On Wed, 23 Jan 2002, Preben Randhol wrote: > "Thomas E. Dickey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 23/01/2002 (20:31) : > > tsk, tsk (you should go back and read the paragraph to which you > > responded) > > Yes I have done it 3 times and I don't understand your point. If you > could please be more clear when you post comments it would be nice. > There were no questions in that paragraph. > > > I've been told (more than once) that screen readers are line-oriented. > > They don't handle two-dimension layout of the sort that people tend to > > contrive when attempting to use html as a layout description. > > Can they handle javascript?
According to some webpages, JAWS and a few other applications will read hidden text, including some inferences about JavaScript. But a quick search doesn't say that in so many words - it's not 100% clear: my impression is that they're acting as the browser. The screen readers appear to just render whatever text is put onto the screen. But that's a static view - doesn't account for things moving around or being presented out of order. So I expect that the request was for something that could handle that situation, by directing the screen reader's focus to the newly presented text. None of lynx/w3m/links do that. (Let's leave netrix out of the discussion ;-) -- T.E.Dickey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://invisible-island.net ftp://invisible-island.net
