Greetings to the list. I am using a braille lite 40 as a display and for
the most part, I use the structured mode. It seems to work okay for me. I
haven't had much complaint as far as it's use is concerned other than the
fact that I get tired of seeing the words scroll down symbol while reading
a document or e-mail. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to get rid
of that or am I stuck with it. Also, I'm not sure what the big difference
in structured, line, and speech box modes are. If anyone would be willing
to explain the differences, I would be much abliged. Thanks in advanced.
Shawn At 09:47 AM 5/6/1999 -0400, you wrote:
>Speech Box Mode has, as far as I have read, never been properly documented.
>It contains almost all text sent to the synthesizer. To the extent anything
>is spoken that is not in the Speech Box buffer, to that extent Braille
>users are not being properly served. Speech Box Mode gives Braille users
>access to everything that was (or would have been if they don't have a
>synthesizer) spoken.
>
>The Speech Box buffer contains the last 20 lines sent to the synthesizer.
>This is not enough. I've been asking for years, and promised for years, that
>the buffer be enlarged. Nevertheless, it is invaluable for those occasions
>when straight line mode yields confusing results (such as in the Braille
>configuration section of Config Manager).
>
>The combination of Line Mode and Speech Box Mode give the Braille (including
>Braille only) user access to the full power of JFW.
>
>Structured Mode, a flawed concept from the beginning, gives you access to
>tidbits. For example, in the spelling checker in Outlook Express, I suddenly
>come up with:
>
>ok
>
>That's all. just
>
>ok
>
>No way to go up, down or sideways. no way to tell what I'm expected to ok.
>No clue even as to which program I'm talking to.
>
>Another example is the Index page in the Jaws help system. There's a big
>long explanation given in speech. This information is accessible on the
>screen using line mode. But using structured mode it's just not there.
>
>This is a terrible choice for the default Braille mode.
>
>I'm sure that if I used Structured Mode more I would probably figure out how
>to jump through some extra hoops to get it to work, so don't take my
>description of limits as gospel. Still, I've been writing to a profoundly
>deaf person with access to Braille only. With no access to training tapes
>and little to the Jaws help system, they were unaware of the keystrokes to
>change from one Braille mode to another. I am only astonished this person
>can do much of anything at all!
>
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>
>
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