[NFBCS] Reading a row at a time in an excel spreadsheet

[Gary Wunder]

It used to be that I could route JAWS to PC and look at a spreadsheet without being limited to a particular row or column. I think that is no longer possible. The question I have is whether there is some way to look at a row in its entirety? Mostly I like the idea of column focus, but there are times when I would like to look at several columns together as I move up and down a spreadsheet. I might want to look at revenue and expenses at the same time. I might want to look at enrollment, revenue, and expenses at the same time. What I am trying to capture at the deepest level is how to spot trends that would be obvious to me if I were looking at the entire screen but which takes some real looking for if I'm using a screen reader with XL. Any ideas are welcome. Thank you.

 

From: NFBCS <nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Wes Majerus via NFBCS
Sent: Thursday, March 2, 2023 9:53 AM
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Cc: Wes Majerus <wmajerus at gmail.com>; carcione at access.net
Subject: Re: [NFBCS] Canute

 

Hi:

 

We have one here at our Library for the blind. When I looked at it in 2021 or so, it was much the same as you describe. It's Braille feels great, but it is kind of loud and the refresh rate is slow. It would be good for reading something straight through, but if you're doing a lot of scrolling, it could get annoying

 

Wes

 

 

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On Mar 2, 2023, at 8:18 AM, Tracy Carcione via NFBCS <nfbcs at nfbnet.org <mailto:nfbcs at nfbnet.org> > wrote:



I was reading about the Canute braille display.  There’s a link to an article about it in the latest Top Tech Tidbits. 

It’s a 40-cell, 9-line braille display.  The creators say it can be used to read maps, spreadsheets, Powerpoint slides, flow diagrams, draw, and feel a replay of soccer games, as well as play some video games.  Sounds pretty cool, but has anyone here actually used it recently?  

I got a demo in early 2020, just before the pandemic, and it was interesting, but the refresh was pretty slow.  If I’m looking at a spreadsheet, I usually check one set of columns, then scroll to check the next, and I don’t want to wait for a long refresh.  I wonder if anything has changed since, though.

The cost was 1895 pounds, so it would have to be a good thing to throw down that money.

Tracy

 

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