Janina, Thanks for the tips on using Lynx. In message <20031110163023.GC396 at rednote.net>, Janina Sajka <janina at rednote.net> writes >Glad to hear it's working better. > >To make lynx blind friendly: > >1.) Be sure you've enable the show_cursor setting. > >2.) You may want to turn on "Links and Form Fields are numbered." > >While this last isn't strictly necessary, it certainly indicates what >text is a hyperlink or form field, and it gives you another way to >activate (or navigate to) hyperlinks and form fields. How? By typing the >number on the qwerty and pressing enter. > >The other way is to tab and alt-tab, or just up and down arrow. > >These (and other settings) are in the 'o' for options menu. You may need >help getting them set correctly the first time. Once cursor tracking is >active, that menu is fairly easy to use. You can even make it easier by >turning pop-offs off. > >All of these settings are also configurable at the command line, or in >the .lynxrc or the global lynx.cfg files. > >Sheila Acock writes: >> From: Sheila Acock <sheilac at sheilac.demon.co.uk> >> >> Hi, >> >> Just to say that I did take Bill up on his offer and he was very >> helpful. >> >> My Apollo is now talking much better; not perfect, but I find it quite >> usable, which I certainly didn't before. >> >> I have just spent some time reading Man pages and using Lynx on some >> Websites, (though I haven't yet worked out how to identify and activate >> links). >> >> Many thanks, Bill. >> >> p.s. Hope no-one minds me posting this, but I am so pleased to feel I >> am getting somewhere, and hope it may encourage anyone else who might be >> struggling. >> >> Sheila. >> >> In message <20031109140009.GR6622 at rednote.net>, Janina Sajka >> <janina at rednote.net> writes >> >Shiela, here's an offer you should definitely accept! <grin> >> > >> > >> >William F. Acker writes: >> >>From: "William F. Acker WB2FLW +1-303-722-7209" <wacker at octothorp.org> >> >> >> >>Hi, >> >> >> >> Send me your phone number or call me at the number at the top of this >> >>message, and I'll talk you through it. BTW, I do know that you're in the >> >>UK. >> >> HTH. >> >>-- >> >> >> >> >> >>Bill in Denver >> >> >> >>On Sun, 9 Nov 2003, Sheila Acock wrote: >> >> >> >>> Hi Janina, >> >>> >> >>> No, I haven't. As I said, the speech is so unintelligible that I >> >>> haven't really tried anything much. If it might help, I will try and >> >>> get sighted assistance with doing this, but are there instructions on >> >>> how to accomplish it? I am really rather daunted by the whole thing. >> >>> >> >>> Thanks. >> >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >> >>Speakup mailing list >> >>Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >> >>http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >> > >> >> -- >> Sheila Acock >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- Sheila Acock
