Hi Kate,
There are two ways that you can add JAWS 16 to your desktop: Not knowing
what version of Windows you are running, this may vary a little, but should
be close, depending on if you have a start menu or not, as in Windows 8 or
8.1. No matter which Windows version you are running, you can open Computer,
This PC, or File Explorer, whatever it is called on your computer, and then
open your C drive. Arrow down to Program Files, and press enter to open
this. Now, arrow down or press the letter F to get you to Freedom
Scientific, and press enter to open, then find JAWS. Open the JAWS folder,
and then open the 16.0 folder. In the 16.0 folder, press the letter J, or
you can press JFW one after the other, to take you to a file called
JFw.ENU. Now, down arrow down one time to the file simply called JFW, if you
arrow left, this file should be identified as an Application under the file
type heading. Next, press the applications key on your keyboard to open the
context menu, and arrow up or down to find the "Send To" item, and press
enter on this. Arrow down one, two, or three times, depending on your
computer, to find the item called "Desktop (create shortcut), and press
enter on this. Lastly, close out of Computer by pressing Alt + F4. Now, go
back to your desktop, and press the letter J until you find the JAWS 16.0 -
shortcut. You can press F2 to rename this shortcut as you like.
If you have a Startt menu on your computer, you can open this by pressing
the Windows logo key, and arrowing down to the Freedom Scientific folder,
open this, and find the JAWS 16.0 item. Once again, while focused on this,
open the context menu and then Send To, and then Desktop (create shortcut)
as another way of putting the icon on your desktop.
Now, to create a hot key to open JAWS with, focus on the icon for JAWS 16 on
the desktop, and press the applications key to open the context menu. Arrow
up one time, and press enter on the properties item. You will open onto the
shortcut tab, so tab down until you hear "Shortcut key:hot key, and it
should say "None". Now, just type in the hot key that you want to use to
open JAWS with, usually Alt + Control + J, then tab down to the apply
button, then back around to the OK button to close out of the process. Now,
you can try closing JAWS, and reopening it with your hot key.
Yes, you can leave the old version on your desktop, but after you become
familiar with JAWS 16, I would recommend that you uninstall the JAWS 13 from
your computer.
To set JAWS to start up automatically at start up, at the JAWS window, press
the Alt + H key stroke, which will open the help menu. Now, arrow up or down
to find the Start Up Wizard and press enter to open this. on the first
screen of this wizard, tab down through the items and make your selections
to set up JAWS as you like it. then press enter on the Next button at the
bottom. On the second screen is where you will make the selections to have
JAWS o2pen at start up. At the very top of this second screen, you will need
to tab down through the selections to configure JAWS to start up as you want
it to. the first item is to check the check box that tells JAWS to start up
at the log on screen, thereby giving you speech during log in. Next is the
setting for all users. If you want JAWS to start up after log on for all
users, then check this box. If some sighted people use your computer, then
you may want to leave this unchecked. Lastly, comes the setting for you, or
"This User". This is a combo box, and you will want to set it to always so
that when you sign in to the computer, JAWS knows to restart after you have
signed in. Now, simply tab down down through the remaining items pressing
enter on the Next buttons until you find the Finish button at the end of the
wizard. Be sure to read all of the items as you do this and make any changes
that you want, to make JAWS behave as you like.
There are some changes between JAWS 13 and 16, and I am probably not the
best person to tell you what they are, as I tend to forget what changed from
one version to the other. But many improvements have been made over the last
few versions. One thing that 16.0 introduced is the OCR function, which when
invoked, will allow JAWS to read the text within a graphic for you. I do not
use this feature very much, and honestly would have to go back and read how
to start this process again. I suggest that you repost your last question
again to give someone else the opportunity to help you with this one. I hope
that I have been of some help to you however, and do not hesitate to post
back if you do not understand anything.
Mike
mike....@comcast.net
-----Original Message-----
From: Catherine Walsh
Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2015 7:35 PM
To: Jaws List Group
Subject: [JAWS-Users] Upgrading to JAWS 16
I am upgrading from JAWS 13 TO JAWS 16.
I have some questions and I hope someone can help me.
I need to know how to save the new version to my desktop and how to create a
hot key for it.
Can I leave the old version of JAWS on the desktop?
Also will my computer start up each time with the new version of JAWS?
Are there any major changes from JAWS 13 TO 16?
Thanks in advance for your help.
Kate Walsh
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