Oh really? That's interesting! I guess I forgot to look that one up and my friend never noticed it when WE used to be his screen reader of choice.
-----Original Message----- From: Stephen Clower [mailto:st...@gwmicro.com] Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 12:23 PM To: gw-scripting@gwmicro.com Subject: Re: an idea, but how to go about it when I get there? Katherine, The element properties window, reached with Insert-Tab, does this and much more and is already part of Window-Eyes. Alt-D will take you to the address bar. Regards, Steve On 12/9/2011 12:19 PM, Katherine Moss wrote: > How strange. I didn't see that. And on another note, though this is a bit > off the marker for this topic anyway, you guys should put in the next release > of WE a built in function to be able to obtain a list of links on a web page > like that comparable to what JAWS does and then something so that we can read > the address bar easily. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Stephen Clower [mailto:st...@gwmicro.com] > Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 11:25 AM > To: gw-scripting@gwmicro.com > Subject: Re: an idea, but how to go about it when I get there? > > Katherine, > > Yes. You can find them at > https://www.gwmicro.com/App_Central/Developers/Interactive_Classes/. > > Regards, > Steve > > > > > On 12/9/2011 11:22 AM, Katherine Moss wrote: >> I think I may have grabbed that one yesterday though I don't remember. And >> are those resources on App Central too? The online resources you mentioned? >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Stephen Clower [mailto:st...@gwmicro.com] >> Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 11:20 AM >> To: gw-scripting@gwmicro.com >> Subject: Re: an idea, but how to go about it when I get there? >> >> Hello Katherine, >> >> There is no one catch-all solution that will work in every situation when >> evaluating the accessibility of unfamiliar software. A good place to start >> is to become comfortable with the WEEvent utility from App Central. Also, >> the online script training resources created by Chip Orange, which are also >> available at App Central, will likely prove helpful. >> >> Regards, >> Steve >> >> >> >> >> On 12/9/2011 11:11 AM, Katherine Moss wrote: >>> Hello all, >>> I'm curious. I was just comparing the accessibility of the SharpDevelop >>> IDE with JAWS with that of WE and I find that neither one makes any >>> difference. Both of them have accessibility problems in all of the dialogs >>> and beyond. The obvious thing would be to script it once my programming >>> skills get better, right? I would say so, but how does one go about doing >>> that when they don't know what the controls and stuff are supposed to say >>> anyway? This is driving me nuts because SharpDevelop might be a fantastic >>> option for those programmers who want a professional grade IDE but can't >>> afford the likes of the professional version of Visual Studio. The biggest >>> problem I see is that lists are not read and radio buttons have spoken >>> state, but their content is not labeled. Have any of you smart scripters >>> figured out a way to get to stuff like that without the help of a sighted >>> individual at all? (I despise the prospect of having to ask a sighted >>> person anything that has to do w i > t >> h that >> because it means that they must stop what they are doing.) >>> >>> Katherine Moss, >>> Administrator of the AccessCop Network, previously Raeder24.org. >>> Visit us on the web at http://raeder24.org<http://raeder24.org/> >>> >>> >> >> -- >> Stephen Clower >> Product support specialist& App Development GW Micro, Inc. * 725 >> Airport North Office Park, Fort Wayne, IN 46825 >> 260-489-3671 * gwmicro.com >> >> > > -- > Stephen Clower > Product support specialist& App Development GW Micro, Inc. * 725 > Airport North Office Park, Fort Wayne, IN 46825 > 260-489-3671 * gwmicro.com > > -- Stephen Clower Product support specialist & App Development GW Micro, Inc. * 725 Airport North Office Park, Fort Wayne, IN 46825 260-489-3671 * gwmicro.com
