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Re: Java Script and screen readers

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From: Patrick Burke
Date: Sep 20, 2012 1:32PM

At 11:11 AM 9/20/2012, Corbett, James wrote:
>Hi:
>
>But if this were indeed the case, wouldn't there be a potential
>issue if JAWS had the means to negate behind the scene logic
>intended to perform a specific business request?
>
>Jim

I do not defend the feature's right to exist, I only report that it
does exist. :)

Actually, a case where this could be very handy for a user is: A page
with ads that constantly update, causing Jaws to reset its buffer ,
thus preventing you from reading the page to the end. Solution:
Insert+v, DownArrow (to get out of the search box), P for Page
Refresh, select the Off choice, Enter. Read page in peace. Then
either turn off the setting, or close the browser session, which will
cause Jaws to return to whatever your default Refresh setting is.

... Sounds complicated as I write it out, but for many users (& some
browsers), it's simpler than maneuvering thru the browser settings every time.

Patrick
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