Hi Doug,
Let's take this for example: When in outlook reading an email . like the one you just sent me. I use to be in a browse buffer . that is no more in the beta right? So, I am reading your message and I don't know if I am in the browse mode or not. So, I press ctrl-alt-a and it says browse mode off . great that way I can say yes I was in browse mode. But, then when I try to press ctrl-alt a again to turn it back on it says browse mode is not available. Any way to turn it back on? I also press enter to load the message and don't get the speech and or the tones to let me know I have entered browse mode. So, either I am in browse mode at the list of messages and or it's not notifying me that I have entered browse mode when I am in a message. Any thoughts? Thanks, Sam From: Doug Geoffray [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, November 24, 2014 5:40 PM To: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: Re: betabugs Sam, This has not changed from the past...how did you know with Window-Eyes 8.4? There is a tone and/or speech that tells you if you are in or out of browse mode. Meaning if you go in you can hear a tone and or "browse on". If it turns off you'll hear a different tone and/or "browse off". Obviously browse mode is only available for certain applications...so if you are in Microsoft Word you know browse mode isn't even available so therefor it is off. You can also just toggle browse mode by pressing control-shift-A. Or you can press the speak summary hotkey (control-shift-s). If you hear "25 links, 5 headings, blah" you are in browse mode. Doug On 11/24/2014 7:32 PM, Sam Bushman wrote: Got it, thank you sir, Last question: How do we know when we are and are not in browse mode? Thanks, Sam From: Doug Geoffray [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, November 24, 2014 5:31 PM To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> ; [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: betabugs While in browse mode f8 is the only way. Outside of browse mode you can do whatever you were previously able to do. Doug On 11/24/2014 7:25 PM, Sam Bushman wrote: Understood, so does the shift/arrow keys work in other places or is f8 now the only way to select text? Sam From: Doug Geoffray [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, November 24, 2014 5:23 PM To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> ; [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: betabugs Sam, Currently f8 is the only way to select data while in browse mode. Simply move to the beginning of the data you want and press f8. Move to the other end of the data and hit f8 again followed by enter. Everything in between your points will be copied into the clipboard. Doug On 11/24/2014 7:02 PM, Sam Bushman wrote: For me it's much faster and much better response so far. But, when you use the normal way to highlight text shift arrows it doesn't seem to work. Sam From: Rob Hudson [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, November 24, 2014 4:56 PM To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Subject: betabugs So far, the beta is much slower than 8.4 was .. Every link in firefox reports as visited Mouse still does not work in Firefox. The wineyes find command took about three seconds to activate. Down arrowing through a web page gives about a second delay between pressing the key and reading the text. That's just initial impressions so far. If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv.
