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Need some help developing a web browser

im currently developing a webbrowser for the blind, and i basically need some help doing the finishing touches. there are a couple of things i need help with so if anymore has any ideas i could really do with some help. i have imported the window narrator into the program so i have some speach. im doing it all in vb.net. below are a couple of things i need help with:

1. i need help converting what is in webbrowser1 into something that the narrator can understand. convert it into a string or something so that the narrator can read and speak it.

2. also need to see if its possible to say what the mouse is hovering over, for example if its hovering over the Stop button, is it possible to get the narrator to say what is in the tool tip.

3. also need to know how to bring up a list of favourites that the user has stored.

any help on any of these points would help me lots.

thanks

pete
[944 byte] By [PeteG] at [2007-11-11 10:11:02]
# 1 Re: Need some help developing a web browser
is there anyone who can help me?? i could really do with some help

pete
PeteG at 2007-11-11 20:48:24 >
# 2 Re: Need some help developing a web browser
Pete,

You say you are developing a web browser for the blind and need help with the finishing touches.

But the questions you are asking are about the absolutely fundamental things you need to do to develop a web browser for the blind.

I suggest using Google to do a lot more research. You are nowhere near the finishing touches yet.

Kerry Moorman
kmoorman at 2007-11-11 20:49:31 >
# 3 Re: Need some help developing a web browser
im currently developing a webbrowser for the blind, and i basically need some help doing the finishing touches. there are a couple of things i need help with so if anymore has any ideas i could really do with some help. i have imported the window narrator into the program so i have some speach. im doing it all in vb.net. below are a couple of things i need help with:

1. i need help converting what is in webbrowser1 into something that the narrator can understand. convert it into a string or something so that the narrator can read and speak it.

2. also need to see if its possible to say what the mouse is hovering over, for example if its hovering over the Stop button, is it possible to get the narrator to say what is in the tool tip.

3. also need to know how to bring up a list of favourites that the user has stored.

any help on any of these points would help me lots.

thanks

pete

Pete, a couple of observations.

1) You'll need to parse the HTML and push the text through the narrator.

2) The blind don't use a mouse. They can't see what to click on and they don't know where the cursor is anyway. So you don't need to use buttons or clickable objects in your interface. If your going to use an interface at all, you'll want to stick to menus with keyboard shortcuts.

Have you talked to a blind person to discover how they actually work with a computer?
joewmaki at 2007-11-11 20:50:24 >
# 4 Re: Need some help developing a web browser
im a university student you see, and i have spent months looking for ideas on how to do this and im no closer now than i was all those months ago. i just need some help getting the narrator to say what is on the webpage. this pharsing technique you mention, do you have any idea how i might go about doing something like that.

pete
PeteG at 2007-11-11 20:51:29 >