Accessible BBC Listen Again Guide

A guide for Jaws users, written by Chorlton Workshop for hsbp.

Introduction

This is a guide for the program Accessible BBC Listen Again, version 2.4, which can be downloaded at: www.webbie.org.uk/accessiblebbc/.

The program Accessible BBC Listen Again is an alternative to the BBC radio player for listening to radio programs which are available for listening to again. This program is alot easier to use than the BBC radio player, if you're using a screen reader.

Main Window

The main window contains the following components:

• Title bar. If a programme is playing, the title bar contains the name of the program, else the content of the title bar is just “Accessible BBC Listen Again”. To read the title bar, press INSERT + T.
• Menu bar.
• Programmes list box. This contains a selection of programs that are available for listening to again. The selection is either by radio station or type of programme, and the selection can be changed by using the Station, Speech, and Music menus which are on the menu bar.
• Audio controls. There are Play, Pause, Stop, Rewind and Forward buttons, and a Volume slider. Warning: because SPACEBAR is used as a shortcut for pausing the player, you can only use ENTER to press the buttons.
• Status bar, which contains the status of the player. Values for the status include Playing, Stopped, and Paused. When the status is Playing, both the duration played so far and the total duration of the programme are also given. To read the status bar, press INSERT + PAGE DOWN.

Moving around the window

• As in any window, to move to the menu bar, press ALT, and to leave it, press ESC.
• You can TAB around the following components: Programmes list box, the Play, Pause, Stop, Rewind and Forward buttons, and Volume slider.

Playing a programme

To play a programme, move to the Programmes list box, select a programme, and press ENTER. In the Programmes list box you can use the usual ways to navigate list boxes: UP and DOWN ARROWS, HOME and END, and the first letter of the item you're looking for.

Using the audio controls

• To stop the program, press the Stop button, or press ESC.
• To pause and restart a programme, press the Pause button, or press SPACEBAR.
• To skip backward or forward by 30 seconds, press the Rewind or Forward button respectively.
• To change the volume, move to the volume slider, and then use UP ARROW and DOWN ARROW for small changes, and PAGE UP and PAGE DOWN for larger changes.