And if you are a masochist you can even expand the list. You have to edit VKeyboard.jsm and then recompile VKeyboard.jss but it is possible. I forget what symbol I added to an earlier jaws version but I don't do that any more.
On 7/18/15, Adrian Spratt via Jfw <[email protected]> wrote: > Like Soronel and you, I find typing ANSI/ASCII equivalents frustrating. > Northstar tells listers what to do when symbols aren't readily available > from other sources. But the JAWS key+4 partial symbols list is a nice > contribution from FS. There you can find, for example, em-dash and en-dash, > ellipses, and numerous accented letters. Oh, and the pounds sterling sign. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael B. via > Jfw > Sent: Sunday, July 19, 2015 12:03 AM > To: The Jaws for Windows support list. > Cc: Michael B. > Subject: Re: Pound Sign in Jaws > > Hi Adrian & Northstar, > > I'm not saying this to argue the ansi or ascii value of the sterling pounds > > number, but when I press the, NumPad 5 key, 3 times quickly on the sterling > > pounds symbol, it gives me a unicode number of 163. But yet, if I turn the > > numpad on, hold down the Alt key, press 1, 6, 3, turn the numpad off, I get, > > ú. doing what Norstar suggests & typing, 1, 5, 6 does give me the, £, > symbol. Whoops, I just tried typing, 0,1,6,3, & did get the, £, symbol. > Damn, this ansi / ascii stuff can get confusing! LOL LOL > Take care. > Mike > This email was sent from my, iBarstool. Go Dodgers! > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Adrian Spratt via Jfw > To: The Jaws for Windows support list. > Cc: Adrian Spratt > Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2015 8:15 PM > Subject: RE: Pound Sign in Jaws > > > Actually, you can make JAWS verbalize pound sterling on an American > keyboard. I copied the symbol into my JAWS dictionary and spelled out pound > > for my "replacement word." > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > northstar1950--- via Jfw > Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2015 7:55 PM > To: The Jaws for Windows support list. > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Pound Sign in Jaws > > hmmm, turn numlock and hold your alt key down and > on the numpad while holding the alt key down > enter 156 and you when you release the alt key > you should have the sterling pound sign like this: £ > > of course, jaws will not say anything but the symbol is there. > > > Legend has it that on Saturday 7/18/2015 06:01 PM, Marsha via Jfw said: > ---------------------------------------- >>Hi >> Is there a way, on an American keyboard, to >> type a British Pound sign? Thanks for any help. >> >>Marsha >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Jfw mailing list >>[email protected] >>http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com > ---------------------------------------- > > > > <http://www.sendspace.com/folder/i7xwg4>Click > here to check out my sendspace offerings! > > > _______________________________________________ > Jfw mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com > > _______________________________________________ > Jfw mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.the-jdh.com/pipermail/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com/attachments/20150718/61e5a72e/attachment.html> > _______________________________________________ > Jfw mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com > > _______________________________________________ > Jfw mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com > -- Soronel Haetir [email protected] _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list [email protected] http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com
