[gui-talk] changing my browser

[Steve Jacobson]

Rob,

I tend to agree with Mike that they are just giving you an answer to get you out of their hair for a while because 
they don't know what to tell you.  If you have anyone that does reading for you, you should have them look at your 
screen when you have audio playing from the site.  It is possible that if they can click on the player that is 
being used and get the volume turned up for you that the volume setting will be remembered.  Once in a great while, 
I've seen situations where, if you turn off your Virtual Cursor in JAWS with INSERT-Z or turn off Window-Eyes' 
Browse Mode  that you may find an area by tabbing where the screen reader does not respond.  When you are in that 
area, try the arrow keys and PGUP and PGDN to see if any of those keys happen to change the volume.  I've seen this 
kind of behavior with some FLASH players, and it is possible something like that will work.  It could also be a 
waste of time.

It is possible that an imbedded player might be more accessible if you change browsers, but the chances are not all 
that good unless someone knows for sure that it is the case.  More and more of us are finding that it is good to 
have access to two browsers just so when something doesn't work in one we can check it with another.  However, a 
player with inaccessible controls is most likely going to not be accessible regardless of the web site.  Also, it 
seems extremely unlikely that changing browsers will somehow magically change the volume, but it is also hard to 
tell you that it is impossible because there are so many variables.  It is possible that a different browser will 
cause the player to be initialized differently.  If you have time to download FireFox, realizing you will have to 
go through a process of setting it up when you run it the first time, give it a try but don't be surprised if it 
doesn't help.  On the other hand, if it does help, tell us about it.

I don't know where Chrome development and JAWS stands.  Window-Eyes 9.1 works to a great degree with Chrome, 
though.  It does seem that screen reader development is probably better with FireFox, though, if you have an older 
version of your screen reader.

Unless someone else here has positive experiences with the same web site, our answers are all guesses and it is 
possible nothing suggested by any of us will work.  It is one of the frustrating challenges of accessibility these 
days.

Best regards,

Steve Jacobson

On Sun, 10 May 2015 20:39:08 -0700, Rob Kaiser via gui-talk wrote:

>Then why is Stretch internet telling me to change browsers?





>Rob Kaiser
>email;
>rcubfank at sbcglobal.net
>-----Original Message----- 
>From: Mike Freeman via gui-talk
>Sent: Sunday, May 10, 2015 8:34 PM
>To: Discussion of the Graphical User Interface,GUI Talk Mailing List
>Cc: Mike Freeman
>Subject: Re: [gui-talk] changing my browser

>Rob:
>Changing browsers won't raise the volume level on their computer. The volume 
>is a function of your sound card.

>Mike Freeman


>> On May 10, 2015, at 17:09, Rob Kaiser via gui-talk <gui-talk at nfbnet.org> 
>> wrote:
>>
>> Hello all:
>>
>> Iâ¬"m thinking about changing my internet browser to either Firefox or 
>> Google kron to see if the volume wiill be better on Stretch Internet as 
>> was suggested to me from them. How do I do this?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>>
>> Rob Kaiser
>> email;
>> rcubfank at sbcglobal.net
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