Thank you very much for this wonderful article. And, thanks to those who reported good results using AOL.
Greg ----- Original Message ----- From: "ANDREW GODWIN" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, October 27, 2006 1:04 PM Subject: Re: [jaws-users] Aol and Jaws >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? > > Greg > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > Visit the JAWS Users list home page at: > http://www.jaws-users.com > > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the JAWS Users List > send > a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Visit the new archives page at the following address > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Yahoo! 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