[Blindtlk] JAWS and Yahoo! Answers

[Beverly Hunter]

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Annely Rose" <annely53r at yahoo.com>
To: "Blind Talk Mailing List" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2010 3:31 PM
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] JAWS and Yahoo! Answers


> Hi Jewel,
>
> I'm glad I'm not alone with this problem.  Well, one of my clients has the 
> same problem, too.  We both have JAWS 8 and use Firefox for internet and 
> we have encountered the same problem.  The solution I've found is to use 
> the tab key a couple of times and then shift back twice and JAWS should be 
> back and reading correctly.  I've had a lot of trouble with JAWS and Yahoo 
> this past year.  I've had to switch from Internet Explorer to Firefox and 
> have to keep disabling automatic updates in order to use Yahoo somewhat 
> easily.  Hope you have better luck.  God bless.
>
> Annely Rose, CVRT
> Independence for the Blind of West Florida --- On Wed, 3/31/10, Jewel S. 
> <herekittykat2 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> From: Jewel S. <herekittykat2 at gmail.com>
>> Subject: [Blindtlk] JAWS and Yahoo! Answers
>> To: "Blind Talk Mailing List" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
>> Date: Wednesday, March 31, 2010, 7:20 PM
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I don't like Yahoo much, but I really like Yahoo! Answers
>> at
>> <answers.yahoo.com>. Howerver, lately, every time I
>> go on Yahoo!
>> Answers, my screenreader messes up after about 5 minutes.
>> It doesn't
>> freeze...it just refuses to recognize edit fields, heders,
>> buttons, or
>> any of the other elements. Arrowing down doesn't work
>> either.
>>
>> Has anyone else had this problem with Yahoo! Answers, and
>> if so, what
>> screenreader are you using? Anyone have any idea why this
>> is
>> happening, and if there is anything that can be done to fix
>> it? Is it
>> a problem that Yahoo! can fix?
>>
>> I use Windows XP, the latest Internet Explorer (whatever
>> number that
>> is), and JAWS 11.0
>>
>> ~Jewel
>>
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