On 22/10/06, Graham Pearce <grahamwp(a)optusnet.com.au> wrote:
I'm user:Graham87 on the english wikipedia. I use
a screen reader called JAWS from Freedom Scientific at:
www.freedomscientific.com
It is the most popular Windows screen reader at the moment.
My problem is that it appears that the edit link has become part of the title of each
section created with wiki markup. This problem
is compounded when using quick navigation keys to navigate between sections; in this
case, JAWS will stop reading a heading title
when it encounters a link. Therefore, each heading title will be read as either
"left bracket" or "edit" when I navigate between
editable sections on a MediaWiki page. I tested this with JAWS 5.1 and 6.0, which
aren't the most recent versions but are still
widely used and the problem appears on both of them. I am using Windows XP with IE 6
(Firefox only works well with the latest
versions of JAWS). The headings were working fine late last night my time (about 15:30
UTC on 21 October).
I would like this fixed as soon as possible so only the section title is spoken when
navigating through headings.
Here's a question: what happens in skins other than Monobook (the
default)? e.g. does Classic do this?
(Not that Monobook shouldn't be fixed, since it's the default skin.
But this may give you something usable in the meantime.)
- d.