I don't see the whole thread below, but I don't seem to be having
trouble editing forwarded messages or messages I'm replying to. I'm
using Orca under Linux, which may be the difference, but I also have
HTML turned off in the composition and addressing page of my account
settings. Maybe this setting would help.
On 05/11/16 09:29, Ana G wrote:
> Hmm, I wonder if the problems we're describing are Thunderbird, the
> specific screen readers, or the way they interact. NVDA is my secondary
> screen reader. Though Jaws is doing much better with Thunderbird lately,
> I seem to go through phases where the two do and don't play nice. when
> Jaws and Thunderbird aren't getting along, I use NVDA for email, and I
> don't notice any problems. I know I've successfully edited a forward
> with NVDA in the past, but I haven't tried recently, mostly because I'm
> now used to using the reply work-around.the
>
>
> As far as minor weirdnesses with Jaws and Thunderbird, I definitely
> observe the issue Duane describes, and I also notice that, after I save
> an attachment via alt+m, h from the message list, Jaws does return focus
> to the list, but it says blank when I use the say line command. I need
> to arrow up or down once. Like Dwane's issue, these are not show
> stoppers, but they are irksome when I forget the work-arounds in the
> middle of a busy email session.
>
>
> Fortunately, the big show stoppers, like Jaws not reading subject lines
> or Jaws randomly deciding not to read message bodies, have all been
> cleared up.
>
>
>
>
> On 11/4/2016 9:32 PM, Rachel wrote:
>> Thanks to Ana, Duane, and David for your responses. Ana's suggestion
>> of turning a reply into a forward works really well, and I'm relieved
>> that I now have a workaround. David, I find it interesting that you're
>> having the same issues using NVDA. Could it be that the way
>> Thunderbird displays headers has changed? David, if you could, please
>> try editing a forwarded message in Thunderbird with Window-Eyes. I'll
>> be interested to see what happens with that.
>> Rachel
>>
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