First, make sure you have the factory settings for Chrome installed. You
can see if they're installed and install them if not by opening the
Window-Eyes control panel, Alt+F File, F factory Settings.
Then when you install the app it will tell you that chrome.set is being
replaced. This is needed to make the app work properly.
Here's what the app does.
1. Speaks alert messages, such as download progress and completion.
When a file is downloaded the message from Chrome is to press Shift+F6
to go to the download bar.
2. I added Alt+N because it's quicker and the key combination used in
Internet Explorer to go to the notification bar for the same purpose.
All it's doing is inserting Shift+F6. And it's not tied to the
notification. So if you happen to press it without a file downloaded it
will just put you up in the address bar. F6 will put you back in the
main window.
3. Suggestions entered in the address bar as you type will be spoken.
For example, if you type yo, YouTube.com will probably be voiced. These
are just pulled out of your history. When you hear the right address
just press enter.
Unfortunately because you come in on the address bar when Chrome opens,
and it doubles as a Google search field, you'll hear everything you type
repeated as you type it if there are no suggestions. Obviously there's
no way I can tell what you're typing or if it's in your history.
Also, the suggestions might not be heard when you first open Chrome. The
reason I replaced the set file is so that I could set keyboard interrupt
to program scope. Then I set it to control and alt only when you're in
the address bar and back to whatever you had it set to when you're not
in the address bar. The problem is I have to monitor for the chrome.set
file to be loaded before grabbing it. And the stars might not line up in
time if you open chrome and start typing immediately. Although you'll
probably hear a little snippet of the suggestion. Then you can use the
read line hot key to see what's there.
And finally, I didn't put error reporting in the app because it uses the
GW-Micro App Central server. So if you have any problems you can email me at
[email protected]
You can also open the Window-Eyes control panel, Alt+A Apps, App
management, App manager, select the app, press Alt+H to open Help and
Options, then press the About button. There's a Contact author button in
there. And of course you can post any problems here.
Hope this is helpful.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/j2co234uo3duwjo/chrome.wepm?dl=1
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