[Xerte] Re: FW: Browser issues

Fri Dec 9 19:29:15 GMT 2011

This appears to me to be a security issue with the creation of the object..

Once the site is added to the trusted sites list, Text to Speech works
in normal IE9 mode for me on the demo of Xerte. At first load you will
be prompted to allow ActiveX object to run (OK). Go to Tools->Internet
Options->Security->Trusted Sites and add the site hosting the ILO to
the list. Reopen the ILO and you should then get a warning about
running an ActiveX control (see attached).  Once I did that, I got TTS
of the titles (I guess that is correct function).

Best regards,

Bill Laakkonen
AVATAVA

On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 3:34 AM, Julian Tenney
<Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:
> I can't run IE9 hre (I'm on XP) so no idea, but I think it will be due to security somewhere, and running the active control. The thing to try and do would be to debug the javascript that sets up the control and see what errors there are,
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Alistair McNaught
> Sent: 08 December 2011 22:18
> To: Xerte discussion list
> Subject: [Xerte] Re: FW: Browser issues
>
> Thanks Ron - that's beginning to look like a real issue with IE9. Any other experiences out there or any ideas
> 1) why it won't work? Or
> 2) whether it can be tweaked to work again either in the browser end or in the Xerte end of?
>
> A
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of KnowledgeWare
> Sent: 08 December 2011 19:35
> To: 'Xerte discussion list'
> Subject: [Xerte] Re: FW: Browser issues
>
> Hello Allistair:
>
> I'm on Windows7 /  IE9 - 9.0.8112.16421
>
> I've followed the instructions re the activeX trusting, cannot get TTS to
> work. It's worked previously on my XP partition.
>
> RonM2
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Alistair McNaught
> Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 2:43 AM
> To: Xerte discussion list
> Subject: [Xerte] FW: Browser issues
>
> Hi all
> I've had problems reported on IE9 where text to speech doesn't seem to work
> irrespective of the IE settings that are tweaked.
>
> Could any IE9 users have a go with TTS and let me know if it's working for
> you so we can begin to home in on the problem?
>
> Many thanks
>
> Alistair
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: A list to facilitate and support teachers using Xerte Online Toolkits
> [mailto:XERTEFORTEACHERS at JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf Of Bloxham, Judy
> Sent: 08 December 2011 10:26
> To: XERTEFORTEACHERS at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Subject: Browser issues
>
> Is anyone looking into the issues caused by IE9, we have tried a variety of
> settings and cannot get the text to voice to work. If you look at the
> previous browser settings then there is one thing that is included now that
> wasn't on IE8. We've tried setting this both on and off and it makes no
> difference. As a lot of places are now updating to this version of the
> browser it is going to cause issues.
>
> Regards
> Judy Bloxham
>
> E-Learning Adviser
> JISC RSC Northwest
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>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: A list to facilitate and support teachers using Xerte Online Toolkits
> [mailto:XERTEFORTEACHERS at JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf Of Alistair McNaught
> Sent: 08 December 2011 09:03
> To: XERTEFORTEACHERS at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Subject: New table template
>
> Hi all
> There have been discussions at different times about how best to represent
> tables in Xerte in a way that was accessible to keyboard users or text to
> speech users. Fay Cross from the University of Nottingham has now created a
> table template for Xerte online toolkits.
>
> Here's a quick example: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/toolkits/play_6331
>
> It will display basic tables and gives you a range of ways to present them.
> You can either enter the table data manually in the wizard or upload a CSV
> file.
>
> If you currently do not have your own institution's installation of Xerte
> toolkits you can play with the table template on the JISC Techdis sandpit at
> www.techdisplayxerte.info.
>
> If you already have your own institutional installation of toolkits then you
> can get your technical team to add the table template by getting them to
> follow the instructions below;
>
> If your technical team have any further questions please encourage them to
> put them onto the Xerte technical list or search the archives.  Both can be
> found at http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/xerte/community.htm.
>
>
> So here are the instructions.  Don't expect me to answer questions on them,
> I am merely passing them on to you as I would to my own technical support
> guru!
>
> The attached files need to be placed in the following locations...
>
> table.rlm goes in the folder
> modules\xerte\parent_templates\Nottingham\models
> data.xwd replaces the existing file at
> modules\xerte\parent_templates\Nottingham
> wizard.swf replaces the file at modules\xerte\engine
>
> It might be worth people backing up their old version of the data.xwd and
> wizard.swf files before they replace them in case of any problems.
>
>
> Obviously, as with any free and open source tools, all tinkering is at your
> own risk and for your own rewards!
>
> Alistair
>
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