[jawsscripts] Re: To Script, or Choose Another Application?

  • From: Steve Matzura <number6@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 09 Jul 2010 01:29:23 -0400

Haven't tried that.  I could go back and do that, I guess.

On Thu, 08 Jul 2010 23:36:05 -0500, you wrote:

>Perhaps the data you want is the name of the window? What do functions like 
>getWindowText or getTextInRect(WINDOWLEFT, WINDOWTOP, RIGHT, BOTTOM)
>return?
>
>On Fri, 09 Jul 2010 00:14:11 -0400, Steve Matzura wrote:
>> That's two votes for ExpressBurn.
>> 
>> On Thu, 08 Jul 2010 19:22:59 -0500, you wrote:
>> 
>> >I use Express Burn from NCH Software. It's simple, compact, and accessible. 
>> >http://www.nch.com.au/burn/index.html
>> >
>> >On Thu, 08 Jul 2010 18:10:01 -0400, Steve Matzura wrote:
>> >> I am looking for a single (or pair of) program(s) to burn a CD or DVD
>> >> in either data or music modes, but the program has got to be super
>> >> easy and as close to fully accessible as it can possibly get.  I found
>> >> some nice free ones from a company called DVDVideoSoft which almost
>> >> fit the bill.  The problem with them are these:
>> >> 
>> >> 1.  The control ID's change!  Yes, they really do!  In fact, they are
>> >> assigned to be the same as the handles for each physical control! This
>> >> is easily worked around with an autostart event that maps the handles
>> >> for the windows by going GetNextWindow and GetPriorWindow to find what
>> >> I need and save the apppropriate handles.  All the controls that you
>> >> can TAB to, talk very nicely.  The one control to which you cannot TAB
>> >> is the window containing the space used on the disk, which changes as
>> >> files are added and removed from the compilation as it is built.
>> >> 
>> >> 2.  The aforementioned window is skipped in the TAB rotation, so I
>> >> thought I'd write a script to speak it with SayWindow.  The problem is
>> >> that the static text that says "Disk space used" speaks perfectly when
>> >> I press the hot key, the window that has the actual number in it just
>> >> doesn't speak at all!  Should I abandon these approaches and get a
>> >> different program, or is there something else I might do to make this
>> >> silent window give up its data?  Remember, the two primary criteria
>> >> for program choice are simplicity and accessibility.
>> >> 
>> >> Thanks in advance.
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