Hello Don, Switching between MSAA modes when using JAWS is application-specific. Start in the application where you want to use it. Press JAWS key with function key 6 to launch the settings center. Type MSAA in the search box and then use down arrow key to the second of two items, which deals with the MSAA mode. Press spacebar until the enhanced setting is selected. Use the Apply button and then the OK button. If you get double echoing of text then you might need to adjust the screen echo. Here is some informational text from the window where you change MSAA modes:
Use this combo box to select one of the following MSAA modes: Automatic, Enhanced, or Classic. Select Automatic to use MSAA when it is appropriate for such menus. Normally you do not need to change to the Enhanced setting. If you know this application is MSAA enabled, changing this setting to Enhanced may give better results. This setting in combination with the Screen Echo setting of highlighted text may provide too much speech (double echo). If so, change the Screen Echo setting in the User Options dialog to "Echo no Text." Using this setting will not allow Window Class assignments to take effect as defined in the Window Classes dialog. Classic is known as JAWS Legacy MSAA handling. This setting in combination with the Screen Echo setting of highlighted text may provide too much speech (double echo). If so, change the Screen Echo setting in the User Options dialog to "Echo no Text." Using this setting will not allow Window Class assignments to take effect as defined in the Window Classes dialog. This option is only available for specific applications and cannot be set for "Default/All Applications". Brian Lee [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Don Raikes Sent: Tuesday, April 1, 2014 10:57 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [JAWS-Users] Enabling MSAA mode Hi All, It has been a very long time since I have tried to do any kind of scripting for JAWS, and I have forgotten most of what I knew back then (JAWS 7 days). I have an application which windig says uses mostly MSAA controls. I need a quick and dirty way to get started using this application. I vaguely remember that there is or was a way to turn MSAA recognition on without using scripts, but I just can't remember the keystrokes to do it. BTW: I am running jaws 14.0.9002 (no I haven't upgraded to jaws 15 due to java instabilities I observed). Any help/tips would be greatly appreciated. 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/
