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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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