I've tried touch interaction on several computers. It's a nice concept but the user needs to memorize yet another set of touch gestures. I get better results when I'm using iOS or Android.
Dan
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From: Visually Impaired Computer Users' Group List <[log in to unmask]> On Behalf Of Jeff Kennyon
Sent: Tuesday, April 7, 2020 1:05 AM
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Subject: Re: [VICUG-L] Using the touch screen with either JAWS or NVDA to access icons that are inaccessible by keyboard?
Interesting, I tried all three programs, and will try them again. It never occured to me to try this as NVDA mentioned this after I tried downloading NVDA. Before downloading NVDA, I tried looking around with JAWS.
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> On Apr 7, 2020, at 1:20 AM, Ana G <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> I'm curious to know what experiences others have had with situations like the one you describe.
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> When I can't find something with the tab or arrow keys, I sometimes resort to touching the screen. This is a hit-and-miss proposition. Sometimes exploring the screen shows me exactly what I find by tabbing and arrowing. Other times exploring gets me to what I want, and I am able to activate the control. Still other times exploring gets me there, but I need sighted help because I can't do anything with that control while the screen reader is running. It really just depends.
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> As far as screen readers go, you may want to try Narrator. Sometimes I can get to buttons, radio buttons, etc., that are normally not screen reader focusable. I think I make sure I'm in scan mode (the toggle is capsalt), and then I use the standard form field commands, like b for button and x for check box. caps+apostrophe moves system cursor to Narrator cursor, and caps+left bracket does the opposit.
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> Another thing you might try with Narrator is Mouse mode. You toggle it with caps+alt+m. In mouse mode, you move around using the number pad keys. I don't think there's a specific command for simulating a mouse click; I think you just use space or enter, but I can't swear on a stack of bibles.
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>> On 4/6/2020 7:59 PM, Jeff Kennyon wrote:
>> Hi everyone. While I am stuck at home with nothing to do I have been experimenting with my BCD436. I think I have everything covered except one thing. I am hoping to add and create my own favorites list. In order to do this when you use Sentinel you of course have to go to the new list desired, and then you have to click an icon to append. I downloaded and tried NVDA with the touchscreen as well as JAWS and I haven’t found the icon. Will the touchscreen function on either program allow you to get to icons and other items that you normally can’t get to via keyboard? If so is there a standard place to look for them on a screen, or do I need to hunt around?
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