[gui-talk] changing my browser

[Mike Freeman]

Not surprisingly, I tend to agree with Steve (see his message below).

Additionally, however, I think it's fair to note that not all Internet
streams have the same volume level by default and many streams can't be
turned up to an ear-splitting level on the computer itself because of the
parameters governing the encoding and transmission of the audio. That's why
sound editing programs have the capacity to normalize and increase volumes
of streams. I routinely have to increase the volume of snippets of baseball
games I record because the default volume is lower than I'd like and this
involves recalculation of the actual digital file elements.

Mike


-----Original Message-----
From: gui-talk [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Steve
Jacobson via gui-talk
Sent: Monday, May 11, 2015 8:45 AM
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Subject: Re: [gui-talk] changing my browser

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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