Re: [JAWS-Users] going back to previous version of jaws

There's no need to uninstall newer versions of JAWS. Unlike other programs, many JAWS versions can work together in the same system, provided no more than one is running at the same time. I would simply install JAWS 14 over the most recent versions, using the /Type Safe command-line switch to

Re: [JAWS-Users] Actions recommended

Hi, This is the icon of the Windows Defender Security Center. Besides the Antivirus component, this new app gives recommendations on performance and security settings in general, as well as for missing drivers. Unless you don't have another antivirus than Windows Defender, recommendations of this

Re: [JAWS-Users] adding a friend on Facebook

ebook.com or > m.facebook.com? > > -Original Message----- From: Fernando Gregoire > Sent: Monday, July 02, 2018 4:17 PM > To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] adding a friend on Facebook > > Hi Viki, > > In computer I use the standard desktop site.

Re: [JAWS-Users] Using the mouse

Unfortunately you will have to ask for sighted assistance. Even if you manage to make JAWS dragging simulation commands to work, it works with specific objects instead of allowing to draw. The only suggestion I think is to enable the Mouse Echo feature (press JAWS+SPACE, E) and see if you can

Re: [JAWS-Users] adding a friend on Facebook

Hi Viki, In computer I use the standard desktop site. When you enter someone's profile from there, there's a button called “Send him/her/their a friend request.” Simply press that button and you're done. Hope it helps! 2018-07-01 20:29 GMT-03:00 Vicki W. : > I am using the Facebook mobile site

Re: [JAWS-Users] Google Crome

Hi Holger, I suggest you to install the Adblock Plus extension. Mostly known for Firefox, it is also available for Internet Explorer, Edge and Chrome, and it is very accurate. Hope it helps! -Original Message- From: JAWS-Users-List On Behalf Of Holger Fiallo Sent: Friday, June 29,

Re: [JAWS-Users] Power Point request

ked to > evalutate the Office training at my old work. They were ok but imo not at > all worth the money, especially given the sometimes rambling nature of the > presentation. > > > > -Original Message- > From: JAWS-Users-List On Behalf > Of > Fernando Gregoire > Se

Re: [JAWS-Users] Good ole' Eloquence

Yes, Ivona voice have excellent quality. However, since JAWS does not have entries for U.S. Spanish and this is the dialect reported by Ivona voices into American Spanish, JAWS reads punctuation using English names when using some of these voices. These voices, in addition, have the problem I

Re: [JAWS-Users] Help in setting up macros in word 2010

Hi Al, If all you need is to insert form fields for data whose value can only be true or false, it is not necessary to complicate your life with macros/VBA. A checkbox form field should be enough. Regarding the fact JM described you about form creation not being the same on newer versions of

Re: [JAWS-Users] Power Point request

Hi Paul, I can remember that there's a PowerPoint tutorial with JAWS in the Freedom Scientific Training web page. Unless they have updated it recently, the tutorial explains PowerPoint 2003 and 2007. However, most of hints for PowerPoint 2007 are valid for latter versions, as well as those for

Re: [JAWS-Users] Good ole' Eloquence

I always used and still use Eloquence for dayly screen reading. Although other engines have more human-sounding voices, most do not change intonation correctly when there are question or exclamation marks, or change with random results. At least in Spanish, Eloquence is the only engine which

Re: [JAWS-Users] Issues with Jaws 2018 losing focus in Firefox 60.x

Hi Cristóbal, I'm also experimenting this type of issues, especially on slow machines. Although stability with Firefox 60 was considerably inproved in the latest JAWS 2018 update, it is still far from the smooth experience before Firefox 57, which yet requires me to use Chrome most of the time,

Re: [JAWS-Users] Repair of latest build of Jaws 2018

Hi Teresa, Telling something as this, so general in nature an no specific at all, makes impossible to give you an useful reply. Could you please copy us the exact messages you get? 2018-06-21 13:16 GMT-03:00 Teresa Arroyo : > Hello, I have Windows 10 Windows 8.1 64 and latest build of Joe's

Re: [JAWS-Users] Problem with OCR on a TIF file with multiple pages

Hi Debby, This is certainly something that FS should inprove in a future major or minnor release. As a workaround, however, you could save the file as PDF by using a virtual printer, such as the one included with Foxit Reader (this software is comparably accessible as Adobe Reader and easier to

[JAWS-Users] formatting Facebook notes

Hi all, A long time ago, it was possible to format text in Facebook notes by using HTML tags like , , etc. Then, in 2014 or so, they introduced a WYSIWYG editor which no longer supported HTML tags. Instead, we had to select text, disable JAWS Forms Mode and, below the editor and the Post

Re: [JAWS-Users] Voice profiles

Hi Marie, There is a bug in JAWS which causes it to not detecting the application you actually were in when you opened the JAWS window with INSERT+J. To make the Select a Voice Profile dialog to detect the application from which you opened it, open it by pressing CTRL+JAWS+S from wittin the

Re: [JAWS-Users] JAWS Settings

Hi Dani, Unless you have modified and saved a full copy of default.jss (and compiled default.jsb) script file in your user folder, there's usually no problem copying user settings between versions. For example, I always copy my default dictionary and JCFs of programs for which I toggled Sleep

Re: [JAWS-Users] Reading multiple formatting in a doc

Hi Wayne, If columns are part of a table, you can move between them using TAB and SHIFT+TAB, or with JAWS table navigation methods, either by pressing ALT+LEFT/RIGHT ARROW, or JAWS+SPACEBAR, T, and then the arrow keys. If columns are not actually part of a table, as far as I know, there's no

Re: [JAWS-Users] Question on Firefox 60.0.1 settings

Hi Andy, A long time ago it was necessary to uncheck this item in order to force Firefox to don't use Direct3D even on Windows Vista and newer, which prevented to use JAWS cursor. It was not related to JAWS Virtual PC Cursor support. Problems with Firefox 57 and newer with JAWS are not related to

Re: [JAWS-Users] Safe To Remove Hardware Message

! You be the hombre! Worked as advertised! Thank you mooy mooy moocho! Take care. Mike. Go Dodgers! Sent from my iBarstool. Arguing with a woman is like reading a software license agreement. In the end you have to ignore everything, & click I agree. - Original Message ----- From: Fernand

Re: [JAWS-Users] Safe To Remove Hardware Message

Hi Mike and all, If the confirmation message appears on the screen but JAWS is not saying it, perhaps it's helpful to know that in Windows 10 balloons was replaced with toasts, which like notifications in the Action Center are handled by the ShellExperienceHost process, too unstable like most

Re: [JAWS-Users] Superscript in Word 2016

for Rebecca. Her solution is Windows key-alt-I, > which at least takes you up to the point where the format changes. So does > Text Analyzer, but on my system, TA just verbalizes a change in format > without specifying what that format is. > > Astounding that JAWS users have to put so

Re: [JAWS-Users] Superscript in Word 2016

Hi Adrian, You were told nice alternatives to make JAWS report superscript and subscript, so it makes no sense I repeat many things others already said. Regarding Word automatically not changing ordinals, this is controlled by the AutoFormat As You Type auto-correct options. These options are

Re: [JAWS-Users] Firefox 60

Hi Adrian, Non-screen reader users find less limitations because web developers often try and patch their pages on a case by case basis for the major browsers. The problem with accessibility is not only the different implementation of ARIA support in different browsers, but also different

Re: [JAWS-Users] Firefox 60

I fully agree with you. -Original Message- From: JAWS-Users-List On Behalf Of Valiant8086 Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2018 4:20 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Firefox 60 Hi. I switched to Firefox 60, found it still a

Re: [JAWS-Users] secondary language and voice

Hi Holger, At least from JAWS UI, in a given voice profile you can only set speed and punctuation on a per-language basis. As an alternative, you may create a new voice profile whose primary language is Spanish and switch to it with CTRL+JAWS+S. However, this has the disadvantage of language

Re: [JAWS-Users] Firefox 60

Hi Cristóbal and all, I have the same problems with Firefox 60 and JAWS 2018 April update that I had with non-ESR versions 57-59, except that now the virtual buffer does not seem to be blank at short intervals. Navigation through and building of the virtual buffer is slow even on very simple

Re: [JAWS-Users] keyboard shortcuts for reading a powerpoint 2016

Hi Paul, Unless the file is .pps or .ppsx, by default it is opened for editing, which means you can only read by tabbing from object to object and changing between slides with PAGE UP and PAGE DOWN. To open the slideshow view, which is the default view when the file is .pps, press F5. In this

Re: [JAWS-Users] Latest JAWS on Windows 7?

Hi Loy, You can use the latest version of JAWS or Fusion in Windows 7 with no problem. Hope it helps! -Original Message- From: JAWS-Users-List On Behalf Of Loy Green Sent: Friday, May 4, 2018 10:46 AM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject:

Re: [JAWS-Users] JAWS And Google Chrome

Hi Steve, Unlike Firefox, Chrome does not have a built-in option to prevent pages from being refreshed. However, you can prevent JAWS from refreshing the virtual buffer by changing Automatically Page Refresh option which is present when you press JAWS+V from witting Chrome. You can change it

Re: [JAWS-Users] Jaws OCR?

Hi Adrian and all, As I understood, Arvind is asking if it's possible to launch an OCR command on an image of a web page with no need to save the image or other advanced tricks first. If that was the question, although theoretically should be possible to locate the Virtual Cursor over the

Re: [JAWS-Users] firefox customizing the menus

Hi Don, This is because by default Firefox doesn't display the neu bar on screen, but you can simply press ALT or F10 and open the menu bar as any other, and there go to the View menu. You can even press ALT+V to open this menu. Hope it helps! 2018-05-02 12:04 GMT-03:00 Don Raikes

Re: [JAWS-Users] High Importance E-mail

if the key strokes mentioned above do not work. > > Thank you very much! > > Tom Behler > > > -Original Message- > From: JAWS-Users-List <jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com> On Behalf > Of Fernando Gregoire > Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2018 10:10 PM > To: jaws-

Re: [JAWS-Users] High Importance E-mail

Hi Tom, The easiest way to add a keystroke for this is to add the item to the Quick Access Toolbar by opening a new message, finding in the Message tab the High Importance button, pressing APPLICATIONS or SHIFT+F10 and choosing Add to Quick Access Toolbar item. If you haven't added nor removed

Re: [JAWS-Users] how can I skip adds in youtube?

: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] how can I skip adds in youtube? Hi, Where can i get doug lee's jaws scripts for skipping youtube adds? Thankss message is transmitted on 100% recycled electrons. Homepage; http://tip.simpl.com/ > On 29 Apr 2018, at 10:23 AM, Fernando

Re: [JAWS-Users] how can I skip adds in youtube?

Hi Ted, If you have Doug Lee's JAWS scripts for YouTube installed, you can press the Command key (left bracket by default in case of an English keyboard layout) and then the letter S. If not, you will manually have to move to the Skip Ad button and press it, which is a bit harder. Hope it

Re: [JAWS-Users] The JAWS cursor in Windows 10, and certain programs

at all about this new Accessibility Monitor API, and as far as I know there's also no more related content on the FSDN, technical support bulletings, Freedom Scientific blog nor the Enhancements in Scripting page. Best regards, Fernando Gregoire 2018-04-26 11:37 GMT-03:00 JM Casey <crysta

Re: [JAWS-Users] The JAWS cursor in Windows 10, and certain programs

Hi, Freedom Scientific is aware of the increasingly common problems regarding JAWS/Invisible Cursor and other things which use the Off Screen Model (OSM). Because of this, in the JAWS 2018 April update, an option was added to the Miscellaneous group of Settings Center. This option is a

Re: [JAWS-Users] Permanent placemarkers

S doesn't fill in the edit field. I should mention that I haven't read anywhere about this link relationship. It's just something I noticed over time. -Original Message- From: JAWS-Users-List <jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com> On Behalf Of Fernando Gregoire Sent: Saturday, April

Re: [JAWS-Users] Permanent placemarkers

Hi Adrian, Have you looked at the Associate with Text checkbox? When adding a placemarker this checkbox is unchecked by default, so you mark a line in the virtual representation instead of a specific text, therefore any small change on the page causes the link or whatever unit you have marked

Re: [JAWS-Users] word 2016 protected mode

Hi Steven, You don't need JAWS cursor to activate this button. This is because this message and button are in the status bar, and since Office 2007 the status bar is also natively focusable with the keyboard by pressing F6. This wouldn't be the case on anything on the status bar in Office 2003

Re: [JAWS-Users] word 2016 protected mode

Hi Mr. Ed, This command goes to the Backstage view or File tab and there, in the Info tab, presses the Enable Editing button. Regarding why many documents open in Protected View by default, this is the case for files saved with the Office 97-2003 formats whose file extensions hadn't a final x

Re: [JAWS-Users] Changeing JAWS' volume

Hi net bat66 and Mike, Does this procedure works when using Eloquence? In current JAWS versions there is no Volume slider when setting a voice profile with Eloquence, unlike with other synths like SAPI 5 or any Vocalizer variant. As I remember from older JAWS versions, this control when using

Re: [JAWS-Users] Who to contact to see about my Jaws license?

Hi Gerardo, For non-US customers, usually the order is managed by a local dealer which you should contact with to get information about order status. If for any reason you purchased the license directly to Freedom Scientific, such as in their Online Store, you can contact them at

Re: [JAWS-Users] What Windows10 version?

Steve is right. Furthermore, Pro edition allows to use the Group Policy Editor that, even when you aren't in an enterprise, it allows to make some advanced settings that are not available in Control Panel or Settings, and without this Group Policy Editor would require to manually editing the

Re: [JAWS-Users] update

Hi all, Windows 10 version 1803 is already being delivered for Insiders even in the Release Preview ring. Builds on this particular ring are identical to the ones that will be released to the general public, unless any critical installation bug is found. By the way, it is likely that general

Re: [JAWS-Users] Opening a second window in Firefox

Search ▶ -Original Message- From: JAWS-Users-List <jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com> On Behalf Of Fernando Gregoire Sent: Monday, April 09, 2018 12:32 AM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Opening a second window in Firefox Hi Adrian, After pressing CTRL+T to op

Re: [JAWS-Users] PDF and OCR With Jaws

Hi wanted to say DGH, not Mike. Sorry! -Original Message- From: JAWS-Users-List On Behalf Of DGH Sent: Friday, April 6, 2018 5:00 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: [JAWS-Users] PDF and OCR With Jaws One of the best recent features in

Re: [JAWS-Users] PDF and OCR With Jaws

Hi Mike, It is currently possible to make JAWS to recognize JPG files. Just open Windows or File Explorer, find the JPG file and, instead of open it, press INSERT+SPACEBAR, O, F. Alternatively, choose the option Recognize with JAWS in the file's context menu. Hope it helps! -Original

Re: [JAWS-Users] Opening a second window in Firefox

Hi Adrian, After pressing CTRL+T to open a new tab, press INSERT+A (INSERT even on laptop keyboard layout) to check the address bar. If it reads about:newtab, it is likely that JAWS turned virtual cursor on even when focus is on the address bar, so press SHIFT+TAB and then TAB again to see if

Re: [JAWS-Users] Issue with JAWS after Windows 10 Update

Hi Jesse, As you were told, first check the settings in the Automatically JAWS Startup witting Basics Settings dialog box. If this is correctly set, go to the Windows Ease of Access Center in Control Panel, activate the link Use the Computer Without a Display, and there verify the checkbox for

Re: [JAWS-Users] Tips on dealing with/recognising screen-shots?

Hi, If you have Windows 10, you can print as PDF with no need of additional software. First, open the image alone to make it fully visible without other content abobe or below. This is done by opening image's context menu and choosing View Image or the related command in your specific browser.

Re: [JAWS-Users] Classic Shell setting

ything, & click I agree. - Original Message ----- From: Fernando Gregoire To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2018 11:39 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Classic Shell setting Hi Mike, Your are right on this. However, the checkboxes about which I want to know are those

Re: [JAWS-Users] Still having problems with JAWS speaking at the log on screen

Hi all, Although this should be fixed by FS, see the following Freedom Scientific support technical support bulletin that includes a workaround related to a Windows setting causing the problem: http://www.freedomscientific.com/Support/TechnicalSupport/Bulletin/1662 I also discovered that this

Re: [JAWS-Users] Classic Shell setting

agree. - Original Message - From: Fernando Gregoire To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2018 5:25 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Classic Shell setting Hi Mike, Are you able to know when a setting in a given Classic Shell tree view is checked or unchecked? I didn'

Re: [JAWS-Users] Classic Shell setting

Hi Mike, Are you able to know when a setting in a given Classic Shell tree view is checked or unchecked? I didn't managed to get JAWS indicate this. -Original Message- From: JAWS-Users-List On Behalf Of Mike B. Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2018 7:34

Re: [JAWS-Users] volume short cut

ct: Re: [JAWS-Users] volume short cut Where is the scroll lock key? -Original Message- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Fernando Gregoire Sent: Monday, March 26, 2018 10:03 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] volume

Re: [JAWS-Users] volume short cut

Hi Holger, Answers you were given are for quickly opening Volume Mixer, but they actually don't change the volume. In case your keyboard has no volume keys, JAWS provides two scripts, IncreaseSystemVolume and DecreaseSystemVolume, that respectively raises or lower the volume from any

Re: [JAWS-Users] task bar

answer. Thank you mooy moocho. Take care. Mike. Go Dodgers! Sennt from my iBarstool. Arguing with a woman is like reading a software license agreement. In the end you have to ignore everything, & click I agree. - Original Message ----- From: Fernando Gregoire To: jaws-users-list@jaws

Re: [JAWS-Users] VIPRE and Window Defender

Hi Holger, You can use both products altogether, but only one can be configured for real-time protection. Windows now takes care of denying activation of WD real-time protection if you're using a third party AV like VIPRE. You can, in this case, use your third party AV product for real-time

Re: [JAWS-Users] Outlook or Outlook Express Inquiry

utlook Express Inquiry I believe that is it. As I have 13 home and student (due to finances). So, is there a way to download it? More than likely, not. -Original Message- From: Fernando Gregoire Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2018 7:13 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] O

Re: [JAWS-Users] Outlook or Outlook Express Inquiry

utlook Express Inquiry Fernando: Thanks for the information. I do have office 13, but I did not find any outlook program. Could you provide me with the places to search for this? Thanks again. -Original Message- From: Fernando Gregoire Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2018 5:41 PM To: jaws-user

Re: [JAWS-Users] Outlook or Outlook Express Inquiry

Hi, Outlook is not free, but a part of Office editions higher than home ones. It works on any Windows version in which you can install an Office version compatible with the running Windows version. Outlook Express was the e-mail and newsgroup client included with IE in Windows XP and earlier.

Re: [JAWS-Users] links

Hi Holger, If you are composing your e-mail as plain text, it will actually be no hyperlinks, so the presence of clickable links will depend on wetter the recipients e-mail client or web service recognizes web addresses or the type of link that pertaining text is likely to be. If you want to

Re: [JAWS-Users] task bar

Hi Justin, There are two factors that can be related to the apps listed when you press ALT+TAB. First, in the Taskbar settings that you can quickly open by pressing ALT+ENTER on the Start button, there's a combo box on wetter taskbar buttons are combined or not. This setting was previously

Re: [JAWS-Users] jaws and edge.

Hi Michael, JAWS 18 latest updates and any version of JAWS 2018 have Edge support, so many virtual cursor features work similarly to the way they do in other browsers. This include the fact that you need to turn Forms Mode on by pressing ENTER to interact with controls like edit boxes such as

Re: [JAWS-Users] Say All pausing between lines

I'm not exactly getting Say All paused when I set it to Lines Without Pauses, but I'm having a similar issue since JAWS 18. In both Castilian and Latin American Spanish, Eloquence default thousand separator is the period instead of the comma. Even when Eloquence read whole numbers with

Re: [JAWS-Users] What is VFO

Thanks a lot Rick, David, Adrian and Justin. I now understand what VFO actually is. Have a nice weekend! -Original Message- From: JAWS-Users-List On Behalf Of Rick Justice Sent: Friday, March 23, 2018 9:50 AM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com

[JAWS-Users] what is VFO?

Hi all, I ultimately are seeing many of you referring to VFO instead of Freedom Scientific when requiring JAWS technical support. Since international customers have to buy or get support through dealers or in some cases governmental agencies, I'm not very aware on what is exactly VFO. Is

Re: [JAWS-Users] Tandem Questions

Hi Denis, JAWS 16 and later doesn't support Windows XP. I copy you information on release notes for JAWS 16 pertaining this. JAWS 16 Discontinues Support of Windows XP Microsoft discontinued support for the Windows XP operating system in April of 2014, 13 plus years after its initial release.

Re: [JAWS-Users] Tandem Questions

Hi Mike, The help tells the following: It is not necessary to have the same operating system on both ends of the connection. For example, one computer can be running Windows 10 while the other is running Windows 7. However, help does not say anything about a computer controlling a target

Re: [JAWS-Users] playing movies.

Hi Holger, You might need to make Winamp to re-associate the files. Open Winamp Preferences dialog with CTRL+P, go to the File Types leaf in the tree view, press the button to select all file tipes and then the Close button or ESCAPE key. A UAC dialog asking for Winamp elevation should appear,

Re: [JAWS-Users] User Account Control Settings, Setting it to Zero

Hi Mike, Note that in Windows 8 and 10, unlike in Windows 7, when you set UAC to 0% you stop the dialog from appearing but, instead of disabling UAC to run everything as administrator by default as in Windows XP and prior versions, the UAC will automatically deny these permisions for programs

Re: [JAWS-Users] Unmute key combo

I respect your opinion, Maria, but unmuting as it was implemented seems me a bad idea. In addition to when starting JAWS (which is right), this is done every time you press JAWS+ESCAPE to refresh the screen or virtual buffer. Freedom Scientific says that this doesn't affect muting of the

Re: [JAWS-Users] turning off sounds in word, outlook etc.

Hi, Both Mike and Cristóbal suggestions are right. In the nearby past, the Provide Feedback with Sound settings was available in Advanced Options (General tab in Office 2003 and earlier) and required an add-in to work, which is freely available from the Microsoft Download Center. In this old

Re: [JAWS-Users] Internet navigation questions

Hi Adrian and all, The key for PC cursor in Laptop layout is CAPSLOCK+SEMICOLON. Hope it helps! -Original Message- From: JAWS-Users-List On Behalf Of Adrian Spratt Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2018 11:56 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com

Re: [JAWS-Users] Jaws and conversations

Hi Teresa, Congratulations for your new job. If your only concern is other people listening your JAWS via Skype or other VoIP programs, nobody via these programs will hear your JAWS if you are hearing it from the headsets. If your particular headsets are recognized in Windows as another sound

Re: [JAWS-Users] searching for coloured text in Microsoft Word

Hi Geoff, In versions prior to 2010 this was done by pressing CTRL+F. In Word 2010 and latter CTRL+F opens the Navigation Pane which only offer a basic searching capability, so you have to use the Advanced Search item located on the Edit group of the Home tab in the ribbon to get to the old

Re: [JAWS-Users] Office 2010 vs. 2016 vs. 365

Hi Reveca, I use Office 2016 on all of my computers. Ultimately Microsoft is making a lot of accessibility improvements and even step-by-step tutorials on how to accomplish specific tasks by using a screen reader that are based in Office 2016 programs running together with JAWS or the Windows

Re: [JAWS-Users] Office 2010 vs. 2016 vs. 365

Hi Adrian, What is JAWS saying when you press INSERT+C when checking for spelling errors? I have Office 2016 in two different Windows 10 machines and, even when spell checker in Word is now a task pane instead of a dialog, command for ReadWordInContext works fine. Moreover, compared to prior

Re: [JAWS-Users] Making a keyboard shortcut for restarting JAWS

Hi Matthew, As other told you, JAWS keystroke to restart it in case of a crash in which JAWS processes are still loaded is JAWS+WINDOWS+F4. However, I suspect that your problem may be related to the audio playback device. You said that you connect a radio station or similar when JAWS speech

Re: [JAWS-Users] Microsoft outlook 2010 desktop

Hi Kevin, From Outlook's main window, just press CTRL+3. To return to the Mail view, press CTRL+1. Hope it helps! -Original Message- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Kevin Lee Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2018 9:54 PM To:

Re: [JAWS-Users] JAWS and the Powerpoint accessibility checker

It was actually introduced in Office 2010. In Office 2016 Microsoft made it more visible because an update added a button for quickly opening this in the Review tab of the ribbon, but the Accessibility Checker is available from witting the Check for Issues split button of the Info tab on

Re: [JAWS-Users] returning to Jaws version 16

There should be no issues, unless you have customized the default script file in JAWS 2018 or changed the symbols file for Eloquence and you want to copy these customizations from JAWS 2018 to 16. This is because the default script file is not compatible between versions if you have directly

Re: [JAWS-Users] web sites speaking in spannish

Hi Justin, In order for JAWS language detection feature to work, web authors must correctly use the HTML lang tag. -Original Message- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Justin Williams Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2018 1:48 AM To:

Re: [JAWS-Users] Help with outlook in bvox

You have to press the Reverse Order button. In Outlook 2010 and newer, this is in the Organize group of the View tab in the main window. Hope it helps! -Original Message- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Ted Sparks Sent: Monday,

Re: [JAWS-Users] PDF Documents

Hi Pam, To quickly fix this, find any PDF file on File Explorer, press the APPLICATIONS key to open the context menu, go to Open With and select the Choose Another Program option. When prompted about which program do you want to use to open the file, find Adobe Acrobat Reader DC in the list.

Re: [JAWS-Users] Researcher

] On Behalf Of Holger Fiallo Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2018 9:32 AM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Researcher None of the features are working, Amazon, CNN and so on. It freezes when doing a search. Using W10, jaws 2018. -Original Message- From: Fernando

Re: [JAWS-Users] Differences between Chrome and Google Chrome with JAWS

Hi Cher, Google Chrome is the browser you download from Google's website and many programs offer during installation, wetter you are an individual or an enterprise. In the JAWS Chrome script files there is the difference between Chrome and Google Chrome, because Chrome is a generic way to

Re: [JAWS-Users] Researcher

Hi Holger, Even when the way of some replies perhaps was unfortunate, your lack of explanation does not allow us to give an useful response. One time I uninstalled Internet Explorer and I was unable to use this feature at all because the Results Viewer depended on IE, but this issue is not

Re: [JAWS-Users] Hotkey to get rid of ad on Youtube

: Wednesday, February 14, 2018 1:40 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Hotkey to get rid of ad on Youtube Isn't his name Doug? HTH, Rick Justice "Tomorrow's another day, another way!" "and if tomorrow never comes, problem solved!" - Original Message --

Re: [JAWS-Users] Opening multiple attachments in MS Word

Hi Wayne, I assume you're using Outlook as your e-mail client. If so, you can't open many attachments at the same time, but you can save all or many of them simultaneously. To do this, press ALT+F to go to the Office button or the File menu, depending on if you are in the main window or the

Re: [JAWS-Users] Using a web site provided text formatter.

this website's people if they're working on a similar solution. -Original Message- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Fernando Gregoire Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2018 11:14 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Using a web

Re: [JAWS-Users] Hotkey to get rid of ad on Youtube

In Dough Lee's scripts for YouTube, this functionality is implemented. When these scripts are installed, simply press the Command key (left bracket by default) and then the letter s. -Original Message- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of

Re: [JAWS-Users] Using a web site provided text formatter.

As an alternative, try disabling the JAWS Virtual Cursor with INSERT+Z before selecting the desired text and pressing ALT+L. Hope it works! -Original Message- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Judy Jones Sent: Wednesday, February 14,

Re: [JAWS-Users] Using a web site provided text formatter.

Hi Judy, The keystrokes starting with alt in web pages may require you also press SHIFT. For example, a link which has access key b is activated in IE by pressing ALT+B and then ENTER, ALT+B in Chrome and ALT+SHIFT+B in Firefox. BTW, try pressing ALT+SHIFT+L to see if that works. Hope it

Re: [JAWS-Users] Hotkey to get rid of ad on Youtube

where do you find these scripts? - Original Message - From: "Fernando Gregoire" <fergregoir...@gmail.com> To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2018 7:23 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Hotkey to get rid of ad on Youtube > YouTube itself

Re: [JAWS-Users] Hotkey to get rid of ad on Youtube

YouTube itself doesn't have a keystroke for skipping ads. But if you have the JAWS scripts for Youtube from Dough Lee, you can press the Command key, by default the left bracket, and then the letter S. This is valid for the script in English with an English keyboard layout; keystroke in other

Re: [JAWS-Users] how do I attach a document to an email in Outlook 2016

Another method to attach files witting File Explorer, although it only works in Windows 8 or latter, is to add the E-mail button of the Share tab to the Quick Access Toolbar. This toolbar comes by default with some commands like Properties and Delete, but since you can access them with keyboard

Re: [JAWS-Users] Hyperlink in a Word document.

] Hyperlink in a Word document. Hello Fernando, Thank you. I appreciate it. Alt T works for English. Brian Lee brianl...@charter.net -Original Message- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Fernando Gregoire Sent: February 11, 2018 11

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