I found the below AOL info in the JAWS 7 help menu. America Online
AOL allows you to access the Web, send mail, chat with friends, and listen to online radio using one application. Visit http://www.aol.com for more information about AOL. Note: The information in this section has been verified for America Online versions 7.0 and 8.0. The level of support JAWS provides for other versions of this product may vary. AOL Getting Started After installing AOL, a dialog opens asking for information that enables your computer to connect to the AOL service. To move around in this dialog, press TAB or SHIFT+TAB. During the set up process, AOL asks for your sign on information. If you do not have an account with AOL, follow the instructions for registering online or call AOL to set up your account. AOL uses menu and toolbars to provide access to its many features. For more information about the layout of the screen in AOL and keyboard shortcuts for getting around, refer to Helpful Hints. After you are signed on, the Instant Messenger window opens. To access other features of AOL, use the Toolbar Commands or the AOL Hot Keys. For more information, refer to: List of 2 items . Toolbar Commands . AOL Hot Keys list end Note: AOL Help provides instructions for installing scripts to make JAWS work with AOL. These instructions apply to earlier versions of JAWS. The necessary scripts are distributed with JAWS 4.5 and later. AOL Helpful Hints AOL combines all of the tools you need to access the Internet into one application. The AOL user interface is different in some ways from that of other applications. The following hints may help you to use AOL more easily. The Menu Bar The Menu Bar includes six menus. List of 6 items . File . Edit . Print . Window . Sign off . Help list end The icons for these menus are labelled and appear at the top of the screen. To access the menu bar, press ALT. To move between the menus, press LEFT or RIGHT ARROW. To move to items within a menu, press UP or DOWN ARROW. To leave the menu bar, press ALT again. The Toolbar The Toolbar includes five menus that give you access to commonly used features of the AOL application. The icons for the Toolbar are labelled and appear below the Menu Bar on the screen. Keyboard commands also give you access to these features. Summary: Toolbar commands Table with 2 columns and 6 rows Description Command Mail ALT+M People ALT+P Services ALT+C Settings ALT+S Favorites ALT+V table end These commands open drop-down menus that present options for using each feature. The URL Bar The URL Bar contains edit boxes where you can enter search terms. It also contains buttons that give you access to other features of AOL and the Internet. To move to the URL Bar, press CTRL+W. The cursor moves to the edit box. To move through the buttons on the URL Bar, press TAB or SHIFT+TAB. Parent and Child Windows Below the Menu Bar, the Toolbar, and the URL Bar is a window called the parent window. When you access a feature of AOL or the Internet, a smaller window opens inside the parent window. This smaller window is called a child window. To move between the open windows, press CTRL+TAB or CTRL+SHIFT+TAB. To close a child window, press CTRL+F4. Tip: To close all of the windows except the one you are currently in, press SHIFT+F2. Tip: To explore a window, press TAB or SHIFT+TAB to move through the controls in the window. Because the text of child windows tends to overlap, using the JAWS Cursor to read the windows may result in hearing bits of information from other windows. Hot Keys AOL provides several hot keys that you can customize to access features you like. For information about the default settings for these hot keys, refer to AOL Hot Keys. Dialogs Static text fields provide information about the controls in dialogs used in AOL. JAWS reads the text of these fields, but standard reading commands may not work properly in them. Reading these boxes with the JAWS Cursor may provide greater access to the information. To activate the JAWS Cursor, press NUM PAD DASH. For more information about using the JAWS Cursor, refer to Using the JAWS Cursor. AOL Help If AOL Help is difficult to read using the standard reading commands, press NUM PAD DASH to activate the JAWS cursor, and use standard reading commands to read the text. Links may not be identified, but you can still press ENTER to follow them. AOL Browser The Virtual Cursor is enabled in the AOL Browser; however, detailed information about web pages is not provided as it is in Internet Explorer and related applications. If you move into another application and back into AOL by pressing ALT+TAB, you may need to press NUM PAD STAR to make JAWS recognize the Virtual Cursor again before you can continue reading the page. Tip: The Links List Dialog allows you to move through a list of all the links on a page. To open this dialog, press INSERT+F7. E-mail and Chat Inside the box for e-mail message text, pressing TAB inserts a tab space. To access controls such as the send message button, press SHIFT+TAB. To send a message press, CTRL+ENTER. The Text Styling Toolbar The text styling toolbar allows you to format text in e-mail, chat, and instant messages. Use the following commands to format text while in the text box. List of 3 items . Bold: CTRL+B . Italic: CTRL+T . Underline: CTRL+U list end Instant Messages When you receive an instant message, JAWS focuses on the instant message window. JAWS ignores incoming messages while you have set an "away" message. To set this message: List of 5 items 1. From the buddy list window, press TAB until you reach the Away Notice button. 2. Press SPACEBAR to activate the button. 3. Press TAB until you locate the list of choices to display as the "away" message. 4. Press UP or DOWN ARROW to select the message to display. 5. Press SPACEBAR to activate the message. JAWS Commands for AOL JAWS Commands for AOL General Commands Window Commands Toolbar Features Mail Commands Instant Message Commands Text Styling Commands Search Commands AOL Hot Keys AOL Media Player Commands AOL Browser Commands Summary: AOL JAWS Commands Table with 2 columns and 49 rows Description Command General Commands Move To URL Bar CTRL+W Sign Off ALT+O Window Commands Move Through Open Windows CTRL+TAB Move Backward Through Open Windows CTRL+SHIFT+TAB Open Window Control Menu ALT+DASH Close Window CTRL+F4 Close All But Current Window SHIFT+F2 Add Top Window To Favorites CTRL+PLUS Toolbar Features Mail ALT+M Community ALT+C Services ALT+S Keyword menu ALT+K Safety menu ALT+Y Favorites ALT+V Mail Commands Write New Mail CTRL+M Read Mail CTRL+R Spell Check CTRL+EQUALS Send Mail CTRL+ENTER Instant Message Commands Locate Member Online CTRL+L Send Instant Message CTRL+I Send Message CTRL+ENTER Text Styling Commands Bold CTRL+B Italic CTRL+T Underline CTRL+U Search Commands Find In Top Window CTRL+F Get Member's Profile CTRL+G Go To Keyword CTRL+K AOL Hot Keys What's New CTRL+0 Buddy List CTRL+1 Chat CTRL+2 Calendar CTRL+3 Help CTRL+4 Internet CTRL+5 Member Benefits CTRL+6 News CTRL+7 Shopping CTRL+8 AOL Media Player Commands Speak Status of Current Media CTRL+SHIFT+S AOL Browser Find CTRL+F ----- Original Message ----- From: "dgcnc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, October 27, 2006 12:35 PM Subject: [jaws-users] Aol and Jaws Does anyone have experience with how AOL works with Jaws 7.0 and does the Aim instant messenger work? 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