[Njtechdiv] my message to blip FM

[Kevin]

On 2/26/2013 11:47 AM, ken lawrence wrote:
> Hi list ken here since I get nothing but smartass answers suggesting 
> that I'm an idiot who doesn't know to stay away from so called 
> untrustworthy sites am forwarding a copy of my latest question to blip 
> FM perhaps you can answer the part about why Non visual desktop aids 
> reads one link but clicks another.     Hi blip.  your site is really 
> tough to work with lately.  I'm having the hardest time using a screen 
> reader with blip.  as mentioned I can at least before use blip only on 
> Firefox with Non visual desktop aids and with Internet explorer with 
> the temporary mobile screen reader system access to go and now it is 
> even difficult with those.  with NVDA for example. I'll be going along 
> skipping songs I don't want to reblip or give props to and for some 
> unknown reason the screen reader can't concentrate.  I'll box the 
> links into a list view but when I hit next I'll be taken to badges or 
> to the advertising email or something that is several links above 
> where the screen reader is actually sitting at least what it's telling 
> me I'm sitting on.  it is as if it's reading back one thing and seeing 
> another.  I have only encountered this with blip no other website.  
> maybe a smaller happinging like this on last fm I hit share track and 
> wind up on a artist bio.  I have to CTRL F4 to go back.  to make it 
> work right I have to quickly shut down then restart the screen 
> reader.  on IE with system access to go mobile version of the system 
> access screen reader that doesn't seem to read the play and pause 
> links correctly.  it reads pause when it is clearly playing.  to 
> reblip something I have to pause it first for some reason. I never 
> been able to figure out why some sites read completely differently on 
> a screen reader.  also there is another issue.  reviewing parts of my 
> playlist I have found several links that are no longer any good.  in 
> one spot almost an intire page is no good.  so inorder to make it work 
> I have to hit next next next over and over again.  only system access 
> tells me a link is unavailable.  so I'm going to have to clean up all 
> the broken links deleting all broken or repeated blips.  is there some 
> way a user can be warned if a link let's say from youtbue is no good 
> in advance and is there a way to maybe replace any broken links?  also 
> on that note the fill in your profile links and or remove old or 
> broken links is not seen by a blind users screen reader. so is there a 
> desktop AP or client that will make it easier for a totally blind user 
> to use blip FM without having to go to the site where I can fill in my 
> profile and clean up and replace older broken links?  I know why this 
> happens videos are often taken dow do to copyright issues or they are 
> blocked for that reason.  someone posted a link on a facebook group 
> I'm on that was blocked in the united states.  he put it there because 
> he was in italy he could watch it fine.  that why I told him to post 
> things everyone could see.  a desktop app or client like the hope 
> client for pandora would really be a big help to us.  I know I'm 
> probably the first blind person you have ever encoungtered but I''d 
> love to bring my blind friends to you through my involvement with the 
> national federation of the blind.  also would like folks to know me 
> for who I am not just whozitrocker being an an anonymous screen name.  
> also want to try to spend credits Huh?  pick them up faster than I can 
> spen em.  want to try to move up in badges.
>
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Sometimes, if a page has a great deal of flash animation or things that 
rotate or update, screen readers will jump.  This may be what is happening.

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