links and speakup

Deedra Waters deedra at dmwaters.us
Wed Nov 5 00:06:19 EST 2003


Hmm, how do you get the numbered links, and the cursor to track? I don't
see an option for the numbered links, and the closest I got to cursor
tracking, was to turn the "block cursor" thing off, but even that
doesn't track really well, just makes it a bit easier to understand.

On
Tue, 4 Nov 2003, Janina Sajka wrote:

> This is off the top of my head so may not be fully accurate:
>
> 1.)	You can get the hyperlinks to be numbered. I find that helpful.
>
> 2.)	You can get the cursor to track. That's critical, of course.
>
> But, I think that's about it. The chain does not do the table
> serialization thing like the cat does, therefore you get islands of text
> on screen that someone can see belong together, but that reads very
> poorly with a screen reader's basically left to right and top to bottom
> reading strategy.
>
> Also, not all javascript pages will work. I'm sorry, I don't recall all
> the details. Hope this helps, though.
>
> Deedra Waters writes:
> > From: Deedra Waters <deedra at dmwaters.us>
> >
> > I've seen people talk about being able to use links in the past. What I
> > want to know, is are there tips to getting links to play nice? I'm having
> > problems moving to some links on pages, and in others, if the page is in
> > columns it reads very badly. I'm in desperate need of a browser that
> > supports java script, so I can fill out some financial aid applications
> > for school.
> >
> > Any help would be appreciated, thanks.
> >
> >
> >
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