Hello, Dennis. At work I use both JFW and an ALVA Braille display. The
custom database I need to use to process help desk phone calls and results
requires that I make a frame for the status caption as you have done. Both
in Structured and Line Mode of JAWS, the Alva displays the contents of this
frame. In fact, many times the Braille output gives me better screen
reference then JAWS since by using the touch cursors on the Alva above the
Braille dots I can route the cursor to the proper place when speech isn't
always accurate. For instance, when I enter the database, the Customer ID
is the first field that is spoken. However, when a call comes in I want to
enter the phone number first since all information I get follows is brought
up by getting the phone number, or at least that's the fastest way to make a
search through the database. However, the Braile line of my display
displays the Phone field half way down the line of Braille. Rather then
using the JAWS cursor, it's easier for me to press the label for Area code
and the cursor is routed there.
Does the person in question have field labels that can be read with the
Braille Display? In other Words, though the fields don't speak when I press
Tab, when reviewing with the JAWS cursor and the Braille cursor I hear,
Phone, Area, Zip, state and so on. Clicking with the Braille cursor or the
Braille cursor keys usually brings the proper field into focus.
Feel free to write here or privately if I can help further. I hope this
didn't sound too convoluted, but custom databases are a pain and it's
difficult to make them work sometimes but possible.
=Beth=
=Beth Hatch-Alleyne=
Justice Means Not Just Us.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Dennis Brown--dbTech!" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "JFW List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: 05 December, 1999 9:21 PM
Subject: Braille output?
> I've got a question I'd like to ask about braille output with JFW.
> The situation is as follows:
> The client needs access to fields that have a graphical character as the
> label, but the graphic can't be labeled with JFW, or WindowEyes. There is
a
> help line at the bottom of the screen that displays a few words denoting
> what the field expects, and with forcing that frame to be announced as
each
> field is activated, I get that frame read,then the contents of the current
> field.
> With Braille, will he get both the frame and the field's contents, or just
> the field's contents, unless I force the frame through the Braille display
> just as I force it to read when entering the field with speech?
> And if I force the help frame through Braille, will he also get the
contents
> of the edit field as well, or will he have to refresh something each time?
>
> I don't use Braille, and therefore don't use a display, but he does.
>
>
> Thanks,
> Dennis Brown, DB Tech! 770-465-9621
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