Hello, everyone. After two calls to Freedom Scientific, I am happy to report that my vertical tab announcement problem with Microsoft Word and Outlook 2016 documents has been solved.
Basically, following Brian Lee's steps with regard to the Dictionary Manager turned out to be the solution. This was, in fact, the solution that Freedom Scientific Tech Support ultimately suggested. I did have to modify step 7, though. At least on my computer, I got to the 011 character by arrowing down after I opened the eloquence synthsizer, which is the one I used. Other than this, the steps worked flawlessly. Needless to say, I have saved these steps for future reference. Incidentally, the FS Tech support person I last spoke with indicated that this is a problem that has been found with Office 2013 and later, and Fs is aware of the issue. Thanks to all for your patience with this thread. I'm hoping that more people than just me ultimately benefitted from it. I don't usually bring up issues like this unless I'm really stumped, and this one was a real puzzszler for me. Dr. Tom Behler from Michigan -----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Brian Lee Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2016 10:18 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] How To Stop Jaws From Saying Vertical Tab Hello Tom, The following steps should work: 1. Press JAWS key with D to bring up the dictionary manager. 2. Use CTRL with Shift and D to load the default dictionary manager. 3. Tab to the tree view and press E for English. 4. Expand the English option by using right arrow key. 5. Use down arrow key and find the appropriate synthesizer. You can also press E for Eloquence, V for ?Vocalizer, V until you find Vocalizer Expressive, etc. 6. Use right arrow to open the appropriate synthesizer item. 7. Press a backslash key until you find a backslash followed by 011. JAWS should tell you that this equals Vertical Tab. 8. Tab to the Change button and press spacebar. 9. In the Actual Word field should be the \011. Tab to the Replacement Word field and press spacebar one time. 10. Tab to OK and use spacebar. 11. Use CTRL with S to save changes. 12. Close the window using Alt with F4. 13. You might or might not need to restart JAWS. The above worked for me using a Vocalizer Expressive profile. Take care. Brian Lee [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tom Behler Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2016 2:09 PM To: Jaws users list <[email protected]> Subject: [JAWS-Users] How To Stop Jaws From Saying Vertical Tab Hello, everyone. As some of you may recall, I'm working to get Office 365 up and running on a fairly new Windows 7 laptop. I am using the latest build of Jaws 17. I have noticed that in many e-mails, and especially in Microsoft Word documents, Jaws keeps saying "vertical tab", as I navigate whatever it is I'm reading. I don't recall encountering this behavior in the previous versions of Outlook and Word that I have used. How can I get Jaws to stop reading the vertical tabs, whatever they are? As I'm sure yu can imagine, this vertical tab designation is very distracting. Dr. Tom Behler from Michigan For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: <http://www.jaws-users.com/help/> 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/
