Hi, I listened to the video, and yes, it is just like the system blinking cursor that follows as you type in a word editor. JAWS uses the PC cursor where the system caret can go in an edit box. It is a blinking vertical line that is anywhere editing is possible. The caret cannot go to the toolbars, for example, so this is why we need the JAWS cursor which follows the mouse pointer to access that part of the screen. With NVDA, this is called navigation mode. Screenreaders pretend that there is that caret, when it is not there. This is done by the screen reader putting the web page in a virtual buffer, and then JAWS can pretend the caret is there when it is really not, and this is why we can use the arrow keys on the web. A sighted person cannot use the arrow keys on the web, because there is no caret there to move around. Well, this is where caret browsing comes in. If a sighted person presses F7, they will see the caret moving on the screen just like in a word document. This makes it a lot easier even for a sighted person to select text. This is the main reason a sighted person turns on the caret in a browser, is so they can select text a lot easier. They do not need to use the mouse to select text. Screen readers takes care of this caret problem for us by pretending that there is a caret there without us having to turn on the visible caret in the browser. However, if someone using a screen reader turns on the caret with F7, a sighted person can see right where the blind person is on the web page. This is some great stuff. Have a great one.
From: Mike B. Sent: Monday, February 1, 2016 6:41 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Caret Browsing Explained, Maybe Hi All, Maybe this will help. There is also a YouTube link towards the bottom that talks about Caret Browsing. From: Soronel Haetir Caret browsing is not really a win7 feature, it is a browser feature instead. Really all it does, as far as I can tell, is make the browser a bit more keyboard friendly in the absence of a screen reader. It does make a visible caret show up on the page which has been really helpful when I've been trying to get sighted assistance with pages because then it is much easier to communicate about exactly where in the page I am looking. The keyboard interaction stuff it enables though is pretty much already taken care of by any screen reader product. Soronel From: Mike & Barbara Hi Lisle, Here's another explanation. In computing, caret navigation is a kind of keyboard navigation where a caret (also known as "text cursor", "text insertion cursor", or "text selection cursor") is used to navigate within a text document. It is a fundamental feature for applications that deal with text, for example text editors, word processors and desktop publishing programs. This kind of navigation is also supported by the Mozilla-based web browsers, where it is referred as "caret browsing". A shortcut key (F7) is assigned to toggle between caret mode and non-caret mode. In caret mode, a blinking caret appears within the webpage. User can then navigate the webpage using arrow keys. The navigation is finer than spatial navigation and tabbing navigation, which deals with hyperlinks only, but most times it is slower. so basically if you have a PSP or cellphone browser... that's what it becomes like.. where you can move up and down by using the arrow keys [they jump to the next link] to turn it off press F7 again BTW, thanks for asking this question. I always wondered what the hell it was as well! LOL LOL Now we both have learned a little! Take care. Mike From: Mike & Barbara Click on the link below for a tutorial of some sorts, I don't know if it's a video or just audio. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UpV0vyqjbY I didn't have time to listen to but, a minute or so. Hope this helps a little. Take care. Mike Take care. Mike Global warming? Most likely caused from hot air generated by politicians!
