A good text editor to use for this is EdSharp. It's free and open source and works with rtf. One cool thing is that it uses the microsoft word spell checker if you have Word installed.
The URL is http://www.empowermentzone.com/edsetup.exe. The program is made for regular text editing, but also for writing code if you're a programmer. If you're not,don't be intimidated by the extra features in the menus that don't seem to make much sense. I use the program for medical transcription with no problems at all. Also, because it works with RTF, you can still use David's suggestions quite nicely. Tony Hernandez: Speaksclan Patriarch http://www.tonyspeaks.com http://www.speaksclan.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Debbie Bugella" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2008 5:57 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Proofreading with JAWS. > Hi David: > > Thanks so very much! This never occurred to me because I really never have > done anything with RTF. Great work-around and will save me a lot of time. > Thanks, Deb. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David Griffith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> > Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2008 3:41 PM > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Proofreading with JAWS. > > >> Well one work around is to save your documents as RTF documents and have >> a >> separate configuration file for WordPad. You could then use the Classic >> scheme with font attributes announced in Speech and Sound Manager and >> set >> punctuation to all. >> >> I get rid of my initial caps problem by letting Word auto correct these >> whilst I am typing. >> >> Depends on how complex the text is. I find rtf gives tables and most >> things >> I need. I have routinely used RTF as a file type rather than doc and had >> never experienced a problem. >> >> You can then reinsert into word for any any stuff you want to do after >> proof >> reading. >> >> Alternatively you could get a freeware Word Processor to use instead of >> WordPad for this task. >> >> Regards >> >> David Griffith >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Debbie >> Bugella >> Sent: Sunday, 13 January 2008 18:03 >> To: Jaws-Users-List >> Subject: [JAWS-Users] Proofreading with JAWS. >> >> Hi: >> >> I need to do a lot of proofreading and I know there is sounds manager, >> but >> I >> need certain things that I can't find there; it would be simple to just >> make >> my own scheme, but like I said, I can't find all the settings I need to >> change. I thought there was a way to set specific settings for specific >> documents, or am I just dreaming? Here is the settings I want: >> >> Punctuation all >> Speak first cap in upper case >> Say attribute changes >> >> I don't want to change these settings and then have to change them back >> again. If I have a document and just name it "proofread" can I just have >> specific settings for that document and just delete the text when I'm >> done >> and just use that particular document over again for proofreading. >> >> Finally, if I use print preview, will I be able to tell what will be >> hyphenated at the end of a line? There are certain words and >> abbreviations >> I >> don't want hyphenated so need to check and see if I need to put them on >> the >> next line. I also need to determine what line will be at the bottom of a >> printed page. I actually knew this at one time but forgot how to check. >> Hope >> this is a little clear at least. Thanks for any help, Deb. >> Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: >> http://www.jaws-users.com >> Address for the list archives: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com >> To post to this group, send email to >> jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com >> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject >> or >> body of a blank message to: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Use the following form in order to contact the management team >> http://www.jaws-users.com/managers.php >> If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to the >> following address: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> >> Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: >> http://www.jaws-users.com >> Address for the list archives: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com >> To post to this group, send email to >> jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com >> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject >> or body of a blank message to: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Use the following form in order to contact the management team >> http://www.jaws-users.com/managers.php >> If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to the >> following address: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > > > > Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: > http://www.jaws-users.com > Address for the list archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com > To post to this group, send email to > jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject > or body of a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Use the following form in order to contact the management team > http://www.jaws-users.com/managers.php > If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to the > following address: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com To post to this group, send email to jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use the following form in order to contact the management team http://www.jaws-users.com/managers.php If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
