RE: Programmatically determining color

Thanks, Becky.

I got it to work!! I think I just didn't read your instructions (or the
JAWS dialog) carefully enough the first time.

As I have it set up now, JAWS speaks the *name* of the color in a
different voice from the one it uses for normal text.

John

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[mailto:public-wcag-teamb-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Becky Gibson
Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 10:43 AM
To: John M Slatin
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Subject: RE: Programmatically determining color



Hi, John,
I probably didn't explain the steps for turning on speaking of color in 
JAWS very well!  I navigate the JAWS menus, Utilities then pick 
Configuration Manager. Once the configuration manager window opens I
pick 
Set Options then Speech and Sounds Manager.   When that dialog opens
there 
is drop down list of schemes.  I'm not sure if I created a new scheme or

used one of the existing ones - I think I used an existing one.  I have 
one named "Attributes and Color".  I selected that scheme and pressed
the 
edit current scheme button. That brings up a tab panel and I pick the
tab 
labeled "color".  Then, I activated the radio labeled "Speak Color".
That 
puts an entry in the edit box on this dialog. That edit box has three 
column headers, color, behavior, and data. My entries for those three 
columns are default, speak colors, using message voice, respectively.  I

select OK in this dialog then select the "Save Current Scheme" button.
I 
may have restarted JAWS but I don't think so.  I did have to restart
JAWS 
to turn off this setting, though. 

Although, I don't know too much about modifying schemes - maybe that is 
changing other ways that you interact with JAWS? 

Hope this helps!
-becky

Becky Gibson
Web Accessibility Architect
                                                       
IBM Emerging Internet Technologies
5 Technology Park Drive
Westford, MA 01886
Voice: 978 399-6101; t/l 333-6101
Email: gibsonb@us.ibm.com

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