On my Windows 7 laptop the Favorites folder is located in the folder with my
name on it in the second column of the Start menu. From there I can also
easily re-arrange the links into folders or change the names or whatever.
I also copy this folder frequently to my Dropbox folder so I have it
The only reason I upgrade browsers is the hope that new ones will be more
secure. But I do leave IE9 on the Win 7 desktop because it is easier to
use. Even if your old XP machine works the best with your bank I would be
very hesitant to use it for banking. Evidently XP gets a lot more
You have to label the appropriate graphic to announce it. It has been a
while since I labeled them but basically you do the Insert V and have jaws
announce all graphics.
Then the tricky part is figuring out which graphic is which...for example
collapsed, expanded, attachment, etc. I sent
I have what I assume is the latest version of Firefox and find that it
frequently freezes and Jaws 14 only reads the title of the page. I can't
get to the menus or to any portion of the page. About the latest version of
Firefox that this did not happen with is 15 or 16. But supposedly older
I have my laptop set to sleep after 15 minutes now because when I had it set
to never I found that the fan ran all the time and the laptop ran very hot.
It seems much better to let it cool off. Now with Jaws 15 the sleep does
not cause a problem on reawakening. Previously when waking up the
Just thought I would let people know that Firefox is working well with Jaws 15.
If you have been wanting to try Firefox or upgrade it now is the time to go
for it.
I had upgraded to the latest Firefox when I still had Jaws 14 and it very
frequently would freeze and only read the title of the
I find that when certain keystrokes don't work in WLM I Use the alt spacebar
and then x to maximize the page and things work again most of the time.
Don't know why the window does not stay maximized.
The biggest change I have noticed with Jaws 15 and WLM is that the labeled
graphics like
I went to the website you indicated and used Firefox (the next to last
version) and the links would not click with enter or left mouse key or Jaws
cursor or virtual cursor off or control insert enter. I did get the shopping
bag link to activate and then some others by using control enter but
I tried holding the shift and enter on this website in IE11 and Firefox and
got no results at all. Only luck with opening some links was with Firefox.
Sherrie
-Original Message-
From: David Ferrin
Sent: Sunday, December 08, 2013 12:49 PM
To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com
Subject:
Even if the old keyboard has the older connection you can get a converter.
When I had a folding keyboard it had the older plug and I bought a converter
to plug it into a USB port.
HTH,
Sherrie
-Original Message-
From: Rick Justice
Sent: Monday, December 09, 2013 7:07 AM
To:
In Jaws 14 and WLM 2011 I was able to label the graphics for collapsed and
expanded and then have it read labeled graphics. In Jaws 15 I cannot label
the graphics because I can't get the cursor to go to them like I did in 14.
But if you turn Read all graphics on in the quick settings (Insert
not find the option to turn/off read all
graphics.
It was difficult negotiating all of the options with the tab and or arrow
keys.
Rich
-Original Message-
From: Sharon Gosling
Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2013 12:14 PM
To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com
Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Collapsed
I think Jaws 15 works somewhat better with IE and definitely better with
newer versions of Firefox.
I learned the hard way that it does not pay to skip an upgrade. I went from
version 4 to 7 to 9 then 11 and 13 before I bit the bullet and paid the $120
for the advance copies. I ended up having
I am not hearing impaired but really love text instructions because I save
them for future reference and when I need to check on a specific detail I
can search and find it right away. With an mp3 I can get a good overview
but not the specifics for future reference.
But I would be happy with
Whenever I want to go letter by letter in a file name such as a book title I
just press F2 for Rename. Then I use the arrow and home keys to navigate
through without changing anything. Then I can press Escape to leave without
saving any accidental changes. I can also use the copy feature when
-users.com] On
Behalf Of Sharon Gosling
Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2014 3:50 PM
To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com
Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] reading individual characters in email addresses
and book titles
Whenever I want to go letter by letter in a file name such as a book title I
just press F2
This happens occasionally with latest Firefox and Jaws 15 on Win 7. With
Jaws 14 it happened a lot! I used to restart the computer but discovered
that I can use Alt Control Delete to go to task manager and make Firefox
close. Much handier than having to restart the whole computer.
Sherrie
The following works in IE 10 now. The formatting is lost in Firefox,
however.
I am using Jaws 15, Win 7 and IE 10.
Use the Jaws command T to go to beginning of table.
Up arrow once and pay attention to the number of rows and columns.
Press F8 to highlight whole table.
Control C to copy table.
it by using shift and down arrow to highlight each line
individually, then copying and paisting, this went direct in to Excel like a
charm, more luck than judgement I think :-)
-Original Message-
From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On
Behalf Of Sharon
How can I change the default folder for Wordpad? Notepad always goes to
last visited folder but Wordpad always goes to Documents and I would like it
to go to the Dropbox folder.
Thanks,
Sherrie
-Original Message-
From: Rick Justice
Sent: Saturday, February 08, 2014 11:26 AM
To:
Just a thought about interrupted downloads...I had that problem when we
first got Brighthouse cable. The desktop on wireless would download fine
but my laptop always got interrupted and the speed was so slow it was
useless. I was paying for 25mb speed at that time.
Finally the second repair
I just tried this on my Win 7 laptop with Jaws 15.
Go to Start menu
Type Devices
Choose View Devices and printers
Use right arrow to arrow through printer choices
When you reach the one you want use Alt F to open file menu
Set as default is the third choice, it will say checked if it is already
Just another method that works for me.
Open the link in IE.
Use the File menu in IE to choose send.
Choose Send link to desktop as shortcut.
If you want you can then rename the shortcut if necessary with F2.
I use this for lots of my most used sites.
It won't work in Firefox, however since the
If you don't want to save the passwords, and it is not a good thing to do
security wise, you can turn off that feature.
Go to the tools menu. Choose Security and uncheck the box to save passwords.
Then there is a button that allows you to delete the passwords it has saved
already.
Then choose
I have always been a dedicated IE user but recently I have found that websites
that I need to sign in on or otherwise interact with on IE 9 don’t even show
the form boxes so I have started using Firefox for these sites. I have been
able to sign in with Firefox so I wanted to make Firefox my
kinda hate to break what is working.
On 2/20/2013 14:29, Sharon Gosling wrote:
I have always been a dedicated IE user but recently I have found that
websites that I need to sign in on or otherwise interact with on IE 9 don’t
even show the form boxes so I have started using Firefox for these sites
like ff18 did.
On 2/21/2013 05:49, Sharon Gosling wrote:
I guess this sounds like I just have to put up with the IE 9 as a
default since most of the freezes occur when clicking links in email.
One I especially remember is a Kim Komando page that led to another page
and then the youtube link
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From: Sharon Gosling sillygoo...@gmail.com
To: jawslist jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com
Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2013 07:07
Subject: [JAWS-Users] How do I prevent Firefox from automatically upgrading
Since Firefox 19 constantly freezes using my Win 7 64 bit Dell laptop with
Jaws 14 I
Why don't you just change Firefox to the default browser, at least
temporarily, so the email will open in Firefox. I have done that. I have
also opened a link in one browser, copied the url onto the clipboard and
then opened the other browser and inserted the url.
I find that in most cases
Sometimes when I can’t get Jaws to click an element I ask my sighted husband to
click it with the regular mouse pad. It often seems that the portion of the
webpage visible on the computer screen does not follow the Jaws PC cursor. The
problem is that when I find the location with Jaws he says
I have a strange problem. I was away a week ago and using a secure network at
the vacation rental I stayed in. When I turned on my computer Internet
Explorer was gone. It was not in the Start list or in the All Programs portion
of the start menu.
I searched and found an Internet Explorer in
I recently had to bite the bullet and take my computer to be repaired. The
mousepad was turned off when I took it.
Now that I have it back the mouse is turned on and will not turn off. I looked
up the specific command for my Dell inspiron 15-r and it was Function key plus
F3. It said an
I haven't installed 15 yet but am using IE 10 with 14. When the alt left
arrow doesn't work it is quick to use alt v, then g and then enter. Alt view
is the view menu, g is shortcut for Go to and the default is Back. Once you
get used to it, it makes a quick work around.
Sherrie Gosling
I would like to use the Carbonite or similar program on my Win 7 laptop. I have
Jaws 11 but will consider upgrading to 13 if it works with this program.
I did listen to the tutorial that was recommended but it was done on an XP
machine and not with a current version of Carbonite, I think, since
I am pretty sure I used one called Prism to convert avi videos to mp4's a
while back. It is by the same company that makes Switch audio converter. I
have a new laptop so it is not on this one yet. I did a Google search for
Prism video converter and came up with lots of info.
For example
How can one tell which IE 9 was loaded. If the laptop is a Win 7 64 bit
wouldn't it automatically use the 64 bit one?
I am having this blank blank problem with Jaws 11, Win 7 and IE 9. I also
have the same problem on a 32 bit computer running Vista and Jaws 11.
I have used the letter n
I find it easier to use the nicknames. I have assigned one word nicknames
to my main contacts so when I want to send an email I just type in the
nicknames such as sister, aunt, susie, lgh or whatever. I just have to
separate them with commas. When I tab away and back to the BCC or TO field
I really prefer the regular FB page to the mobile. Now with Jaws 13 and IE9
I can use the h navigation or the number 5 for headings and go down my
status newsfeed very easily. And now it keeps going for lots and lots of
statuses. Before it would only let me go through about 10 or so and I
Both Windows Live Mail and the Win 7 Contacts both export in V card format.
You can import the files you have and then export as v card. But it seems
like Outlook would also have the ability to export in V card format. But I
have not used Outlook since version 2000.
HTH,
Sherrie
in their course material.
*Don Marang*
Vinux Package Development Coordinator - vinuxproject.org
http://www.vinuxproject.org/
-Original Message-
From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On
Behalf Of Sharon Gosling
Sent: Friday, October 26, 2012 11:58 AM
and
leave the Settings Center.
Take care.
Brian Lee
brianl...@charter.net
-Original Message-
From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On
Behalf Of Sharon Gosling
Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2012 1:28 PM
To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com
Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users
I find that Windows 7 will intuitively switch back and forth between two
windows I am working on even when there are numerous windows open. At first
I have to tab through several windows to get to the ones I want but after
going back and forth a time or two it starts remembering.
Sherrie
Hi,
Using Jaws 14, Win 7, WLM 2011.
With Jaws 13 when I press enter on an email it opens and Jaws reads it all.
With Jaws 14 it reads the first line or maybe paragraph. But I have have to
use the insert down arrow to hear the entire email.
Also, when I have an email open and use control D to
I am also using a Dell laptop with Windows 7 and it constantly causes
Windows explorer to crash. It often does this several times in a row and I
have reverted to Jaws 13 most of the time recently. The laptop has also
started not rebooting when it freezes. Then I wait several hours and it
I have been having the same problem with the Windows Explorer crashing in
Jaws 14. I followed these directions exactly and the preview pane was
already turned off.
And it does not crash with Jaws 13. It is rather a bother to have paid for
version 14 and to be unable to use it.
Sherrie
I have noticed that links won't open a lot recently and I am using IE 9 and
Jaws 14 with Win 7 laptop.
Mostly I notice this in conjunction with entering information to sign into a
website or sign up or whatever. For 5 different websites recently I have
had to go to Firefox to sign in. I was
On my computer this link just started the podcast playing.
So I used Gerald's link and then did a right click and save target as on the
following link
Blindness and Low Vision Product Podcast (MP3 audio) - (September - 2011)
The link I used to get to the page was the link Gerald gave,
I was having a problem with this since I have Jaws 11 and installed Jaws 13.
I can tell which one is on by the speed of the speech since I have speeded
up Jaws 11 quite a bit. Anyway whenever I went to the Jaws 13 shortcut on
my desktop all it showed me was the Options tree for Jaws 11. So
I could not find this. It really sounds interesting as I would like my
computer to shut down every evening after the MSE has finished the scan.
Could you point me in the right direction?
Sherrie
--
From: David Ferrin ow...@jaws-users.com
Sent:
I am using Windows 7, Jaws 11, and IE 9. I want the Jaws settings to show all
graphics not tagged graphics when I open a website. Every page I open that I
need a specific graphic to show I have to go in and change the setting from
tagged graphics to show all graphics.
I think it is the
Yesterday mine said it was not enabled when I started the computer after
being shut down for several days. I went to the Vipre icon I keep on the
desktop and went to settings and went through these to be sure none were
changed. Now the Vipre icon is back in the system tray and says enabled.
I use the regular Amazon site all the time and with Firefox 35 it works
normally as my last order had the free shipping. Around Christmas I had a
great deal of trouble with the site as I could not change the number of
items I wanted but now that works as well. They even have the beginning of
Luckily, I did not have mine set to update the version of Vipre so I seem to
still have the accessible version. But it did download the current threat
definitions. My contract with them runs out in May so I may have to hold
onto this version until then.
Sherrie Gosling
-Original
I would be careful trying the function key plus the key to the right of the
F12 key since on my Dell Inspiron that is the mute key. And I think
function F3 might turn off the wireless. I do use function F11 to lower
volume and function F12 to raise volume. Otherwise I feel safer using the
I have a Dell Inspiron and it is easy to turn the mouse on and off with the
Windows Mobility Center. I would not want to use the complicated methods
since sometimes I need to turn it on to get sighted help for clicking
something that Jaws won't handle.
Anyway, the Windows Mobility Center is
?
Regards,
Teresa Arroyo
-Mensaje original-
From: Sharon Gosling
Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2015 8:11 AM
To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com
Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Disabling the mousepad on a Dell laptop
I have a Dell Inspiron and it is easy to turn the mouse on and off with the
Windows
I like this antivirus and find it usable although only with Jaws cursor on
the laptop. It runs pretty much automatically and doesn't require much
oversight. I like that it has an internet console to control several
functions. I especially like that it works with another antivirus
installed..
This might sound like a dumb question but have you checked to be sure that
the mousepad has not been activated if it is a laptop? When I took my
laptop for repair it came back with the mousepad on and I could no longer
access the normal ways to turn it off. I had to take it back so they could
I am using Jaws 16 on a 64 bit laptop running Win 7 just for the record. I read
about the webroot security program on the Kim Komando website and decided to
try the free trial just to see if I could manage it with Jaws. I did do
research on it first and was especially influenced by the article
I, too, use both browsers although I keep Firefox as the default since it is
generally considered to be more secure than IE. If I have trouble with a
site then I switch to IE.
Ninite.com is the easiest way to install the program. I use it for all the
installations I possibly can since it is
-
From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On
Behalf Of Sharon Gosling
Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2015 8:52 AM
To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com
Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Mozilla or Internet Explorer browser
I, too, use both browsers although I keep Firefox
There was a new update out today. 17.0.169
I go to the Add and Remove programs list and it gives you the date installed
and the version
-Original Message-
From: Kevin Lee
Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2015 6:59 PM
To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com
Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] adobe flash
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- Original Message -
From: Sharon Gosling
To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com
Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2015 2:45 PM
Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] JAWS cursor not reading anything in Firefox
I did as directed and Jaws cursor still reads nothing except some graphic
numbers. Also, Jaws did not recognize
I did as directed and Jaws cursor still reads nothing except some graphic
numbers. Also, Jaws did not recognize forms mode on my Google home page so
I put it back the way it was and the forms mode works again.
Using latest Jaws and latest FF on Win 7. Maybe these directions are for Win
8?
Just a note...my Vipre blocked this link as a dangerous website.
-Original Message-
From: Reza Bakhshi
Sent: Thursday, June 04, 2015 9:46 AM
To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com
Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Video file Format Converters
Hello.
Plese go to this link and download freemake.
the .exe (actual file suffix) was cut off from the end of
the URL as it came to us. Try this.
http://download.freemake.net/FreemakeOriginals2/FreemakeVideoConverterSetup.exe
-Original Message-
From: Sharon Gosling
Sent: Friday, June 05, 2015 4:16 PM
To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com
I think the problem is not with Dropbox but with your Autoplay settings for
the various content.
Type Autoplay into the search box in the start menu or get there however it
works on Windows 8.
For each type of content you can set what you want autoplay to do. Import
to Dropbox is just one of
I am planning to install 1drive but I had no trouble setting up Google Drive
and it is another free 15 gb and also works like Dropbox. I put my family
videos in there and was totally surprised that the avi format videos played
on my iPhone from the Google Drive app.
Now I want to set up
I would imagine that it only works with pop because the imap keeps the same
folder structure as the actual account such as with gmail.
The message rules button in WLM 11 is located in the folders tab in the one
labeled groups.
To put imap messages into folders you would need to set it up on the
Just a thought. Kim Komando recommends using a standard user profile for
your regular one. It is safer since no software can be slipped onto your PC
since doing so requires the administrator password to be entered. This is
much safer than using an administrative profile for your regular
can't get the virus definitions, windows updates and
other updates. or am I wrong?
-Original Message-
From: Sharon Gosling
Sent: Friday, July 24, 2015 7:48 AM
To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com
Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] setting user as Administrator
Just a thought. Kim Komando recommends
I have entered nicknames for most of the contacts I use most often and I
just have to type the nicknames into the TO field separated by commas and
WLM puts in the actual email address. I usually have to tab and shift tab to
have the addresses read out.
I find it much easier to remember the
I have pop3 on my computer and imap on my phone and it seems that the pop
folder structure can be altered in the computer email program. I am using
WLM 2011. The imap folder structure is the same as that on the original
gmail account as it appears on the web. To make changes in the imap folder
I did a search on Google and found the podcast. It was on Accessible World
Tech Talk.
It is the second half of a podcast that includes info about Firefox.
The link to download it is on this page:
http://www.accessibleworld.org/
The actual link is:
I am running Win 7, 6 gb of ram, latest Jaws.
I think my Jaws stalling problem was caused by the Win 10 upgrade icon
sitting in the system tray.
I had planned to upgrade to Win 10 but my Dell evidently has some error that
will not allow it to do so. So the icon just sat in the system tray for
Setting up my new Toshiba laptop and the frustration is almost overwhelming at
times. At least when people upgrade to Win 10 they already have all their apps
still installed. Learning a new system, a new keyboard, and trying to install
programs is a challenge.
Maybe the touch screen on the new
I have this happen but it is when the conversation is collapsed and all the
messages in it are not read. I can't find the graphics that used to let me
know that an email was part of a conversation in WLM 12 on my new Win 10
laptop as it did in WLM 11 on my Win 7 computer.
To check if this is
I am using WLM 12 on my new Win 10 laptop and it seems to be working well
although I have not done the repair. When looking online it seemed that the
repair caused problems as well as fixing some so I am taking my chances for
now.
I only have gmail accounts. The only problem I am having at all
I am using Firefox latest on a new Win 10 computer with latest Jaws. For
several days now when Firefox first opens, whether to my Google home page or
to another page opened from a link, Jaws reads out the following alert:
Alert!
chrome://browser/content/devtools/commandlineoutput.xhtml
GCLI is
You might have the full screen mode turned on. I seem to remember that the
tool bar does not show when this is on. It toggles off and on with F11. At
least it used to according to my notes.
Also try Alt V for the view menu and make sure the tool bars are checked.
HTH,
Sherrie Gosling
That is what the mobility center on my new Toshiba Satellite laptop says as
well. My old Dell had the change function key choice in the mobility center
but my Toshiba Satellite does not.
I can't remember exactly what I did to fixit but I googled the brand and
model of my laptop and the words
Just for the record I tried this suggestion of Caps Lock and Function key
together on a Toshiba Satellite that was already set to standard function
key mode and it did not switch it to media mode. I tried several times using
shorter or longer presses but it did nothing.
Sherrie
-Original
Hi,
I am using WLM on Win 10 with Jaws 17 (not latest) and I get hundreds of
emails every day. Most of the email groups are pretty good about having
descriptive subject lines. So I just decide by the subject line whether to
bother opening it if it is a topic I might be interested in.
I am not
Occasionally I have noticed this problem and solve it by pressing Alt
Spacebar to bring up system menu and choose x to maximize the window. For
some reason the window sometimes needs to be maximized. This has happened
on both my Win 7 and Win 10 laptops.
HTH
Sherrie
-Original
Jim, thanks for the written tutorials you have done lately. I save them all
for reference. They are easy to search for specific information when I need
to perform a certain task.
So thanks again and keep producing these wonderful text tutorials since they
are so useful and appreciated.
Sherrie
I shop on the Amazon site quite a bit and generally have no trouble even
though I use Firefox instead of IE since the security is better according to
computer experts. But I have found that the Amazon app on my iPhone is
extremely accessible and seems to sync with my cart on the computer. I
I have Windows 10 Anniversary edition and when I wake up the computer I
press Escape. It just says escape but I type in my 4 digit pin with no
feedback and it goes to the desktop or whatever was open. Don't know why but
I don't argue with success!
Works the same with Jaws 17 and 18.
Sherrie
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