Re: lynx-dev Patch for More Speech Friendly Lynx

[Lloyd G. Rasmussen]

On Tue, 6 Oct 1998 22:42:52 -0400 (EDT), 
Al Gilman   <address@hidden> wrote:

>to follow up on what Leonid Pauzner said:
>
>> Do you feel agree with something like -blind command line
>> to get together several items like disable 'progress' statusline messages,
>> your (LINK) staff etc. ?
>
>Ideally before fixing the functionality of a -blind switch, we
>would compare with the pre-sets in the lynx.cfg at BLYNX and get
>Lloyd to check over the choices.
>
>Different people still have different preferences.
>

I agree.  I meant to say something sooner.  Let's not do that 
hastily.  For example, on the Link patch submitted last week, 
Vocal-Eyes and other screen readers allow you, if you wish, to 
substitute some user-specified string for a color found on the screen, 
and not announce any colors which are not in this "attribute 
dictionary".  I have a Lynx configuration set up where Link is 
inserted by the screen reader in front of links.  Nothing tells me in 
the stream of speech where the  link ends, but I can cursor through 
the links and find out quickly.  We basically need plenty of testing 
and more feedback.


-- Lloyd Rasmussen
Senior Staff Engineer, Engineering Section
National Library Service for the  Blind and Physically Handicapped
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