Note all this information and much more is found in the wonderful window-eyes manual. This information was extracted from the manual and should get you going.
Reading Parts of a Window Read entire window: Control-Shift-W. This hot key is especially helpful when you are in a dialog or message box and you want Window-Eyes to repeat any text the box displays. Read title bar: Control-Shift-T. Window-Eyes will announce the title of the active window along with the window's state. If Window-Eyes says "normal," then the window is its normal size. If Window-Eyes says "maximized," then the window is as large as possible and takes up the majority of your screen. Read status line: Control-Insert-S. This causes Window-Eyes to read the lowest line on your computer screen. This is typically a line of text that contains general status information for the active program such as page number, column number, disk space remaining, etc. Speak summary: Control-Shift-S. This hot key causes Window-Eyes to announce the highlighted portion of the control that has your keyboard focus. For example, if you are in a list of items, a speak summary will tell you which item in the list is highlighted. If you are in a menu, the speak summary hot key will cause Window-Eyes to read the selected menu item. If you are on a website, this hot key will cause Window-Eyes to provide details about the current webpage. The speak summary hot key will always give appropriate information for the type of control with which you are working. Read highlighted block: Control-Shift-M. This keystroke will cause Window-Eyes to read any text that has been selected inside the active window. Window-Eyes will alert you if no text has been selected. Speak Progress Bars or Scroll Bars Control-Insert-B The Window-Eyes system tray hot key Insert-S battery status hot key Insert-Q Reading Information Around the Cursor Read current character: Control-Numpad-Left Arrow. Press this key a second time to hear a phonetic representation for the character. For example, "alpha," "bravo," and "Charley" will be spoken instead of "a," "b," and "c." Read current word: Control-Numpad-Right Arrow. Press this key again to cause Window-Eyes to spell the word. Press it a third time to cause Window-Eyes to spell the word phonetically. Read current line: Control-Numpad-Center. Note that if you press this key but there is no visible cursor, Window-Eyes will perform a speak summary (described below). Read current sentence: Control-Numpad-Down Arrow. Read current paragraph: Control-Numpad-Up Arrow. Reading A Document Nonstop Window-Eyes lets you start with the cursor at any point in a document and read it from that point forward, all the way to its end or until you press any key. This task is accomplished by pressing the Read to End hot key, Control-Shift-R by default. When you press this hot key, Window-Eyes reads the current line of the document and then issues a Down Arrow command to your program. This process is repeated until the document runs out of new lines to which Window-Eyes can move. You can also use the Right Arrow to jump forward a line or the Left Arrow to jump backward a line while in Read to End. Pressing U during Read to End will increase the speech rate, and pressing D will decrease it. When Read-To-End concludes and if you have changed the speech rate, Window-Eyes will restore it to its original value. -----Original Message----- From: Donnie Parrett [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2014 7:13 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Just Got Window Eyes Today I just downloaded and installed the free version of Window Eyes today. Could someone please give me a few of the basic reading commands? Thanks, Donnie If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv.
