Hi Al, One of the .EXE files is a free medical spell checker. It is installed like other programs and adds an icon to the desktop as well as creates a program group in the "all programs" section of the start menu. The desktop shortcut is called "free medical spell checker." A person can open the program and type in a term to find out if it is being spelled correctly. The other program is a free medical dictionary but is certainly a barebones program. It also installs and places an icon on the desktop and a program group in the "all programs" section of the start menu. However, I haven't found it to be a very complete program. Many terms I have searched for I have not readily found. Sometimes, a term will be found by following the links for the alphabetical letters even though a search won't find the term. If a person looks up "antihistamine", it isn't found. However, if a person looks up "histamine" or if a person looks it up as "antihistamines" those terms are found. I kind of regret adding the FMD.EXE as part of the zip file. It does find quite a few terms, and browsing by letters will help find terms not found by the search feature, but it really is quite a barebones program.
When I posted the files it was more for the two .DIC files that can be added to Word. They are quite good. When added to Word, if a person is doing medical transcription then Word won't be showing words as misspelled when they are spelled correctly. The .DIC files and the free medical spellchecker are very good additions for those needing information on medical terminology or to make sure medical terms are correctly spelled. As far as the "Free Medical Dictionary", I suggest that if you have JAWS 11 then use the "ResearchIt" feature as you will find most medical terms that way. There is also a web site that I have found to be a good and quick source for medical terms. I have put the link below. The page can quickly be added as a favorite and then a shortcut can be added to the Windows desktop. To save the site as a favorite when using Internet Explorer simply press Alt+A, press enter key on the "add to favorites" menu choice, name the favorite, browse to any folder in Favorites where it should be saved, and then tab to the "add" button and press spacebar. To add the favorite as a shortcut on the desktop so that it can readily be used, browse to the choice in favorites, press the application key, use down arrow key to the "SendTo" menu, use right arrow into the submenu and then down arrow until you find the choice for "desktop (create shortcut)" and press enter key. The icon added to the desktop will be called "medical dictionary mondofacto." When you open the "medical dictionary mondofacto" page, JAWS should be in the edit box where you search for a term. If not then press "e" to move focus there. The "look it up" button immediately follows the edit box. A person can quickly move to the results on the result page by pressing the letter "m" to move to the second frame on the page and then doing shift+period to move to the bottom of the element. Using down arrow a couple times at that point should be where the result information is shown. (At least that method of navigation works well as of today). Again, the two .DIC files and the "Free Medical Spell Checker" are very good. Hopefully, the "Free Medical Dictionary" will be improved in the future. Until that time, I suggest that people use the ResearchIt tool, the medical dictionary mondofacto or one of the other good online sources. I have found the "medical dictionary mondofacto" site to be excellent. A term can quickly be typed in and the results are easily and quickly navigated. Here is the link: http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary Take care. Brian Lee [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Alan & Terrie Robbins Sent: Saturday, November 14, 2009 5:54 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] the programs page David, Thanks. What are the two .e x e files in that zip file 4 ? Al -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]on Behalf Of David Ferrin Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 10:33 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [JAWS-Users] the programs page I've just placed Brian's medical dictionaries along with the instructions required to access them up under the productivity heading for hopefully many of you to benefit from. David Ferrin www.jaws-users.com VIP Conduit Tech Support www.vipconduit.com 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/
