Fangs vs. Text Readers
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Hello All,
Just wondering how close the two are in the area of rendering, say Lynx and Fangs, et. al.
I use some § and ¶ leades to my titles on block elements. This is a beautiful thing, on Fangs anyway, because both are rendered as the symbols they are (the reader doesn't show them as § or as ¶) so, at least in Fangs, it offers a really nice separation of, well, my sections and paragraphs. I was wondering if this would hold true in other text readers as well. If it is, then this is a really cool and helpful thing.
Thanks.
Mike
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Just wondering how close the two are in the area of rendering, say Lynx and Fangs, et. al. |
ok, let's start: lynx is not a text reader, it's a text only browser. on its own, it reads nothing (no voice output or anything). you can download lynx and run it yourself to have a look at what its output is http://lynx.isc.org/release/
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| I use some § and ¶ leades to my titles on block elements. This is a beautiful thing, on Fangs anyway, because both are rendered as the symbols they are |
visual rendering is irrelevant. with screen readers, it's important what is actually voiced by the speech engine - which also depends on the exact screen reader and user settings (verbosity etc).
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Thanks redux, my wording was off I see. I'll check out Lynx.
Mike
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sorry, re-reading my message i do sound rather grumpy...not intentional 
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Oh, that's cool redux. I didn't take it wrong at all. 
I did follow the Lynx link. I see it's unlike most downloadable software and seems to be a very involved installation. In light of this, I'm making a new request, in addition to that made on my other post looking for Jaws help which is: If someone has these installed already to please let me know and I'll PM my url for a look-see and brief crit if anyone's willing to take the time. I'm just not ready to widely distribute the url, even on this board, as not all content pages are done, (plus I still have six more style sheets to modify).
Thank you.
Mike
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| I see it's unlike most downloadable software and seems to be a very involved installation. |
Mike,
A version of Lynx found here;
http://csant.info/lynx
Comes as a .exe installer.
If it's any use to you.
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Thanks whitingx. I downloaded and installed it. I guess it may be awhile for me to figure this thing out and I have no idea how to use it. It is there a quick-quick anyone can offer on how to see a webpage with it?
Thanks.
Mike
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Hit 'g' (as in 'go to') to make it prompt you for an URL to visit.
I really like Lynx, but few sites are written well enough to be useful with it.
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Holy smokes. I'm happy as a clam.
First, Toolman, thanks for that short course. You saved me an hour no doubt (a lot of documentation).
Second, my pages look great on it
I'm so thrilled as I've obviously done something right. Joy-o-joy!
Mike
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Glad the link was of some use to you.
Typing '?' (without quotes) into the Lynx browser will also bring up all the supplied documentation including a user guide and a key stroke command guide.
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| Glad the link was of some use to you.
Typing '?' (without quotes) into the Lynx browser will also bring up all the supplied documentation including a user guide and a key stroke command guide. |
You bet it was whitingx. Thanks man. I did see that '?' at the bottom (and I did opt to download all of the docs). There was a just a lot to go through.
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