Hi Gary,
Epub format itself is very accessible to screen readers, because content is in
HTML format and, unlike PDFs, there's a table of contents marked as such thing.
However, although there are many Epub reading software, there are few
accessible alternatives in Windows. You can use the Epub
It worked, Yea.
Justin
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Behalf Of Judy Jones
Sent: Saturday, July 1, 2017 2:21 PM
To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com
Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] kindle for pc books
There should be mention of it
Because, on one book, it says enhanced type set. Jaws reads the book just
fine. The other angel which says enhanced type set, jaws won't read the
book, the other reader comes up. Could I remove the book, and download it
again, will I have to rebuy it?
Justin
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From:
Are EPub publications accessible with JAWS. I was told by a user that some
documents in EPub format are accessible with JAWS and other documents in
EPub format is limited. I have the most up-to-date version of JAWS.
In advance, information will be appreciated.
Gary Patterson
For
After you press those key combinations, you navigate with F6.
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Of wayne smith
Sent: Saturday, July 01, 2017 7:19 PM
To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com
Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] MS Word
The authors of the Web pages that you describe may be using an ARIA "grid"
role rather than HTML tables. In that case, they're responsible for
providing keyboard navigation support (e.g., via arrow keys). Of course,
there's a real difference between what typical Web application authors do,
and
Hello Adrian, I tried each of the choices that you listed below and none of
them worked. If I go into Review and tab to Thesaurus and hit enter or
spacebar it closes and takes me back to the document. I just tried alt-r and r
and it closed the menu. Shift F7 did nothing at all. It sounds
Thanks but I simply wanted to get a synonym from the Thesaurus as a poor man's
definition and I couldn't even get that. Right-clicking and pressing the
letter Y did nothing at all.
Wayne
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It might help to clarify something, at least to the extent I understand it.
When you press the application key or right mouse button then y, a list of
synonyms appears that you can go through with the down arrow. At the bottom of
that list is the word "thesaurus," which points the way to a
The ins/spacebar/t layered keystroke stays in effect until you hit
escape or any other key. You can reactuate table navigation at any time
in the table.
It goes off when you exit the table.
Some tables are set up by the publisher to read not only the cell in
question but it's column, too,
Hi,
I have Word 2007 at work but in Spanish, so as Synonyms word in Spanish has no
y letter at all, access key used in Spanish may not correspond to the one used
English. Moreover, in the Review tab in English Microsoft uses the term
“thesaurus”, which is not also used in Spanish.
I'll try to
With regards to the focus 14 versus 40, I am considering getting the El
braille. I am worried that with a 14 all the windows commands and such will be
More cumbersome to read with a shorter braille display. I currently have an
apex eight cell braillenote, so any larger braille displaywill be
anyone know how to change the file format for the website videoconverter
the website is at:
https://www.onlinevideoconverter.com/video-converter
I’m using firefox 53 windows 10 17 03 and jaws 18 latest!
Email is golden!!!
Kevin Lee
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Hi, Fernando. In his original message, Wayne says he is using Word 2007. I
would have thought the applications key/y method worked in that version, but
maybe not. Does anyone using Word 2007 have the answer?
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Hi Wayne,
You were explained many different ways to getting synonyms. Regarding word
definitions, the Insights (Smart Lookup in other languages) feature is
available since Word 2013, not in prior versions.
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Hi, and also to you, Mike. I solved the problem by typing out the entire path
and filename in the filename edit field. the Webvisum extension is now
installed. I have no idea why the browser function wouldn't get me there.
In case someone runs into the next problem I encountered, let me tell
When you are looking for a file make sure your file type dropdown is set
to all file types.*.*
On 7/1/2017 11:51 AM, Adrian Spratt wrote:
Thanks for giving this some thought. But yes, I confirmed that the file went to
my downloads folder. Later, I moved it to another folder, but still no
That's very strange. The open dialog is a pretty standard windows one and if
it's set to "all files" it really should pick up everything, whether it can
do anything with these files or not.
Have you tried just running from windows explorer and selecting to open in
Firefox?
That really should work
Thanks for giving this some thought. But yes, I confirmed that the file went to
my downloads folder. Later, I moved it to another folder, but still no success.
Firefox's open file dialog isn't picking up a lot of files. For example, it
detects only two-thirds of those in my Downloads folder,
Hi Adrian,
This is how I install Firefox add-ons:
To install add-ons from within Firefox:
In Tools / Options / Security the checkbox, Warn me when sites try to
install add-ons checkbox, needs to be unchecked.
To install add-ons when they've been downloaded to the downloads folder with
I'm not sure, especially about this add-on in particular, which has never
worked for me (though I'm going to try it again now), but if you are running
the 32-bit version of firefox, definitely get the 32- bit link. I have a
64-bit machine myself but it appears that most of the programmes running
I just installed it. Wondering if it will actually work now. I think this is
the third time I've tried to install this extension. It always sits in
firefox for a while and then spontaneously disappears. Now I've got Windows
10, so who knows?
Anyway I didn't have any problem installing from the
There should be mention of it once you click on the book you would like to
purchase. Read down through everything it says about the book.
Judy
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Behalf Of Justin Williams
Sent: Saturday, July 1,
I think if you press the Escape key, Jaws will go back to reading the normal
tables.
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Of George Martinez
Sent: Saturday, July 1, 2017 1:05 PM
To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com
Subject:
I did what you said but pressing the letter y does nothing.
Wayne
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Behalf Of Justin Williams
Sent: Saturday, July 01, 2017 11:49 AM
To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com
Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] MS
As you arrow down through the list of synonyms that you get by pressing the
applications key, then y, you land on "Thesaurus..." Here are instructions
posted by a person named Dondi for what to do from here. I admit I can't get
this to work, but Dondi did, so it must be possible.
This works in
Hello,
I have recently seen where I can use JAWS key + Space Bar then select T to help
announce rows & columns in a Table.
Is this a toggle or does it only stay in effect for the session?
George
"Whatever you are, be a good one." ~ Abraham Lincoln
Hit the right mouse button or shift f10, then the letter y.
Justin
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Behalf Of wayne smith
Sent: Saturday, July 1, 2017 12:10 PM
To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com
Subject: [JAWS-Users] MS Word
Hello all-
I am using Windows 7 64bit with MS Word 2007. I have a word in the document
that I would like a definition or synonym for. I highlighted the word,
Opened the Review menu and tabbed to the Thesaurus since I could not find a
Definition button. I pressed spacebar on the Thesaurus
How can I tell which books have Enhanced Typesetting. Where do I look after
I've hit enter on the link for the book?
Justin
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Mike, along with anyone else who might have an answer.
I've downloaded Webvisum and attempted to install it via the method described
on the Blind Bargains page. You're told to open Firefox, press control-o for
open, and then to navigate to the Webvisum file on your system. However,
Firefox is
Hello and welcome to the JAWS Users list.
This list has been created for The purpose of discussing all aspects of the
JAWS for Windows screen reader Program.
So everything that pertains to JAWS is fair game. Such as asking about what
software packages work well with JAWS or how to make them
I download the 32 bit version of e s r even though I have 64 bit pro win 7.
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http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
this version of web visum will work through version 52 and the e s r versions.
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James Scholes, the creator of Codex, announced on Twitter the
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hi guys, Is it possible to get Jaws to either give a tone or speak out
percentages.
I mean if i'm downloading a file or downloading my email in Thunderbird
client.
I want Jaws to tell me how many emails are downloading or where the
downloading file is in the downloading stage.
Sorry if I am not
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