Hi Jerrys, Here some notes I've saved: From: Carlos >From the JAWS help file:
When editing a document using speech only, inconsistencies such as unmatched parentheses, unintentional format changes, extra whitespace, and stray or unspaced punctuation can often be missed. Text Analyzer is a tool that notifies you of these errors in your document by using a spoken message or WAV file. You can configure JAWS to announce discrepancies by count, by description, or by sound while proofreading the document by line, sentence, paragraph, or Say All command. Braille users will benefit from this since a sound can be emitted before the user has time to read the entire line looking for errors. Turning On Text Analyzer Text Analyzer is off by default. To turn it on, do one of the following: a.. Use the layered keystroke, INSERT+SPACEBAR, A. By pressing and releasing INSERT+SPACEBAR, and then pressing A, the Text Analyzer can be toggled on or off. b.. Open Settings Center (INSERT+F2). In the Search edit box type "text analyzer" without the quotes. Press DOWN ARROW to move to Text Analyzer in the filtered results. Press SPACEBAR to select an alert notification. c.. Use Quick Settings (INSERT+V). The process for selecting an alert notification is the same as the Settings Center procedure described above. Keystrokes If multiple issues are identified in the document, press ALT+WINDOWS Key+I to move to the next item, or ALT+SHIFT+WINDOWS Key+I to move to the previous item. Note that these keystrokes can still be used even if Text Analyzer is off. Text Analyzer Options Use the radio buttons in this group to determine the type of alert used to indicate errors when editing or proofreading a document by line, sentence, paragraph, or Say All command. Select Indicate with Sound to play a WAV file when a formatting error is detected. Select Speak Count to announce the number of inconsistencies in the current text. Select Describe Inconsistencies for a description of the error. The default setting is off. Indicate Mismatched Symbols Select this check box to enable the detection of mismatched symbols such as parenthesis, braces, brackets, angle brackets, and quotes. If this check box is cleared, the items in the Symbols to Check group are not available. Symbols to Check Select one or more check boxes to search for mismatched parentheses, braces, brackets, angle brackets, or quotes where the equivalent opening or closing symbol is missing. These check boxes are only available when the Indicate Mismatched Symbols check box is selected. Inconsistencies to Check Select one or more check boxes to identify inconsistencies with stray punctuation, extra spaces, missing capital letters, or inverted lowercase and uppercase text. Font Changes to Check Select one or more check boxes to identify incorrect font changes in the current text including name, size, attributes, and colors Carlos From: Marquette, Ed Before JFW version 12.0.1158, Text Analyzer was a useful tool, identifying situations in the text with errors that one might not otherwise notice, e.g., mid-sentence font changes, spaces before commas and periods, and extra spaces between words. I often have problems with extra spaces between words. Some misguided soul at Freedom Scientific apparently decided to overrule legal style books (as well as many other style formatting requirements) and treat two spaces after a period as an error. It calls out these entirely appropriate (and often required) spaces as an erroneous space run. Moreover, with the verbosity settings, Jaws key plus V, there is no way to change the setting so as to recognize that two spaces after a period are perfectly proper, and often required. I realize that journalist styles prescribe only one space after a period, but to force that on everyone, particularly in the face of many style requirements (and court rules in some cases) seems a little high-handed. I've written to Freedom Scientific with a complaint and a suggestion that this post-period spacing thing be made an option, to recognize differences in writing style requirements. It occurred to me, perhaps a little late, that there might be a setting somewhere other than in the verbosity setting where this can be fixed. I checked the settings center, and the only option is a check/unchecked box for runs of spaces. Too bad! Ed From: Marquette, Ed At least when you are in a Word document, you can get it going in one of two ways: 1. Press JAWS key plus Spacebar Follow that with a press of the letter T That will announce all "errors." You turn it off the same way. 2. In Verbosity, JAWS key plus V, use first letter navigation, in other words, Press the letter "T" When you come to table options, you might want to press left arrow to "close" table options before pressing T again. Otherwise, you'll be stuck having to press T about 6 times just to get through Table options. When you come to Text Analyzer, press Tab to hear a description. Then press shift Tab to get to a rotator control which allows you to be notified in different ways when Text Analyzer finds an "error." You can tell Text Analyzer what to look for in terms of errors in the Settings Center. I've now turned off detection of space run, given the "fix" Freedom Scientific made to JFW Version 12.0.1158. You can set it to find stray punctuation, parenthesis that open, but don't close, and the like. Ed Take care. Mike Sent from my iBarstool. ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2017 11:50 AM Subject: [JAWS-Users] Instructions for using text analyzer To All: Can anyone tell me where to get the instructions for using text analyzer? Thanks in advance. Jerrys 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/
