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>> GRAHAM ARMFIELD: In this section we are going to look at how to
follow web links when using Dragon
including trying to follow links that are images.
Not surprisingly, the 'Click (link text)' command
is probably one of the most commonly used commands when you're browsing a website.
It's best to voice the whole link text when using the command
as Dragon will automatically follow the selected link,
assuming that there are no other links with the same text.
And you'll note how in Internet Explorer Dragon visually indicates which link it's following
with a small red arrow -- this feature is not present in other browsers.
Wake up
Click BBC news
Click weather
Go back
Click news
Go to sleep
Here Dragon is not sure which link you mean,
so it will give you the option numbers for you to choose from.
Wake up
Choose 1
Go to sleep
But what happens if a link is actually an image?
For example on my own website I have icons on the page
for my Twitter feed, my LinkedIn page, my Facebook page and the RSS feed.
Because I have used appropriate alternate text for these images
Dragon NaturallySpeaking will recognise what the links are.
Wake up, Switch to next tab
Click Twitter
Go back
Click RSS
Go back
Go to sleep
But what about images that don't have appropriate alternate text? Let's see.
Wake up, Switch to next tab
Go to sleep
Now on this page in the top right hand corner there is an image that resembles a cogwheel.
Most of you will probably guess that this is to access
something like settings or options,
so let's see how Dragon copes with that since there is no obvious visual clue
what the text equivalent is.
Wake up, Click options
Click settings
Go to sleep
The problem here is that the alternate text for this image is just not set at all.
The title attribute is set to options but Dragon doesn't pay any attention
to title attributes, it's looking for the alt attribute.
So accessing your options on this page using Dragon's 'Click' command doesn't work very well.
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