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Re: JAWS Screen Reader (and Word)

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From: Emma Duke-Williams
Date: Oct 16, 2006 2:20AM

Using proper headings etc., (rather than just making the text bigger)
is also invaluable dyslexic students (or anyone for that matter) who
wants to see an outline of the sections.
(And it makes generating a table of contents much easier).

Emma

On 10/12/06, Joshue O Connor < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> Hi Rebecca,
>
> >> >> Just bear in mind that only the very latest versions of screen
> readers will
> >> >> be able to pick up structure in a Word document.
>
> Yes thats right. Its only since version 7 (JAWS) that it will recognise
> a Word documents structure. Thanks for the reminder, as it points out an
> important lesson in all of
> this, that many can be left behind using older versions of UA's, so no
> assumptions should be made.
>
> Having said that, it is a step in the right direction.
>
> Josh
>
> Rebecca Ballard (Without a Mouse) wrote:
> > > Just bear in mind that only the very latest versions of screen
> readers will
> > > be able to pick up structure in a Word document.
> > >
> > >
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