[access-uk] Re: Dolphin v9 announced
- From: "Ray's Home" <rays-home@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2008 19:36:03 -0000
Oh thanks Steve. I think I understand the Dolphin Virtual/area focus
thing now.
I've often wondered if Window-Eyes's use of the actual mouse pointer
isn't of some help to sighted people working alongside blind users in
helping work out what's happening on-screen.
Cheers,
From Ray
I can be contacted off-list at:
mailto:ray-48@xxxxxxxx
> -----Original Message-----
> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Steve Nutt
> Sent: 12 March 2008 8:42AM
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Dolphin v9 announced
>
> Hi Ray,
>
> Virtual Focus is just a more complicated version of browse mode in
> Window-Eyes. Why do I say more complicated? Because you can have
> virtual focus mode, the kind of equivalent to browse mode, then you
> can have area virtual focus mode, which is more like Window-Eyes'
> live use of the mouse, except they have this other "special" mode to
> allow you to mouse around the screen, thus it is not live mouse, as
> Window-Eyes is. Window-Eyes is the only screen reader that makes
> real use of the "live" mouse as a sighted person may use it, and I
> personally love this approach. JAWS is similar, except that you
> have to hit the JAWS cursor to get it, which makes it not live.
>
> All the best
>
> Steve
>
> _____________________________________________
> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ray's Home
> Sent: Monday 10 March 2008 13:22
> To: Access-Uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] Dolphin v9 announced
>
> Seems version 9 of HAL, Supernova etc is going to be quite an
> upgrade.
>
> Highlights include much needed improvement in web page navigation,
> Office 2007 ribbon navigation, improved Braille support, and, um,
> scripting? Yes, Dolphin too. Sounds very similar to GW Micros
> approach.
>
> Release date is reckoned to be 12 March.
>
> I'm not a Dolphin or HAL user, but they do seem often to feel
> neglected on lists like this, so maybe this will make them feel a
> bit better?
>
> No one's ever explained that virtual focus thing to me in HAL.
>
> More on vsersion 9 at:
>
> http://www.yourdolphin.com/newsitem.asp?pg=1&id=260
>
> Cheers,
>
> From Ray
> I can be contacted off-list at:
> mailto:ray-48@xxxxxxxx
>
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