(sorry if this is a re-post, been having some problems with our mail here)
thanks for the reply Michael,
Michael A. Jordan wrote:
> That's the expected behavior. Unfortunately, you can't take control over
> focus management from the screen reader or force the screen reader to
read
> something. In fact, if you shift focus with ActionScript using
> Selection.setFocus(), JAWS will ignore the command and try to keep
the focus
> where it was on the page. A JAWS user would probably understand how to
> refresh the page using Insert + Enter or how to go the top using Page Up.
In the macromedia accessibility best practices pdf it says the
following: (page 22)
> As mentioned earlier, constant changes to the screen
> can cause a screen reader to refresh constantly.
> This can be very frustrating to screen reader users
> when they are trying to read through content and the
> screen reader is repeatedly returning to the top of
> the page.
This is the functionality that I'm trying to avoid and also harness so
that when you navigate to a new screen, the page will refresh and the
screen reader will start from the top again, enabling me to easily
orientate someone using a screen reader. Whilst this doesn't seem to
the be the expected functionality in JAWS, has anyone experienced this
using any other screen readers? I'm not sure which screen reader
macromedia is referring to but it sounds like a screen reader that would
react a lot differently than the versions of JAWS i'm using, and I'd
like to do some testing with it.
thanks,
adam
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