I'm using Windows 10, the 1709 Fall Creator's update, with version 2018 of JAWS. The Windows 10 calculator was not speaking at all. The only way to confirm what I'd typed was to turn the numlock off and read the current line, or to tab and then shift tab back and JAWS would read the display. Both doable, but annoying.
I opened Quick Settings and arrowed through the list, just to see if there might be something I could change. There was. Smile. I've never touched this but somehow, the typing echo was set to none. It's on character everywhere else. Now it's set to character in the calculator as well and what I type is spoken. Alas, JAWS still does not speak the result when I press the enter key, so that I still have to tab and shift tab back to have the amount read, or I have to turn the numlock off and read the current line. But the aggravation level has been considerably reduced. Smile. The second problem was brought up by someone on the list, Adrian I think. If I alt-tab away from a page and then come back, JAWS will not always keep my place on the page. It would be lovely if it could remember automatically, but if I remember to insert a temporary place marker, control-windows key-k before I alt-tab away, all I have to do is press k when I come back and JAWS will return to where I'd been reading. I think the documentation says that the temporary place marker will stay until the page changes, so I assume that if the page updates while I'm away from it, the place marker will be lost. Usually though, I'm only pasting material into Word. In this case I have to remember to insert that place marker before I leave. The temporary place marker I set at the beginning of the copy process does not work as a placeholder after the material has been copied. HTH. Rebecca A mind is like a parachute. It doesn't work if it isn't open. For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
