In my experience, pressing most other keys briefly interrupts speech, but only to restart it. Exceptions include the PC cursor key, the JAWS cursor key, the tab key and some others. I think only the control key gives you a surefire way of stopping speech. Why would there be a need for another?
-----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Gene Warner Sent: Saturday, May 27, 2017 9:01 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Interruptibility I believe that most keys will interrupt JAWS speech, however the key is then passed to the running application. Since control does nothing by itself most of the time, it's a safe way to interrupt JAWS. Later... On 5/27/2017 8:32 PM, Tom Fairhurst wrote: > I know that pressing the Control key interrupts speech in JAWS 18. Can speech > be interrupted with any other keys? > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
