Hello to all.
Is there a way to force Jaws to handle print newline characters differently?
I do a great amount of proofreading using braille, and it's a constant source
of annoyance to me that many times, the braille display isn't used to its
fullest potential. Many times, the first part of the p
Good morning.
Oh, the beauties of switching to newer software! some benefits, but also
difficulties that I hadn't expected.
In Jaws 9, I set the dictionary to give pauses when Jaws encounters dashes.
actual words
-
-
replacement word
),
),
along with other dashes such as
--
-
--
but in Jaws 1
you could also try my favorite
www.archive.org
a free online library for all.
it's easy to create an account, and there's an upload process that's (somewhat)
optimized/simplified for those of us with print disabilities.
Once you have created your account, go here:
archive.org/create
and you're on
Hello,
I looked in the default Jaws Keyboard manager, and there are already keystrokes
available to read current Column and Read Current Row.
Is this not what you're looking for?
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Hey Steven,
I did some more digging in the Jaws Keyboard manager. Just to get the record
straight, I use Jaws version 9.0 and Microsoft Excel and Word 2003. So maybe
these keystrokes aren't available in the newer versions.
In the Microsoft Excel JKM file, there is a neat little keystroke called S
You could also try the less slick manual license code option.
where you go to fs-activate.com and give it your authorization number, thence
to your locking code, and then the site will give you a license code. With
that, you can authorize your software without going online.
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If something
I don't know of any special Jaws keystroke to check your hard disk information.
All I can recommend is that you right click your hard disk in Computer and
choose properties.
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Ande
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www.sdbullion.com has the same problem. I asked one of their customer support
reps about it, and she told me the Confirm button was some weird combination of
colors and a symbol that Jaws apparently was having trouble interpreting.
In these cases, we just have to hang up our independence and take
You can also open the .doc file in Word Pad, if it isn't too heavy on layout.
Just right click it and choose the Word Pad program in the Open With . . .
dialog.
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Ande
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That's very impressive.
Thanks to all the moderators for their hard work.
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Hello Andy,
Assuming you're using Outlook Express, you'll need to change the security
settings in your Gmail account.
The thing is, with some applications, Google detects they aren't "modern" so it
blocks their access to Gmail.
You should lower the security setting in Gmail.
I don't remember exac
I've still got JAWS version 9 running on this Windows XP machine, along with
Microsoft Word 2003 and Outlook Express.
I also have a Windows 7 laptop with JAWS 17 instaled. But sadly, on that
computer, JAWS seems to get stuck and has to restart itself rather more
frequently than I like. I can tel
try changing the paragraph settings while you have the normal.dot template
open, then save the file.
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I was able to get the MP3 link URL; the right click worked for me.
http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/cdn.twit.tv/audio/sn/sn0614/sn0614.mp3
When right clicking links, I always make sure that the Jaws cursor is pointing
at the link, then I right click. Otherwise, I've found that on some web p
When you first enter a username/password combo into a website, Firefox will ask
you if you want Firefox to remember it for that site.
Go to the address bar with alt+d
tab past the search box.
Tab past the tab name.
The next three tab strokes should give you the options for dealing with
Firefox's
You told us you can't right click on your laptop. Is there a reason why you
can't set up a Jaws right click keyboard command? Then you could "copy target
location" or how ever your email client phrases to copy the link location to
the clipboard. Then you could paste it into a text file and open
Check the Gmail settings to be sure that modern security protection is turned
off. This is the only way Outlook Express can access Gmail.
What exactly is the edrror that you get when trying to send and receive?
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Ande
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You could try this.
Go to
www.online-convert.com
and try converting the Kindle file to a Microsoft Word or TXT file first, and
from there you should be able to send it over to your braille device to convert
it from text to brf format.
This process hinges on if the online-convert.com conversion en
Here's how I do it.
First I hit insert control F and type "content" in the search box, then press
enter.
Hit F3 to find the next occurrence of "content," which is usually the first
thing right before the actual message starts. I find this nice because I can
skip all the preliminaries.
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I have a suggestion.
If your question isn't answered right away, be patient and wait 3 days minimum
before you re-post. That goes for me too.
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It sounds like a problem for the developer of that particular software.
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I know nothing about Kindle for PC. Aren't your files accessible to you, the
owner of the computer?
Yes, in order for online-convert.com to be able to convert a file, you will
either need to select it by browsing to the file's location on your hard drive,
or you can insert the URL to the file if
You could also try
blogtrottr.com
which delivers the contents of RSS and blogs to your inbox. They have a full
text RSS version that allows you to forward entire articles to your inbox in
this way.
The service is free if you can put up with little graphics at the top and
bottom of your messages.
I have Jaws 9 and 17.
When I am reading a Spanish web page, Jaws automatically detects the change of
language, speaking in Castilian Spanish. But I live in Guatemala, Latin
America! I don't really care for the Castilian dialect. Is there a way to
change the default dialect when Spanish is detect
You could try this.
deLuth
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First of all, thanks to the person who put the Jaws programs list together. It
is very helpful.
I have found a program that I feel should be added to the list: the Instantbird
messaging client. It brings all your IM contacts on different networks all
together into one place.
Trust me on this, I'
Does anyone run Jaws version 9.0 with Windows 7? I forwarded the following
questions to Freedom Scientific and they told me Version 9 and Windows 7 are
not compatible. If anyone can help, I would be grateful. Here are the questions:
Every time I start up my Windows 7 Ultimate Dell Latitude PC, Ja
Windows 7 took away Outlook Express email client, so I am looking for a
suitable replacement. I haven't found one yet. Here are my requirements. The
email client should be able to do the following:
Ability to import DBX files
Ability to show the entire message title when reading down through the
Yes, I'm sure Windows Live Mail would work with Jaws, but it does not meet
all my requirements of an email client and is hard to instal.
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Thanks so much. I will try WLM and give feedback.
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Why do you prefer WLM to thunderbird?
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Try inserting your Jaws 15.0 program CD and running the setup file. You
should get the choices of removing, modifying or repairing the software.
Note: I have Jaws 9.0, so I am not familiar with later versions.
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two programs to try:
Wave Padd free sound editor
and
mp3 directCut application
You can host your music for free at the Internet Archive
archive.org
God bless,
Andrew Bontrager
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Windws 7 always comes with version 12 instaled, I think. How did you manage
to get version 11 on Windows 7? I've been trying and trying with no success.
Please tell me.
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You might try medical transcription.
For this job, you will need to invest in a medical transcription course. I
recommend the InScribe University. They will do their best to place you with
an externship when you finish with their course. InScribe runs the
University and also has a nice sized tr
You could turn off the Windows Update feature for a week or a month and then
restart it when you have some idle time at work. I'm not sure when that
would be, just a thought.
I myself have Windows automatic update turned off because it uses up
bandwidth I could be using for other things.
For
He'll need to have Jaws version 15 to get full functionality with Windows 7.
I have learned this to my cost.
True, there is NVDA, but in my experience Jaws is superior in reviewing the
total contents of the screen (Jaws cursor) and also in the ability to change
keystrokes.
Sorry, I don't know th
Below are my opinions.
Don't switch to Windows 7. It's just a big hastle. I've had a Windows 7
machine for two months, and I still don't use it regularly. Keep getting
automatic updates if you must, but I believe that the XP security risks are
hiped by Microsoft to try to push people toward mo
You are right. Those certainly were my opinions. It's all right to disagree
with me, I don't mind that a bit. But first let me tell you some of the
reasons I have for these opinions of mine.
Try these programs with Windows 7:
Outlook Express
Microsoft ActiveSync
Microsoft Internet Explorer versi
I'll tell you. IE6 has no fluff and just works.
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Flash Player.
HTML 5.
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me permits.
David Ferrin
A complex system that does not work is invariably found to have evolved from
a simpler system that worked perfectly.
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Sent: Friday, December 13,
Hi,
I just joined this list, and I hope to learn from it.
Has anybody had experience working with Jaws and QuickBooks? I've heard the
programs aren't matched to work together.
What other accounting software would you recommend for use with Jaws?
Much obliged,
Andrew Bontrager
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Hi,
I posted to this group several months ago asking if anyone knew of a way to use
Jaws with QuickBooks. Someone replied and said they'd have scripts ready by
April. Does anyone know if scripts are available?
Thank you.
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