RE: Strikethrough elements and JAWS

But I guess that we really need a technique where we don;t have to fiddle with the defaults of JAWS - ad that seems like a job for the manufacturer to parse stuff sensibly from square 1.

 

John

 

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 Subject: Re: Strikethrough elements and JAWS
 
 


 you can actually change the voice behavior under speech and sounds manager
 too.  select modify scheme and there are three tabs that allow you to hav a
 tone played or a different voice etc for things like html attribs, control
 names and states.
 
 Johnnie Apple Seed
 
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 David Pullman wrote:
 <blockquote>
 
 Versions of jaws beginning with 5.0 I believe and up through 6.0 will
 announce these attributes if you set the voice to either proof reading
 or
 classic with attributes.  This is done in speech and sounds manager
 under
 the configuration manager.
 </blockquote>
 
 That's correct. Be aware, though, that JAWS apparently doesn't change
 voices when it's reading in "say-all" mode (i.e., when you just turn it
 loose and tell it to read). Or rather, it will pick up some things and
 not others.  But when you go line by line the voice indicates deletions
 with a very high-pitched voice and insertions with a lower, sort of
 husky voice.  Unchanged text is read in the default voice.
 
 
 
 From: "James Nurthen" <
 jnurthen@gmail.com>
 
 To: <
 w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
 
 Sent: Friday, January 21, 2005 9:06 PM
 Subject: Strikethrough elements and JAWS
 
 Hi,
 I need to create a review page for an application which shows text which
 has changed (preferably as a strikethough) and its replacement. It would
 seem that the natural elements for this would be <DEL> and <INS>,
 however JAWS does not seem to recognise these elements. In fact it reads
 the example from the WCAG 2.0 draft techniques document, "<P>A Sheriff
 can employ <del>3</del><INS>5</INS> deputies. </P>" as "A Sheriff can
 employ thirty-five deputies."
 
 Does anyone have a suggestion as to how to accomplish this requirement.
 
 Thanks,
 James
 
 Johnnie Apple Seed