oh how do we know if we are running a 64 bit mac. i have a macbook
model 4.1
On 12 May 2009, at 19:28, Esther wrote:
>
> Hi Dan,
>
> I think the java plugin is supposed to be part of your java
> installation. I was using DOM mode navigation. When I switched to
> group mode navigation VO-Right arrow from the Speed Test heading got
> me to the message: "Do not use your internet connection while the test
> is in progress. Press "Start" to begin." but I had to use item
> chooser menu to find the start button and somehow my cursor didn't
> route to the right place when I didn't have my cursors tracking. Can
> you try setting to DOM mode for web navigation of these pages? Also,
> check your installed browser plug-ins in Safari under the help menu
> (VO-M to menubar, press "h" to Help, arrow down and find installed
> plug-ins). On the page that is displayed, you should find a listing
> for "Java Plug-In for Cocoa" and lots of entries for java applet
> versions. I'm runnning Java1.5 -- the highest version number listed
> among the entries. There's a Java for Mac OS X 10.5 Update 1 that adds
> Java SE 6 version 1.6.0_05 to the underlying installation, but that's
> only for 64-bit Intel macs, so software updater doesn't pick that up
> for me and I'm not running it.
>
> I'd try either DOM mode navigation or turning your cursor tracking on
> ("Mouse cursor follows VoiceOver cursor etc. under VoiceOver Utlility)
> and using item chooser menu to find the start button if you're using
> group mode web navigation.
>
> I don't think I loaded anything extra for Java, but this MacBook was
> manufactured in August 2008, I think.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Esther
>
>
> On May 12, 2009, at 7:38 AM, Dan Eickmeier wrote:
>
>>
>> In trying this here, I can't find the start button on this site.
>> I've checked to make sure java is enabled,and it is. COuld there be
>> a plugin or something that I don't have, and have to get?
>> On May 12, 2009, at 12:16 PM, Esther wrote:
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>>
>> Hi Chris,
>>
>> What you can do is run a Google search for "speed test java". The
>> issue is that the results may depend on geographical area, so I don't
>> know what works for Will in the UK. If I use:
>>
>> http://www.dslreports.com/speedtest?java=1
>>
>> and VO-Down Arrow from the "Speed Test" heading, I'll get links to a
>> number of sites to try (e.g., San Francisco, Palo Alto, Los Angeles,
>> and some point in New Jersey). The test results depend on the site I
>> choose -- it's better to choose a site nearby to send upload and
>> download packets.
>>
>> After choosing a site, the page reloads, and if you VO-Down Arrow
>> from
>> the "Speed Test" heading you'll reach the start button. VO-Space to
>> press it. You can use your arrow keys (e.g. VO-Up Arrow) to get
>> information about the test in progress. If you arrow around you'll
>> find out when they start the upload and download tests and there is
>> even a progress bar indicator. It may take a minute or so to finish.
>>
>> When the test ends the page will update, and you'll hear "HTML
>> content". Results are reported as either graphics or text. Use item
>> chooser menu to find "results" in text format on the page and select
>> (VO-space). VO-Down Arrow to read the results.
>>
>> You might want to wait until a low traffic time to try this. I think
>> you're only allowed a certain number of tries (like 20 per server) as
>> a non-subscriber, and although I ran a number of tests two or three
>> hours ago, I just get server busy messages now when I press the start
>> button, and they appear to count as "tries".
>>
>> This is obviously a U.S. based site.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Esther
>>
>> On May 12, 2009, at 4:49 AM, Chris Blouch wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Most of the speed test things I've found were Flash based and
>>> inaccessible. A brute force way to do it would be to download a
>>> reasonably large file from a known fast service and time it. One
>>> possibility is downloading the AOL Mac installer from here:
>>>
>>> http://free.aol.com/tryaolfree/dnld_aol/aol_sell.adp
>>>
>>> which is 18.6MB. So if you download it and it takes 10 seconds then
>>> you
>>> know that you're getting around 1.8MB/s. I also found a site that
>>> does
>>> something like this and presents the results as HTML text so it is
>>> accessible:
>>>
>>> http://us.mcafee.com/root/speedometer/default.asp
>>>
>>> CB
>>>
>>> william lomas wrote:
>>>> hi is there an accessible site for us voiceover users, to gain our
>>>> speed tests for our internet connections?
>>>> Will
>>>>
>>>>
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