My recollection is the way the windows-based screen readers handle the  
cursor is from the DOS days and has not changed, even though for  
sighted windows users it has . Now of course your testing my memory  
from a very long time ago. :)

On Aug 31, 2009, at 11:58 AM, Brent Harding wrote:

>
> I suppose things will come up to where what happens if people who  
> used macs
> had to go for Windows one day for work or something. Whether we like  
> it or
> not, none of the Windows screen readers let you switch it so you'd  
> have to
> learn how windows speaks the insertion point even though for sighted  
> people
> it wouldn't be a change at all in that respect. I guess this history  
> goes
> before my time why JFW chose to read it the way they did. I had to  
> muck
> around in DOS once in awhile with Windows 3.1 waiting for support  
> for 95,
> but thought this one was how the OS reported the position.


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