Here is something I've found that is somewhat helpful when downloading
messages with Outlook Express, and also with downloading files with IE4.01.
It calls for setting a couple of frames, but it is worth the time!
I'll do Outlook Express first:
This calls for you having a lot of messages to download from your server,
since we need the Receiving messages...window to be on the screen long
enough to create a frame. 30 or 40 messages should give you time.
1) When receiving messages, invoke the Jaws cursor with Keypad+Dash.
2) Arrow up to the line announcing "Receiving message..." and put your
cursor on the "R" of Receiving, then hit Control+Shift+Left Bracket to mark
the left edge of our frame.
3) Arrow to the end of "Receiving" and hit Control+Shift+Right Bracket.
This will set the right edge of your frame and launch the Frame utility.
Did you get that second mark before the message window went away?
4) Give the frame a name like "RecievingMessagesFrame" and tab down through
the window, filling in the Synopses and Description field.
5) In the "Echo" box, arrow up 1 to "All".
6) Control+Tab until you reach the "Real Window" dialog and tab down to
"Frame contains" and type in the Word "Receiving".
6) Tab to "Ok" and whack the Enter key.
7) Hit Alt+F4 to close Frame utility.
Now, whenever you are receiving messages, that frame will get announced
whenever something in it changes.
And here is the neat part...if it chats too much, hit the Alt key once to
silence it, Alt again to start it talking again! When you silence it with
the Alt key, you'll hear the word "Hide", since that is the default button
that has focus while this window is displayed.
Now, for Internet Explorer v4.01:
1) Go onto a site and start a large file downloading. This will bring up
the "File Download" window. Go ahead and tell it where you want the file
and whack enter.
2) Invoke the Jaws cursor with Keypad+Dash, and move up the screen until
you get to the line that starts with "Estimated time left".
3) Place your cursor on the "E" of Estimated, and hit Control+Shift+Left
Bracket, which will set the left edge of our frame.
4) Arrow across to the end of the line and hit Control+Shift+Right Bracket,
which will set the right edge of the frame and dump us into the Frame
utility.
5) Give it a name like "DownloadProgressFrame" and tab through the
Synopsis nd Description fields, filling them in as you go.
6) Again, at the Echo box, set it to "All".
7) Control+Tab to the "Real Window" tab and move down to "Frame must
contain" edit box and enter "Estimated".
Tab to Ok and whack Enter.
8) Save the frame and hit Alt+F4 to exit the Frame utility.
Same goes for this new frame now, whenever you start a download, it will
rattle off the Estimated time, (if known), and the amount downloaded so far,
and when you tap the Alt key, it goes silent as the focus goes back to the
"Cancel" button. Hit Alt again to start it talking again.
You don't have to worry about this screwing up how things are announced when
not downloading, it only works when the "File download" window is active.
Thanks,
Dennis Brown
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