HMMM! Maybe I was thinking of Hope, which costs $10. BTW, there are keyboard shortcuts that you can use on the Twitter site, but many of them are also screen reader hot keys. If you have MS Outlook, I believe that there is a plugin called Outtwit, or something like that. Andy
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Flor Lynch Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2011 3:02 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Accessibility and changes to Twitter web interface? You don't have to, and never had to, buy Qwitter which was and is free. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Baracco, Andrew W" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2011 8:51 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Accessibility and changes to Twitter web interface? > Before you buy Qwitter, know that the author is no longer supporting > or > developing the program. It may work for the time being, but as time > goes on, it probably won't. In fact, if Twitter made major changes > to > their site, you may already start having problems with it. > Andy > > > -----Original Message----- >>From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michelle > McQuigge > Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2011 12:47 PM > To: jaws-users-list > Subject: [JAWS-Users] Accessibility and changes to Twitter web > interface? > > Hey all, > > Caveat: I have not yet installed Qwitter. I know I need to do this. I > will do so when I get home from work. :) > > My question has nothing to do with the twitter app, however, and > everything to do with the web interface. I work as a journalist and > have to rely on Twitter for information sourcing from time to time. I > would rather not install apps on my office computer, and therefore I > generally explore the site through my web browser. In the past I've > had minimal problems doing this. Retweets and replies were annoying > and required some jaws cursor time, but other controls such as the > "follow" button on a user profile were easily visible and instantly > responsive. Now, though, I think Twitter has fallen in step with > Facebook in implementing inherently inaccessible layout changes. No > matter what profile I visit, I can't find a follow button anywhere. I > see something that looks like it may work, but if I select it with > either Enter or the space bar, I get sent somewhere else altogether. > Ditto for routing the Jaws cursor to its PC counterpart and clicking > that way. I'd love input from anyone out there who has managed to get > to the bottom of this. > > Many thanks and all the best, > Michelle > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
