- From: Jon Gunderson <jongund@staff.uiuc.edu>
- Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 15:57:03 -0500
- To: cltrar@login.dknet.dk, w3c-wai-ua@w3.org
We are certainly aware of Braille users and want the guidelines to reflect their needs. The UA guidelines are trying to come up with presentation independent modalities, so that Braille, Speech and visual display users can all benefit. Are there some specific items that would only be useful to Braille users? Jon At 08:34 PM 9/23/98 -0100, Claus Thoegersen wrote: > >Hi, > >I would like to know if the problems posed by using a browser only >with a braille display for output, has been considered earlier in the >work of this group? As I see it the basic requirement for using a UA >with braille only is that you have a cursor that you can move around >in the document. In this way it becomes possible to clip text from >the page that you display to the clipboard when In a Windows >invironment using the standard cut copy and paste keyboard shortcuts. As most browsers are today it seems as if you only get a >focus that you can move among links and form controls, but not a >cursor that you can move around the rest of the contents in the >browser. With a "real" cursor (I have no better technical term for >this) you will also be able to move around in >the document a lot easier than it is today. This assumes that the >dependent technology you are using can move the cursor when you pan >through a document. I do not know if this ability is a standard for >different dependent technology, but I know that JFW uses this >technique. > >Regards > >Claus Thøgersen > Jon Gunderson, Ph.D., ATP Coordinator of Assistive Communication and Information Technology Division of Rehabilitation - Education Services University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign 1207 S. Oak Street Champaign, IL 61820 Voice: 217-244-5870 Fax: 217-333-0248 E-mail: jongund@uiuc.edu WWW: http://www.staff.uiuc.edu/~jongund http://www.als.uiuc.edu/InfoTechAccess
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