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Re: Highlighting static HTML using the keyboard

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From: Isabel Holdsworth
Date: Oct 16, 2018 10:05AM

I don't know whether JAWS selects text in the same way that caret
browsing does. If I want my speech synthesis component to speak the
selected text, will it be available through JavaScript regardless of
whether I use JAWS or the caret to select it? Or is JAWS only
selecting text in the virtual buffer? I have no idea.

On 16/10/2018, Jonathan Avila < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>> Glen, I've played with caret browsing in IE and FF, as I thought it might
>> be the way to go, but it doesn't seem to work with JAWS. Or perhaps I'm
>> doing something wrong
>
> JAWS allows for users to select text on the page and read it back through
> it's own virtual cursor and speech synthesizer. Is there something in
> particular that the separate page selection with the keyboard would provide
> that isn't already provided by the JAWS select and speak commands without
> having to use caret browsing?
>
> Jonathan
>
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> Isabel Holdsworth
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> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Highlighting static HTML using the keyboard
>
> Thanks everyone.
>
> JP, do you think you could expand a bit more on your idea? It sounds
> interesting, but I'm wary of adding too many tab stops to an already
> reasonably cluttered interface, so there's no way I'd want to add a tab stop
> for, say, each word in a block of static text. Am I misunderstanding you?
>
> Andre, thanks for the MDN link. I already have the speech synthesis aspect
> working, so users can click a paragraph or list item with the mouse and have
> it spoken aloud. But I'm trying to replicate the selection functionality for
> keyboard users.
>
> Glen, I've played with caret browsing in IE and FF, as I thought it might be
> the way to go, but it doesn't seem to work with JAWS. Or perhaps I'm doing
> something wrong. Has anyone else had any success with this?
>
> Cheers, Isabel
>
> On 16/10/2018, Graham Armfield < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>> Andre, I know your were maybe just using a particular keystroke as an
>> example, but Ctrl+P on Windows machines triggers the Print dialogue.
>> Or is that what you meant to do?
>>
>> Regards
>> Graham Armfield
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