NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #20/NN_1992_20.iso/spool/misc/handicap/6483

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From: [e-mail] (Walter Siren)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: Re: Jaws Macros
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Date: 10 Sep 92 16:36:32 GMT
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[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

 LK> Hi Walter.  Indexing is an interesting concept.  What does
 LK> that mean and how does it work?  Regards, Les

Well, Les, it really only comes in handy when you are using
continuous read such as in wordperfect.  When you press the stop
key, and you know how the buffer flushes out, well  it does this
after you hit the stop key, and without indexing, you have to go
back up a couple of lines to pick up where you left off.  Well,
with indexing, the cursor is automatically returned back to where
you press up the shut-up key, and when you start reading again, you
pick up right you heard the last word.  Once you have used it, you
would not want to be with out it.  Not all synthesizers support it,
but more of them are doing it now.  The only screen reader that I
am aware of that supports indexing is jaws, I don't know about
artic, but vocal-eyes, and tinytalk still do not support it.  Of
course tinytalk I don't believe even has the continuous read key
yet.

Walter

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