ANSI appears to be an updated version of ASCII, a code designed to enable machines to represent characters. It seems the original ASCII is outdated, while ANSI itself has had to be updated periodically.
There's also Unicode, which is the first 128 characters of ASCII/ANSI. When you press the 5 key on the numpad once, JAWS verbalizes the letter, punctuation mark, etc., of the character where you have focus. Press that key twice quickly, and JAWS says the character phonetically. Press it three times quickly, and JAWS gives the character's Unicode value. Here's Wiki on all three systems: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASCII -----Original Message----- From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mario via Jfw Sent: Sunday, July 19, 2015 10:42 AM To: The Jaws for Windows support list. Cc: Mario Subject: Re: Pound Sign in Jaws Mike, ANSI characters? how are those used, how to make them, and more importantly, when are they used? On 7/19/2015 12:34 AM, Michael B. via Jfw wrote: > Hi Adrian, > > Yes, I use the, Jaws key + 4, keystroke quite often. I also have notes on > both ansi & ascii characters, & play around with them from time to time, > mainly out of extreme boredom. LOL LOL > > I found it interesting that typing, 1,6,3, produced 1 thing & typing, > 0,1,6,3, produced another. I should know better because those are 2 totally > different numbers when using ansi / ascii code. What I don't know is, when > you press the NumPad 5 key 3 times on a symbol, if Jaws is giving you ansi > or ascii code numbers. > > 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 9:16 PM > Subject: RE: Pound Sign in Jaws > > > 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? 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