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Re: Highlighting static HTML using the keyboard

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From: Isabel Holdsworth
Date: Oct 22, 2018 1:44AM

Hi Andre,

Lots of sighted people use only the keyboard, either through personal
preference (my boss) or because they have a condition or disability
that makes it difficult to use a mouse (RSI, Cerebral Palsy, etc).

Cheers, Isabel

On 21/10/2018, Andre Polykanine < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> Hi Isabel,
>
> > 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.
>
> Sorry, but what for?
> If your users are sighted, they can use a mouse. If they are blind,
> they use a screen reader that gives them an opportunity to select with
> keyboard alone.
>
> --
> With best regards from Ukraine,
> Andre
> Skype: menelion_elensule
> Twitter (English only): @AndrePolykanine
>
>
> ------------ Original message ------------
> From: Isabel Holdsworth < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> To: WebAIM Discussion List
> Date created: , 12:06:12 PM
> Subject: [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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