(f) Textual information Supported Caret Browsing shall be provided through Caret Browsing is a new accessibility operating system functions feature that enables users to navigate a for displaying text. The webpage with a moveable cursor on the minimum information that screen by using the keyboard. Users can shall be made available is select and copy snippets of text as short text content, text input as a single character by using only the caret location, and text keyboard. Other content types such as attributes. tables or images can also be selected and copied. Pressing F7 turns Caret Browsing on or off. It can be enabled on a per-tab basis or for all tabs and windows. Moving the cursor within the text of a webpage is similar to moving the cursor within the text of a Microsoft Word document. Holding the SHIFT key down and pressing the arrow keys selects text. MSAA & UI Automation Windows Internet Explorer 8 provides textual information through Microsoft Active Accessibility and UI Automation. Microsoft Active Accessibility is a based technology that improves the way accessibility aids work with applications running on Microsoft Windows operating systems. It provides dynamic-link libraries that are incorporated into the operating system, as well as a COM interface and application programming elements that provide reliable methods for exposing information about user interface elements. UI Automation, a next-generation accessibility programming model, simplifies development and reduces costs for assistive technology developers as well as IT application developers who
(f) Textual information shall be provided through operating system functions for displaying text. The minimum information that shall be made available is text content, text input caret location, and text attributes. Supported Caret Browsing Caret Browsing is a new accessibility feature that enables users to navigate a webpage with a moveable cursor on the screen by using the keyboard. Users can select and copy snippets of text as short as a single character by using only the keyboard. Other content types such as tables or images can also be selected and copied. Pressing F7 turns Caret Browsing on or off. It can be enabled on a per-tab basis or for all tabs and windows. Moving the cursor within the text of a webpage is similar to moving the cursor within the text of a Microsoft Word document. Holding the SHIFT key down and pressing the arrow keys selects text. MSAA & UI Automation Windows Internet Explorer 8 provides textual information through Microsoft Active Accessibility and UI Automation. Microsoft Active Accessibility is a technology that improves the way accessibility aids work with applications running on Microsoft Windows operating systems. It provides dynamic-link libraries that are incorporated into the operating system, as well as a COM interface and application programming elements that provide reliable methods for exposing information about user interface elements. UI Automation, a next-generation accessibility programming model, simplifies development and reduces costs for assistive technology developers as well as IT application developers who based
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