I'm not in any way belittling your question, just noticing even more how each of us has different needs and uses (yes I am nothing if not obvious). I didn't even know the "n" key accomplished this. Generally when I am browsing the web, I use the page down key, or the arrow keys.
On 5/21/2017 2:06 PM, David via Talk wrote: > Seems to me, that Jaws and WinEyes defines the > > "next Text-Line" > > slightly different. > > > In WinEyes, you will hit N, to go to the next line of text, no matter if > it is immediately subsequent to the line you currently are at. In other > words, if you are at line 3, and line 4 has pure text, that is where you > will land. > > > Jaws, on the other hand, seems to define the N-key, as the "next line of > text, AFTER a non-text line". Meaning, you are at line 3, holding text. > Pressing the N, it will look for next link, button or whatever, and > thereafter find the first line of pure text subsequently. This could > easily mean you will be taken down to line 20, since all the lines > between 15 and 19, holds links and buttons. > > > Please note, the line numbering was for illustrative purposes only. Not > sure how to remedy the behavior of Jaws, if it even can be done. But I > too noticed right away, that Jaws clearly has a serious drawback, when > reading through a website. Many times, I would use the H-key, to get to > a heading, and then read from there, only using the N-key. In Jaws, for > all I have learned so far, I will have to use the N-key to get to the > first line of a block of text, then use the down-arrow to move through > the block, and whenever I hit a non-text line, use the N-key to get to > the next text-block. A whole lot more hand-moving, and really hoped that > I just had not discovered how to operate the screen reader optimally as > of yet. > > > So, more trained users, is there a setting in Jaws, to make it see each > and every text line - by using the N-key? Or, is the N-key only for > searching the first line of next block of text? > > > Not that it helps you much, but NVDA seem to have the same fall-back as > do Jaws. One of the places, where WinEyes has been superior. sad smiles. > > > > On 5/21/2017 4:30 PM, Tony C via Talk wrote: >> Ok, I know the key to hear the next line of non-link text is N. However when >> I use this command Jaws skips a lot of those lines. For example, On my bank >> website. to move down to my current balance in window eyes I could hit X for >> next line of text, and after sever X’s I would hear the word “deposits”, >> then I could arrown down twice and her my balance. If I hit N in Jaws after >> about 3 times I’m at the bottom of the page. I’ve noticed this behavior on >> several other pages also. What is the reason for this? >> _______________________________________________ >> Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author >> and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. >> >> For membership options, visit >> http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/trailerdavid%40hotmail.com. >> For subscription options, visit >> http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com >> List archives can be found at >> http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > > _______________________________________________ > Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author > and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. > > For membership options, visit > http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/nicksarames%40msn.com. > For subscription options, visit > http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > List archives can be found at > http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > _______________________________________________ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/archive%40mail-archive.com. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com
