Hi Dan,
I think the java plugin is supposed to be part of your java
installation. I was using DOM mode navigation. When I switched to
group mode navigation VO-Right arrow from the Speed Test heading got
me to the message: "Do not use your internet connection while the test
is in progress. Press "Start" to begin." but I had to use item
chooser menu to find the start button and somehow my cursor didn't
route to the right place when I didn't have my cursors tracking. Can
you try setting to DOM mode for web navigation of these pages? Also,
check your installed browser plug-ins in Safari under the help menu
(VO-M to menubar, press "h" to Help, arrow down and find installed
plug-ins). On the page that is displayed, you should find a listing
for "Java Plug-In for Cocoa" and lots of entries for java applet
versions. I'm runnning Java1.5 -- the highest version number listed
among the entries. There's a Java for Mac OS X 10.5 Update 1 that adds
Java SE 6 version 1.6.0_05 to the underlying installation, but that's
only for 64-bit Intel macs, so software updater doesn't pick that up
for me and I'm not running it.
I'd try either DOM mode navigation or turning your cursor tracking on
("Mouse cursor follows VoiceOver cursor etc. under VoiceOver Utlility)
and using item chooser menu to find the start button if you're using
group mode web navigation.
I don't think I loaded anything extra for Java, but this MacBook was
manufactured in August 2008, I think.
Cheers,
Esther
On May 12, 2009, at 7:38 AM, Dan Eickmeier wrote:
>
> In trying this here, I can't find the start button on this site.
> I've checked to make sure java is enabled,and it is. COuld there be
> a plugin or something that I don't have, and have to get?
> On May 12, 2009, at 12:16 PM, Esther wrote:
>
>
> Hi Chris,
>
> What you can do is run a Google search for "speed test java". The
> issue is that the results may depend on geographical area, so I don't
> know what works for Will in the UK. If I use:
>
> http://www.dslreports.com/speedtest?java=1
>
> and VO-Down Arrow from the "Speed Test" heading, I'll get links to a
> number of sites to try (e.g., San Francisco, Palo Alto, Los Angeles,
> and some point in New Jersey). The test results depend on the site I
> choose -- it's better to choose a site nearby to send upload and
> download packets.
>
> After choosing a site, the page reloads, and if you VO-Down Arrow from
> the "Speed Test" heading you'll reach the start button. VO-Space to
> press it. You can use your arrow keys (e.g. VO-Up Arrow) to get
> information about the test in progress. If you arrow around you'll
> find out when they start the upload and download tests and there is
> even a progress bar indicator. It may take a minute or so to finish.
>
> When the test ends the page will update, and you'll hear "HTML
> content". Results are reported as either graphics or text. Use item
> chooser menu to find "results" in text format on the page and select
> (VO-space). VO-Down Arrow to read the results.
>
> You might want to wait until a low traffic time to try this. I think
> you're only allowed a certain number of tries (like 20 per server) as
> a non-subscriber, and although I ran a number of tests two or three
> hours ago, I just get server busy messages now when I press the start
> button, and they appear to count as "tries".
>
> This is obviously a U.S. based site.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Esther
>
> On May 12, 2009, at 4:49 AM, Chris Blouch wrote:
>
>>
>> Most of the speed test things I've found were Flash based and
>> inaccessible. A brute force way to do it would be to download a
>> reasonably large file from a known fast service and time it. One
>> possibility is downloading the AOL Mac installer from here:
>>
>> http://free.aol.com/tryaolfree/dnld_aol/aol_sell.adp
>>
>> which is 18.6MB. So if you download it and it takes 10 seconds then
>> you
>> know that you're getting around 1.8MB/s. I also found a site that
>> does
>> something like this and presents the results as HTML text so it is
>> accessible:
>>
>> http://us.mcafee.com/root/speedometer/default.asp
>>
>> CB
>>
>> william lomas wrote:
>>> hi is there an accessible site for us voiceover users, to gain our
>>> speed tests for our internet connections?
>>> Will
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>>
>
>
>
>
>
> >
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