Hello Patricia. I'm referring to the key stroke, Alt Insert Down Arrow. In your User Options for Jaws, you will find Say All Options. That is a separate dialog containing quite a few things. Basically, with Jaws 8 and above, a separate voice can be chosen which will read text, e-mail and so on when the Say All key stroke is chosen. Normally, without any changes, your particular voice, probably Reed, will read everything you ask him to. However, if you want to, you can choose another voice entirely to read your Word documents or your e-mail messages. In Jaws, each program has its own configuration files. If no configuration has been set up, Jaws will revert to the settings saved in the Default file. If, for example, you go into the User options while in Outlook Express, you can change the Say All voice to quite a few different selections. As I recall, Jaws 8 comes with Tom, Amanda, Emily, Lee, Karen and so on. Some of the voices are American while others speak in an English accent. There are also choices like Paulina who speak with a Spanish accent. If you haven't set up your Say All options, then Jaws will, as I have described above, revert to the Default setting which makes no separate changes for the Say All voice. I hope that this makes things a bit clearer for you. Some people never change their Say All voice and just keep using Reed. To me, Reed is pretty good. You'd have to go a long way to find anything better. I purchased a new voice from a web site called Nextup. Here's the site. HTTP://WWW.NEXTUP.COM You can buy different voices for a program called Text Aloud. That program will read anything at all in text form. The voices are very good indeed. Once you have loaded them, Jaws can also access those voices as well as the ones it comes with. This is all interesting Patricia if that's what you want to do. If you're not interested in getting that deep into configuring Jaws, don't let it bother you. Just keep doing what you're doing and you'll have no problems.
John Justice ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patricia Dunbar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2008 6:13 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Jaws Not Reading Open Emails > is that spicific only to reading emails? I ask this because jaws does read > in other applications by pressing insert-down arrow and I haven't set > anything up for it to do this, it's just always did. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Justice" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2008 4:13 PM > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Jaws Not Reading Open Emails > > >> Patricia, I think I can explain a little about the addition of the Alt >> key. >> For those of us who have activated the Say All option in Jaws 8 and >> above, >> another voice can be chosen which will read text including messages in >> e-mail. If required, the operator can choose Eloquence to read the >> message >> instead of the other voice which was chosen. If you haven't set up the >> Say >> All options in your configuration, Insert Down Arrow and Alt Insert Down >> Arrow would make no difference at all. >> >> HTH. LOL! >> >> John Justice >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Patricia Dunbar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2008 9:28 AM >> Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Jaws Not Reading Open Emails >> >> >>>I just tried it both ways it does work of course, can't tell the >>>difference >>> though except my fingers just wouldn't stretch that far from the alt key >>> to >>> the insert key and add the down arrow too, had to use both hands. So >>> think >>> just insert-down arrow will be my method of choice.. >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Becky Buckner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> To: <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2008 8:21 AM >>> Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Jaws Not Reading Open Emails >>> >>> >>>> Oops, actually that would be alt-insert down arrow for Eloquence to >>>> read. >>>> >>>> Becky >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: "Patricia Dunbar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>> To: "web jaws" <[email protected]> >>>> Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2008 9:00 AM >>>> Subject: [JAWS-Users] Jaws Not Reading Open Emails >>>> >>>> >>>> I have a question regarding why jaws does not read certain emails after >>>> they >>>> are open and I press the control-home key to go back to the top of the >>>> email >>>> and jaws does not read it. Also if I press the control key to stop jaws >>>> from >>>> reading it will not resume reading when I use an up/down arrow key. >>>> I have to let jaws read the entire email once open and then I can >>>> nagivate >>>> all around it with no problem, but if I interrupt the speech, jaws will >>>> not >>>> read again by any movement of any keys. I have to close the email and >>>> re-open it again to hear it. >>>> What might be the problem here?? >>>> >>>> I am using jaws 8.0 on an XP Pro OS. >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> >>>> Patricia >>>> >>>> >>>> Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: >>>> http://www.jaws-users.com >>>> Visit the Blind Computing home page at: >>>> http://www.blind-computing.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 Blind Computing list send a blank email to the >>>> following address: >>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> >>>> >>>> Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: >>>> http://www.jaws-users.com >>>> Visit the Blind Computing home page at: >>>> http://www.blind-computing.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 Blind Computing list send a blank email to the >>>> following address: >>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> >>> >>> >>> Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: >>> http://www.jaws-users.com >>> Visit the Blind Computing home page at: >>> http://www.blind-computing.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 Blind Computing list send a blank email to the >>> following address: >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >> >> >> Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: >> http://www.jaws-users.com >> Visit the Blind Computing home page at: >> http://www.blind-computing.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 Blind Computing list send a blank email to the >> following address: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > > > Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: > http://www.jaws-users.com > Visit the Blind Computing home page at: > http://www.blind-computing.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 Blind Computing list send a blank email to the > following address: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Visit the Blind Computing home page at: http://www.blind-computing.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 Blind Computing list send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
