[nabs-l] blackboard issues

[Hope Paulos]

One thing that might work is pressing  "space" on the link. I use IE 9 with
Jaws 13 and latest version of Blackboard. I used to use firefox but can't
seem to find a version that works well with Blackboard so went back to using
IE 9. I'm also able to download files with no problem. I hope you can get
this resolved.
Hope 

-----Original Message-----
From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Ashley Coleman
Sent: Friday, August 31, 2012 11:37 AM
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] blackboard issues

Ashley, it may be the newer version of JAWS.  I have JAWS 12 and 13 on my
computer and mostly use 12, but I will look around on Blackboard this
weekend and see what I get.

Ashley C
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On 8/30/12, Greg Aikens <gpaikens at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Ashley,
> I am using JAWS 12 and Windows 7 and Firefox and am not having this issue.
> When I click the file name, it automatically begins downloading it to 
> the downloads folder.  I would give Firefox a try.  You could also 
> check to see which version of blackboard your school is using.  If it 
> is an older version, it might not work as well, although you said you 
> were able to do this before..
>
> -Greg
>
> -Greg
>
>
> On Aug 30, 2012, at 6:35 PM, "Ashley Bramlett" 
> <bookwormahb at earthlink.net>
> wrote:
>
>> well that doesn't help. I paid a lot of money to use jaws.
>> I thought nfb worked and was continuing to work with blackboard on 
>> this. I am really frustrated. Also, I do not know if it is a jaw 
>> issue. I  don't know how it could be. It reads the link and the name 
>> of the link, yet I cannot click on it. That is why I need someone to 
>> try with a mouse. Then, I will know it's a jaws thing and can 
>> complain. I might also take it into school and have my professor 
>> guide me through how to use blackboard. With frames, you do not 
>> always see the links with jaws. They could tell me what to click on.
>>
>> Well, I hope I can find a solution to this. I did not have this 
>> problem last two semesters. And I thought blackboard was supposed to 
>> be more accessible now!
>> Ashley
>>
>> -----Original Message----- From: Wasif, Zunaira
>> Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2012 5:09 PM
>> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] blackboard issues
>>
>> Supposedly, System access works really well with blackboard while 
>> JAWS is problematic. I heard this info second hand.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
>> Behalf Of Ashley Bramlett
>> Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2012 1:22 PM
>> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
>> Subject: [nabs-l] blackboard issues
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Well, my classes use blackboard. My professor for pr has posted most 
>> handouts which would help me because I got the paper copy in class 
>> but need an electronic copy. But, the problem is this. I go to 
>> blackboard and click the class, click course documents, and then 
>> cannot click on the file link to open and download the file. Gee. Anyone
have this issue?
>> I thought it was just this professor, but then I realized it happened 
>> for my second class too! I press  enter wich is the key for clicking
usually.
>> I then tried the application key, which is a right click, and still 
>> nothing. I am meerly taken to another screen with the same info.
>>
>> Any ideas? I'll ask a sighted person to try and  see if the same 
>> issue comes up with the mouse. But as far as I can tell, I cannot 
>> open these files with the keyboard. Note, I could last semester using 
>> the method I just described, by either pressing enter or right 
>> clicking on the document. FYI, I have windows 7 and internet explorer
with jaws 13.
>>
>> Any  ideas. thanks.
>> Ashley
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