dear accessindians Access with Braille •What are refreshable Braille displays?
Braille displays are usually rectangular in shape with pins that move up and down that form letters of the Braille cells. When used in conjunction with a screen reader, they provide a tactile Braille representation of what JAWS speech synthesis says and what's showing on the monitor. Braille displays usually have a row of buttons on the panel above the Braille cells that move the cursor to a chosen position when pressed, to edit a spelling mistake, for example, or to click on a link in Internet Explorer. These are called cursor routing buttons. In addition to the cursor routing buttons, Braille displays often have advance buttons, whiz wheels or rocker switches that allow the user to move a line up or down in reading or skim a few lines at a time. •How is using a refreshable Braille display different than using speech in JAWS? If you use speech-only in JAWS, you will use hotkeys to perform tasks such as saving a file. If you use a Braille display, you will become familiar with how the screen is laid out so that you can easily scroll to menu options. You can then use a cursor routing button to click on, for example, a Web link or a letter in a misspelled word you want to edit, instead of using the keyboard to perform these functions. Most people who use a Braille display use a combination of cursor routing buttons and hotkeys. If you use a Braille display, you will notice rather quickly that certain abbreviations are used; list views (lv), symbols (sb), scroll buttons (scrup/dn) and links (lnk) in order to conserve space on the Braille display. Additionally, links are usually underlined with dots 7 and 8. You can adjust how many of these abbreviations you see in the JAWS Verbosity menu (Insert+V) or in the Configuration Manager. •What are the different choices presented to me in the Braille submenu? There is a default Braille display setting, which allows you to tell JAWS which Braille display you are using. JAWS supports a wide variety of Braille displays. The "Show Braille load error" checkbox is next. By default, the checkbox is not checked, so your Braille display will start when JAWS starts. The next option in the Braille menu is the Translation table. This setting is best left at its default. It shows how Braille characters are viewed on the Braille display. Add Braille Display option is next. If you purchase a Braille display and want JAWS to recognize it, you must select this option. The final option in this menu is the Advanced Braille Display Settings button. •What are the options in the Advanced Braille Display Settings? The first option is "Grade Two Enable Translator." If this is turned on, you will read contracted Braille with your Braille display. The next option is "Grade Two Expand Current Word," and when this option is checked, the word your cursor is located on will be in uncontracted Braille. This makes it easier to find your cursor when editing documents, although some people may wish to have it turned off to save space on their Braille display. The third option is "Grade Two Suppress Capital Signs." This option is very useful if you are working with a small Braille display and you don't have eight-dot mode running. Not viewing the extra dot 6's gives the Braille reader extra characters. Back to top of page Access with Speech or Audio Cues •What does the Voices Menu in Basic Settings allow you to do? The Voices submenu allows you to change the rate JAWS speaks. You can change individual settings so that if, for example, you open Word, JAWS will speak more slowly just for that program. If you change the global settings, JAWS will speak faster or slower universally. Spelling Rate Increment (Insert+numpad 5) will spell the selected word slower than the current rate of JAWS. You can change the spelling rate with this option. Pitch Increment is an edit box that allows you to change the pitch of the voice you are using. Voice pitch changes can occur for many different reasons, depending on your settings in the Sounds and Schemes Manager. Please see the question on the Sounds and Schemes Manager for more information. •Can I make the rate of speech faster or slower depending on which application I am using? Yes. This is called application-specific speech. Let us say that if you are using Internet Explorer, you want to make the rate of speech faster, so that you can quickly browse websites. On the other hand, you need to carefully read documents in Microsoft Word. Here is how you would increase the rate of speech for Internet Explorer: 1. Open Internet Explorer or, if you already have it open, press Alt+Tab until you find Internet Explorer. 2. Then press Alt+Tab until you reach JAWS. 3. Go to the Voice Settings in the Options Menu in JAWS. 4. A dialog box with two radio buttons will open. Arrow down once until you hear "application." 5. Tab until you hear "voice rate" and then press Down Arrow to increase speech rate. •What does the Language Submenu do? The JAWS language menu allows you to switch between speech synthesizers (such as a software speech synthesizer in a hardware one), or will turn speech off altogether so that the only output the user receives is Braille. •What is the Voice Aliases dialog and where is it located? The Voice Aliases Dialog is located in the Set Options Menu of the JAWS Configuration Manager. From that dialog, you can select one of over fifteen programmed schemes that might make screen navigating easier. Please see the "Microsoft" and "internet browsing" sections of this FAQ for useful schemes. •How can I modify a voice alias? Here are the steps: 1. With your window focus on JAWS, enter the JAWS Configuration Manager by pressing f for file, u for utilities and c for Configuration Manager. 2. Scroll down to the Voice Aliases Dialog and press Enter. 3. Tab until you reach the Modify button and press Enter or Spacebar. 4. Select the Voice personality you want to use by using your Down-arrow key to scroll through the list. 5. Then Press Tab to Voice Pitch and make any adjustments you want. 6. Then press tab until you find Voice Rate and make any necessary adjustments. 7. Then Tab to OK and press Enter or Spacebar. 8. Tab to OK in the Voice Aliases Dialog and Press enter. 9. When you exit JAWS Configuration Manager, Press spacebar to activate the Yes button to save your settings. •What is the Speech and Sounds Manager and where is it located? The Speech and Sounds Manager is located in the JAWS Configuration Manager in the Set Options Menu. With this tool, you can control how the voice tells you about your screen, or you can put a sound to associate with whatever is on your screen. For example, you can select a sound to indicate checkboxes instead of hearing JAWS say, "check box." The sounds must be in .wav format, and JAWS comes with nearly 100 sounds to choose from. For more information on how this tool can be useful, please see the "Internet Browsing" and "Access with Microsoft Word" sections. best regards robinaugastin my skype idy robin.ccb my sel number 09497109054 thanks all my accessindians To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
