Good morning all, I was checking to see how to trick Jaws into working with customer service platforms. Also, what works best with Jaws? What questions need to be asked of a work site to see if it is compatible?
On Jul 7, 2015 8:20 PM, Brad Martin via Jfw <[email protected]> wrote: > > My experience was quite the opposite actually. Now, let me say that for > me the male voice was better than the female voice in the Kindle for PC > with Accessibility plugin software, and as much as I hate slow speech, I > found the slower speed less jarring than the faster rate. The male voice > is Tom from the Realspeak set of voices, so it's like reading a novel > being read by the guy who reads bulletins on your weather radio. > Certainly it's not as good as a human narrator. Having said that, I have > read entire books that way, and particularly with nonfiction, I didn't > find it too bad. There are keystrokes (I can't name them right now > because Kindle for PC is on my laptop and I am not) to allow you to go > back to the previous page, and I think paragraph by paragraph. Also, > when I close the book and reopen it, I'm at least at the top of the page > where I left off. It wouldn't be my first choice for reading a book, but > I haven't given up on it either, and I do love that I can buy a book > like my sighted friends and start reading it in two seconds. I like it > well enough to use it, but it's not my favorite way to read. > > Brad > On 7/7/2015 5:13 PM, Adrian Spratt via Jfw wrote: > > Rick, > > > > I tried it several months ago with a book I needed to read on short > > notice. I remember finding it extremely frustrating. As I recall, I > > couldn't stop and have it start at the same point, but perhaps there's a > > bookmark function that I somehow missed. As I recall, I also couldn't > > conveniently go back to re-read a sentence or paragraph. As Soronel > > indicates, the voice was horrible to listen to and hard to comprehend. In > > the end, I bought the paperback and performed OCR on it so that I could > > read it with JAWS. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Rick Miller > > via Jfw > > Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2015 5:51 PM > > To: The Jaws for Windows support list.; The Jaws for Windows support list. > > Cc: Rick Miller > > Subject: Re: Does Kindle Work Well With JAWS? > > > > Have you ever tried to read an actual e-book from Amazon using the Kindle > > ap? If so, were you able to do it? > > > > Rick Miller > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > >> From: Soronel Haetir via Jfw <[email protected]> > >> Sent: Jul 7, 2015 9:56 AM > >> To: "The Jaws for Windows support list." <[email protected]> > >> Cc: Soronel Haetir <[email protected]> > >> Subject: Re: Does Kindle Work Well With JAWS? > >> > >> Neither the regular or accessible kindle app REALLY "works" with jaws, > >> what THE accessible version does is detect that an accessibility > >> program is running (at least jaws, NVDA and window eyes are detected, > >> don't know about others) and then enables self-voicing. My chief > >> complaint is that the choice of voices is very limited and of even > >> lower quality than my book port. > >> > >> If I have the choice between kindle, PDF and text kindle is always my > >> last choice of formats. > >> > >> On 7/7/15, Rick Miller via Jfw <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> No. I just went straight to the regular Amazon page and to the book I > >>> wanted to download. Then I just downloaded the regular ap. If there is > >>> a > >>> thing with a disability plug-in, then I will just remove what I > >>> downloaded > >>> this morning. > >>> > >>> Rick Miller > >>> > >>> > >>> -----Original Message----- > >>>> From: Gary King via Jfw <[email protected]> > >>>> Sent: Jul 7, 2015 7:29 AM > >>>> To: "The Jaws for Windows support list." <[email protected]> > >>>> Cc: Gary King <[email protected]> > >>>> Subject: Re: Does Kindle Work Well With JAWS? > >>>> > >>>> Rick, > >>>> Did you get the Kindle for PC with Accessibility Plugin? If you didn't > >>>> download that version, go to > >>>> > >>>> http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=200596280 > >>>> > >>>> and read the information on that page. There is also a download link. > >>>> > >>>> With this version of the program, JAWS reads the menus, while the > >>>> built-in > >>>> > >>>> speech that comes with the program reads the text of the book. > >>>> > >>>> If you are reading a novel or other book that you can read straight > >>>> through, > >>>> the program works fairly well. However, if you need to go to different > >>>> parts of a book or search for specific content, forget it. Navigation > >>>> is > >>>> limited, and JAWS can't read the text in the book directly. The JAWS > >>>> OCR > >>>> feature can give you access to the text of each page, but multiple > >>>> columns > >>>> > >>>> cause reading difficulties. > >>>> > >>>> If you have an iPhone or iPad, the iOS app works much better for reading > >>>> EBooks. > >>>> > >>>> Gary King > >>>> [email protected] > >>>> ----- Original Message ----- > >>>> From: "Rick Miller via Jfw" <[email protected]> > >>>> To: <[email protected]> > >>>> Cc: "Rick Miller" <[email protected]> > >>>> Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2015 6:38 AM > >>>> Subject: Does Kindle Work Well With JAWS? > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> Dear Listers: > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> I am considering trying to purchase an e-book in Kindle edition from > >>>>> Amazon. > >>>>> I have downloaded the Kindle ap, but first I need to sign in and > >>>>> register > >>>>> it. But first, I need to know from somebody if it has ever worked well > >>>>> with > >>>>> JAWS. I am using JAWS 16. Have any of you out there been able to use > >>>>> the > >>>>> Kindle ap and read an e-book using JAWS? If so, how well has JAWS > >>>>> worked > >>>>> for you. Would any of you recommend using Kindle with JAWS? > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> Rick Miller > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> -------------- next part -------------- > >>>>> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > >>>>> URL: > >>>>> <http://lists.the-jdh.com/pipermail/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com/attachments/20150707/61aa6b43/attachment.html> > >>>>> > >>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>> Jfw mailing list > >>>>> [email protected] > >>>>> http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> Jfw mailing list > >>>> [email protected] > >>>> http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Jfw mailing list > >>> [email protected] > >>> http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com > >>> > >> > >> -- > >> Soronel Haetir > >> [email protected] > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Jfw mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Jfw mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Jfw mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com > > > > -- > Brad Martin > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > My Facebook page where I post online shopping coupons and deals: > facebook.com/ucoupons <http://www.facebook.com/ucoupons> > My SmarterBucks signup link <http://bit.ly/1w5FCPu> > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.the-jdh.com/pipermail/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com/attachments/20150707/c0e8cb60/attachment.html> > > _______________________________________________ > Jfw mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com > _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list [email protected] http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com
