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Re: JAWS Accordion test

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From: Travis Roth
Date: Mar 23, 2009 12:45PM

Al asks:
"I have another question (perhaps Randi can weigh in, too). As a
professional
in the field, how do most JAWS users prefer to listen to a page? On the
first pass, for instance, do they simply let JAWS recite what it can
contiguously--or, do they tend to stop JAWS and use their navigation keys to

read one line at a time?"

I prefer to use quick navigation keys to look at the various headings of a
page. When I'm lucky there's a heading announcing the start of the content
that I had came to the page for, often as a result of a Google search, etc.

After I find the area sometimes I will read with "say all" and sometimes I
will navigate more slowly usually by line.
This depends on the expeted length of content, and what I'm looking for.
I.e., if I'm looking for aspecific fact, or a link, then I will move more
slowly.