See my answers below: -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeremiah Rogers Sent: Monday, March 03, 2008 7:19 AM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: [JAWS-Users] Seeking Tips for Using JAWS with a Braille Display
Hello all. I've attained the use of a braille display for a couple weeks as an evaluation toward a likely purchase of one. I want to be sure to get the full experience of using a braille display before having to give this on back, so hope that the braille display users among you can provide me some guidance as to features that you do or don't use of your braille display and screen reader combo. I've thrown some questions out to guide your thoughts, but I'm surely not limited to these questions in terms of the feedback I'd find helpful. Thanks in advance for your help, and I look forward to reading your responses. How do you use your braille display? Answer: I use it whenever I use my computer and JAWS. As a Braille user, I find it invaluable. I could work in speech alone, but working without a Braille display significantly reduces my productivity. For what tasks would you not want to live without your braille display? For what tasks is it less than desirable and why? Answer: In writing a document, it is important to know where to put the comma. With the place marker buttons on the PowerBraille 40, you can quickly put the cursor exactly where you want the comma to be. Also, it is very helpful in working with numbers and making sure your number is correct. When I pay a bill online, it is one thing to listen to the number you have typed; it is quite important to be able to put your fingers on the number and make sure you have entered it correctly. Do you primarily use it for proofreading, screen access, replacement for speech, access to text only, or some combination of these? Answer: I use it in combination with Speech. Do you use its ability to input text? If so, is that your primary, or even your sole, means of interaction with your PC? Answer: It is very helpful in entering text, because you can read back what you wrote on the Braille line. How much customization of the display's key commands do you do? Answer: Very little. Do you use your screen reader's ability to output in grade II? How often? Answer: Never. The primary reason for not using grade 2, is that the document you output, and the one that sighted people will read, will not be in Grade 2. Do you browse the web using braille, and if so, do you read text with braille and navigate with speech, use braille for both, or some other combination? Answer: Here again, I use both. If you use braille to browse the web for text or navigation, do you encounter situations where content on the web is difficult to access using braille alone? If so, what problems do you encounter? Answer: It would be difficult, but not impossible, to navigate the WEB without using Braille and speech at the same time. Answer: My final comment: The more proficient you are with using Braille, the more useful you will find a Braille display. Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com To post to this group, send email to jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com 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 Blind Computing list send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
