Hi Andy,
Your question is a good one and one that is hard to answer. First of all,
The JAWS cursor over the years has not let me interact much with the tool
bar buttons below the menu bar. I think this is what you are talking about.
For example, In most programs, you have buttons at the top of the screen for
Settings, Zoom in and out, Print, and so on. The JAWS cursor does not access
these buttons very well in most programs. Here is the answer that would work
for you great! If you download a free copy of NVDA screen reader, you can
use that screen reader to access all that is on the screen very easily. You
can use what is called object navigation, which allows you to navigate
everywhere on the screen where the PC cursor cannot go. Then, there is a
command to route the mouse to the button or where ever you want to click on.
Then, you can use the left mouse click to interact with that button. This is
why I am telling everyone lately, to have a copy of NVDA on their computer,
because it can access things on the screen that JAWS just will not. JAWS is
much better for most things, but NVDA is great for exactly what you are
talking about. You can download NVDA at:
www.nvaccess.org
It is totally free and open source and the community keeps it going. Take
care.
-----Original Message-----
From: Andy Shields
Sent: Wednesday, June 1, 2016 10:20 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [JAWS-Users] A navigation question
Hello,
I'm sure there's a basic command for this, but I can't seem to find it. How
do I get to the series of headings at the top of many windows, apparently
running from left to right just below the title bar? There are actions I
need to perform on areas below these headings, but neither cursor (or a
combination of them) will display them. (This is actually an ongoing issue
for me, in which the JAWS cursor frequently doesn't access, or display, not
sure which, much of what I think it should, for areas of the window or
screen that the PC cursor won't show.) So maybe the question is more
general: how do I use some combination of cursors and routing to read and
act upon these other areas of the screen or window? I'm supposed to know
this stuff as part of my job, and I know it's not this hard.
Andy
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