Regarding the braille display getting stuck on some websites, I find that when this happens, it happens allot. I think it has something to do with long text fields.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Turner" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Date: Saturday, Jun 20, 2009 20:44:48 Subject: RE: [GWN] customize spoken prompts? > > > The Braille Sense Plus does have times when the braille display stops > scrolling forward on web sites. A chord+4 to get beyond the stuck point > usually frees it up and you can continue from there. > > It locks up very seldom. > > Also, I turned off the control information and then began to edit a > document. I hit chord+z and the prompts just said "yes, no and cancel." > They did not say "yes button" "no button" cancel button." > I have not tested it in too many other places. > > I loaded a BookShare DAISY file. The headings didn't work well in the one I > loaded, but I suspect that was the book not the device. I will try loading > a newspaper on it tomorrow and let you know how the headings work in that. > > Later, > Richard > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Alex Hall [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Saturday, June 20, 2009 7:07 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [GWN] customize spoken prompts? > > I heard about that in the options menu, but when the demonstrator set it to > "off", it still said "list item" after the option, which made me think it > would work only on some information, not all. If you turn this off, for > example, will a yes or no prompt say "yes" or "confirm" only, instead of > "yes button" or whatever it says? > > Have a great day, > Alex > > > ----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Stacey Robinson" <[email protected] > >To: <[email protected] > >Date sent: Sat, 20 Jun 2009 20:43:39 -0500 > >Subject: Re: [GWN] customize spoken prompts? > > >Alex,YOu can turn off that part where it says list item. > > >Have a blessed day, > >Stacey Robinson and GEB dog Chesley > >Eagleville, Tennessee. > >[email protected] > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Alex Hall" <[email protected] > >To: <[email protected] > >Sent: Saturday, June 20, 2009 3:59 PM > >Subject: [GWN] customize spoken prompts? > > > >> Hi all, > >> I am listening to the file manager and wordprocessor demo by > Raul > >> and Jeremy. The interface, such as moving through a file list > or > >> menu, seems unnecessarily verbose. For example, in a menu, > could > >> you not have the type of interface that an option would open spoken? > >> The "goto" menu in the wordprocessor has an item something like: > >> "search, s, common dialog, space-f". I do not care that the find > >> will be a common dialog, I just want it > spoken > >> and that is it. Similarly, is it necessary to say "list item" > >> after each file? Of course they are all list items; it is a list of > >> files and folders! The main programs menu does not do this, > so > >> why does it everywhere else? Again, I am not a user, so could anyone > >> comment on this? Is it something you do not even notice, or does > >> anyone think that the interface can get too verbose at times? Sorry > >> for all the questions. If it makes you feel > better, > >> I will probably be calling GWM Monday and keeping some poor customer > >> service rep on the phone with my "newbie" questions until well after > >> the point at which, were this poor fellow not trapped on the other > >> side of the phone, he would have throttled me. :) Thanks for your > >> patience; it is really hard to > understand > >> a device like this without being able to actually use one, even for > >> ten minutes!! > > >> Have a great day, > >> Alex > > > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature > database 4174 (20090620) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature > database 4174 (20090620) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com >
