I want to change it for all applications. Anna E Givens
> On Feb 27, 2016, at 9:21 PM, Mike B <mb69ma...@charter.net> wrote: > > Hi Again Anna, > > Below are steps for changing punctuation in the Settings Center Default All > Applications: > > Note: The apostrophy & dollar sign are only examples. > > You can change how Jaws speaks the apostrophy in the Settings Centter > default all applications by doing the following. If you only want to change > the punctuation settings in a particular application just open the Settings > Center while in the particular application by pressing Insert + 6, on the > number row above the main keyboard to open the Settings Center for that > particular application: > > 1. Press Insert + 6, on the number row above the main keyboard to open the > Settings Center, & press, Control, shift, + D, to open default all > applications. > 2. Arrow down to, Punctuation closed & press right arrow to open. > 3. Arrow down to customize punctuation & press the spacebar to open. Don't > press enter here, if you press enter instad of the spacebar, the Settings > Center will close. > 4.A. When making changes in the customize punctuation list, if you do not > want > Jaws to speak/recognize a particular punctuation mark you want to choose the > " all " selection. You will have 4 radio buttons to arrow up or down > through. They are none, some, most, & all. In these selections they work > backwards than what you would think. For example; If you choose " none " > for the dollar sign, Jaws will speak / recognize every dollar sign in > whatever you are reading. On the other hand, if you choose the " all " > radio button, Jaws will not speak / recognize any dollar signs. > > 4.B. After you pressed the spacebar on customize punctuation, you are now in > a list of punctuation marks. Arrow down the list and when > you have the punctuation mark you want to change highlighted, tab 1 time to > the radio buttons that I mentioned earlier. > 5. Keeping in mind what I mentioned earlier about these choices working > backwards, select the box in this list, in your case not wanting any > apostrophy's spoken, choose the all button. > 6. Now, if you want to make a change to another punctuation mark, shift tab > back to the list and highlight a different punctuation mark, tab back to the > radio buttons and select the box you prefer. > 7. After you are done making your changes tab to okay and press the > spacebar. > 8. Tab to apply, press the spacebar, tab to okay, press the spacebar to save > your changes & close the Settings Center. > > Now, I hope that you are not as confused as I am after typing all of this. > LOL Hope this has helped. > > Take care. > Mike > Global warming? Most likely caused from hot air generated by politicians! > ----- Original Message ----- > From: annaje...@gmail.com > To: Jaws Users ; Jaws List > Sent: Saturday, February 27, 2016 6:55 PM > Subject: [JAWS-Users] Speaking symbols > > > How do I get jaws to speak things like parenthesis, equals sign, minus sign, > plus sign, slash, etc > > Thanks > > Anna E Givens > > > 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/
