[nfbcs] When to turn off the Jaws virtual cursor

[Nancy Coffman]

Sometimes when you heed to "click", I have read that you need to use the
jump to line command and then click from there.  I don't exactly remember
the sequence but if you look up click in internet explorer help, the
sequence should be there.

Nancy Coffman

-----Original Message-----
From: nfbcs [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Steve Jacobson
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Sent: Thursday, May 28, 2015 11:02 AM
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Cc: Steve Jacobson
Subject: Re: [nfbcs] When to turn off the Jaws virtual cursor

Tracy,

First, there isn't any absolute rule when to turn off the JAWS Virtual
Cursor or turn off the Window-Eyes Browse Mode.  On web sites that use newer
HTML, some web controls are now made to work better directly.  For example,
sometimes the arrow keys will navigate what appear to be list boxes and
allow one to interact with them.  This can be seen on some of the newer
webmail sites where you can move up and down a list of messages without the
virtual cursor and press a key to delete a message.  Whether that helps you
in this case is hard to know, though.  If you are clicking on one item of
what appears to be a list, it might be worth trying with the virtual cursor
off.  

Another thing to try with newer websites is that sometimes pressing ENTER on
an area that would normally need to be clicked will cause the action to
occur even if the area is not identified as a link.  This, of course, is
with the virtual cursor on.


Finally, Mike's advice of routing the JAWS cursor to PC and then clicking
might be easier than the approach you are currently taking.  It is at least
worth a try.

Best regards,

Steve Jacobson

On Thu, 28 May 2015 10:32:36 -0400, Tracy Carcione via nfbcs wrote:

>I have heard people here say they sometimes turn off the Jaws virtual 
>cursor to make a website work better.  Could someone give an example of 
>when to try this?

>The MS Web Publishing website I was being trained on seems to require 
>clicking with the Jaws mouse, and the Jaws mouse is not where the PC 
>cursor is.  I was switching to the Jaws cursor, finding the place I 
>want, then clicking.  Would this be the kind of thing where turning off 
>the Jaws virtual cursor might help?

>Thanks.

>Tracy

> 

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