta two advances the cause of Window-Eyes, but there is more work to do. Vaughan. If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv.
