Hi Victoria; In all the Jaws versions that I have installed, in Verboscity / Jaws Options, I have punctuation set at, " some ". In the Configuration Manager / Customize Punctuation I have the punctuation marks exclaim, quote, apostrophy, left & right paran, comma, dash, period, colon, semicolon, less, greater, question, left & right bracket, backslash, underline, all set to " most ", and ellipses set to all.
You can't eliminate all punctuation from being spoken / recognized because of the way the authors of webpages & any other print sources are designed / written / formatted. I couldn't list all my customize punctuation settings because it would take too long but, once you start playing with the settings you will see how Jaws reacts and then better understand how the settings work. Hope this helps. Take care. Mike, It's tax time! Remember folks, if you add, IRS to the word, the, you get "T H E I R S ". That spells THEIRS! ----- Original Message ----- From: Victoria Vaughan To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Sent: Sunday, March 28, 2010 10:23 AM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] keyboard manager question Thanks Mike! One other question, if I may. Most times, when there is an apostrophe in a word, such as "can't", the word reads as if it were, "cant". However, sometimes, Jaws specifically announces the apostrophe. How would you suggest this be handled? Many thanks! Vicky ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike & Barbara" <mb69ma...@charter.net> To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> Sent: Sunday, March 28, 2010 10:42 AM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] keyboard manager question > Hi Victoria & Doug; > > Settings in Verboscity & Customize Punctuations are read by JAWS opposite > ways. In Verboscity settings, if the punctuation is set to " most ", JAWS > is told to " RECOGNIZE " most punctuation. In Customize Punctuation, JAWS > is told the direct opposite, JAWS is told to ignore the individual > punctuation marks depending on your settings choice. > > For example; With punctuation set at " most " in Verboscity/JAWS Options, > JAWS will read " most " but, not all question marks, periods, commas, and > so > on. This setting covers all punctuation marks. > > Now, in Customize Punctuation in the configuration manager; If you have > the > period, question mark, comma, & exclamationmark set to " all ", Jaws is > told > here to ignore all of these punctuation marks. If these same punctuation > marks settings were set at " some ", JAWS would " ignore " only some of > them > and therefore since JAWS is told to ignore only " some " Jaws would read > some of them but, not all of them. > If I have misstated something in my explanation, Please Brian or David > jump > in and set me straight! I surely don't want to mislead anyone on this > issue. Hope this helps. Take care. > > Mike, > It's tax time! Remember folks, if you add, IRS to the word, the, you get > "T > H E I R S ". That spells THEIRS! > ----- Original Message ----- > From: David > To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com > Sent: Sunday, March 28, 2010 5:49 AM > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] keyboard manager question > > > Hello Douglas; > when you get into the keyboard, setting, and you use the s&y keys, to > focus > on symbols, then what do you hear jaws say? > if you hear, > symbols no label mute, > this tells me that mute is on, if your hearing that, then? > tab, press spacebar, you should hear, symbols no label speak. > > by the way, is the period the only key your not hearing? when you press > the > symbol key? > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "douglas dunlap" <frd...@blomand.net> > To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> > Sent: Sunday, March 28, 2010 8:33 AM > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] keyboard manager question > > > Brian > > And punctuation verbosity are both set to same and announcement still > Does not work. Could I have deleted this function somehow? I am > confused. > > Any other suggestions > > Doug > > -----Original Message----- > From: jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com > [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Brian Lee > Sent: Saturday, March 27, 2010 11:13 PM > To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] keyboard manager question > > Hello Doug, > > > > If your punctuation level in verbosity is set to "most" then the level > for > announcing the period should be set to "most", "some" or "none" in the > "customize punctuation" dialog box. > > > > 1. Press JAWS key with V to bring up the verbosity dialog box. > > 2. Press the letter "p" until you find the punctuation choice. > > 3. It is likely set to the most choice and if so just escape > out-of-the > dialog box. > > 4. Use JAWS key with F2 to bring up the list of JAWS managers. > > 5. Press the letter "C" until you find the choice for the > configuration > manager and press enter key. > > 6. Press CTRL+shift+D to load the default configuration manager. > > 7. Use Alt+S to go into the settings menu. > > 8. Use down arrow key until you find the choice for customizing > punctuation and press enter key. > > 9. Press a period key to move focus to that punctuation mark. If it > is > set to the "all" choice then you won't hear it announced when punctuation > in > verbosity is set to the "most" choice. Press spacebar until something > other > than the "all" level is chosen. The level for the punctuation in the > custom > punctuation settings should be the same or lower than what is chosen in > the > verbosity. If it is set to "all" and the verbosity level for punctuation > is > "most" then you won't hear it spoken. > > 10. Use tab key to the OK button and press enter key or spacebar. > > 11. Use CTRL+S to save changes and Alt+f4 to close the configuration > manager. > > > > Take care. > > > > Brian Lee > > brianl...@charter.net > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com > [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of douglas > dunlap > Sent: Saturday, March 27, 2010 4:48 PM > To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] keyboard manager question > > > > David > > I tried those instructions three times to no avail. Period still does > not > > announce. > > Is there anything else I can try. > > Thanks for your help > > > > Doug > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com > > [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of David > > Sent: Saturday, March 27, 2010 8:29 AM > > To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com > > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] keyboard manager question > > > > Hello there; > > have jaws speak your period's again, > > > > 1, insert+f2, > > c=configuration manager press enter. > > 2, now, press, ctrl+shift+d=default manager. > > > > 3, now press alt+s=options, > > > > 4, now press the letter K=keyboard options. > > > > 5, shift+tab one time you should hear, general, > > right arrow one time, you should hear key-labels. > > > > 6, now tab one time, your in a list, press, the letters, S&Y=symbols, > > you will hear, no labels speak, > > tab one time, and, press, the spacebar on, > > toggle mute button, > > now, tab and press enter, on, okay button, > > alt+f4, and say yes to changes. > > > > hope this helps. > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "douglas dunlap" <frd...@blomand.net> > > To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> > > Sent: Friday, March 26, 2010 11:22 PM > > Subject: [JAWS-Users] keyboard manager question > > > > > > Hi Everyone, > > > > At some point I went into the keyboard manager and turned the > announcement > > of the period > > > > Off. I have no idea how to correct this. The period still works when > > depressed, but jaws says nothing. > > > > Can someone help me turn this back on. > > > > > > > > Doug > > > > > > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > > > > > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
