Hi Leonard and all, I think the Jaws keystroke for selecting symbols is insert + numrow4 not 5. Insert numrow5 is to find the background and foreground colours of the screen Max.
on 15:43 21/11/2007, Leonard Salinas said: >ok, here's how its done, be sure to turn the >numlock on so your numpad types numbers. while >holding down the alt key, type on the numpad 0247 >then release the alt key, when you do this, you >will have the devided by symbol displayed like >this ÷, on a braille display it looks like a >slash with a dots 7 and 8 under it. the slash can >be entered by holding down the alt key and typing >in 47 (/. now with jaws, you can enter some of >these synbols by pressing insert+numrow5 then >down arrow down through the symbols and pressing enter on the one you want. > > >Legend has it that on Tuesday 11/20/2007 08:21 PM, Sarah said: > >Wow how do you type ASCII symbols? I just got on > >this thread so I've not ben paying attentio. that comes out right. > > > >SA&G > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Bob J." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: <[email protected]> > >Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 6:48 PM > >Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Make JAWS speak ASCII code. > > > > > >Ok, ASCII-code 247 is identified by JAWS 5.0 as the "divided by" symbol. Is > >that what it should be? > > > >I used JFW 5.0 and 6.2 and they both say the same thing. > > > >Let's see if it comes through the e-mail the same as in NotePad. See > >below... > > > >6÷3=2 > > > >hth > > > >Bob > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Dale Leavens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: <[email protected]> > >Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 10:09 AM > >Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Make JAWS speak ASCII code. > > > > > >OK, > > > >I picked a bad example, say ASCII 247. You can't type that one. > > > >You can have any application specific dictionary file and even any user and > >application specific file at least in Jaws 7 I don't know about Jaws 5 the > >one the student is using. > > > >Thanks. > > > >Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Skype DaleLeavens > >Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Bob J." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: <[email protected]> > >Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 1:52 PM > >Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Make JAWS speak ASCII code. > > > > > > > The ASCII-code 39 character is the apostrophe character. I used that > > > character as the original word and the word prime as the new word in the > > > JAWS dictionary manager and that worked. I made that change for NotePad > > > only, otherwise, the apostrophe character would always be called prime > >where > > > ever it appeared. You could do that in what ever application is > > > appropriate. Just remember that the apostrophe character will be called > > > prime any time it appears within that application, appropriate or not. > > > There might be a way to make that pronunciation context sensitive within > >the > > > application but I don't know how. > > > > > > hth > > > > > > Bob > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Francis E. Khan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: <[email protected]> > > > Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 5:44 AM > > > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Make JAWS speak ASCII code. > > > > > > > > > Whenever you find out how to do this, please share it with us. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: Dale Leavens > > > To: [email protected] > > > Sent: Monday, November 19, 2007 7:54 PM > > > Subject: [JAWS-Users] Make JAWS speak ASCII code. > > > > > > > > > My daughter has a math student using JAWS 5. What ever they are using > > > there are ASCII codes in the text such as > ASCII 39 which represents prime. > > > > > > Is there a way to teach JAWS to say these > ASCII characters? I am assuming > > > maybe an escape code such as the backslash preceding the ASCII decimal > >value > > > in the dictionary manager? > > > > > > I am off to see what I can find in JAWS Help. > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > > > > > > > Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Skype DaleLeavens > > > Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. > > > > > > Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: > > > http://www.jaws-users.com > > > Address for the list archives: > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > > To post to this group, send email to > > > [email protected] > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject > > > or body of a blank message to: > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Use the following form in order to contact the management team > > > http://www.jaws-users.com/managers.php > > > If you wish to join the 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