[JAWS-Users] changing the voice for say all?

2010-07-11 Thread susie Q
Hi can some one tell me how to change my say all voice? I forget where to go? I am using jaws eight, windows XP home, thanks so much susie Tomorrow Is Always Fresh With Know Mistakes In It yet. Anne Of Green Gables For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-us

[JAWS-Users] jaws script error in ms word 2007

2010-07-11 Thread Leonard Morris
I pasted information from a webpage regarding windows 7 shortcut keyboard commands. However, while arrowing through the document word by word I keep getting a jaws script message stating, "unknown function call to istextselected and then jaws will spell the word istextselected." The document has

Re: [JAWS-Users] JAWS and Blank PDF Documents

2010-07-11 Thread Steve
Actually, both the Kurzweil Virtual Printer and Open Book's Freedom Import Printer function in that way. It is as if you placed each pdf page on the scanner. The recognize images option in both programs, which at least in the older versions OpenBook did better on is to convert a .tif or .Jpeg

Re: [JAWS-Users] Jaws commands using Dell netbook

2010-07-11 Thread Becky B
Hi Reese. Below is a link that will take you to the Freedom Scientific JAWS Training page where you can download an mp3 for laptop commands for JAWS. Once you get to the page, look for the line that says Laptop Keystrokes with JAWS (MP3 http://www.freedomscientific.com/downloads/training/traini

Re: [JAWS-Users] JAWS and Blank PDF Documents

2010-07-11 Thread First CRC Tom Vos
Gerald, Japanese or Chinese script would still account for gibberish output. You might need to ask a sighted person if that is what is actually on the paper. Sometimes instructions are very small print, or not well printed. If it is very small, perhaps it could be enlarged on a copy machine, though

Re: [JAWS-Users] JAWS and Blank PDF Documents

2010-07-11 Thread Donald Marang
This happens more often when scanning, could those pages be flipped upside down? Most OCR software is also more sensitive to certain fonts and font sizes. Very small fonts can be particularly difficult to get meaningful results. Don Marang --

Re: [JAWS-Users] JAWS and Blank PDF Documents

2010-07-11 Thread Gerald Levy
Could very well be graphics or pictures. Gerald - Original Message - From: "Betsy Whitney, Dolphin Press" To: Sent: Sunday, July 11, 2010 4:13 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] JAWS and Blank PDF Documents Hmm, could it be a picture? At 08:20 AM 7/11/2010, you wrote: No, the gibberish

Re: [JAWS-Users] JAWS and Blank PDF Documents

2010-07-11 Thread Betsy Whitney, Dolphin Press
Hmm, could it be a picture? At 08:20 AM 7/11/2010, you wrote: No, the gibberish is not another language, just random characters and symbols that don't make any sense. Gerald - Original Message - From: "Betsy Whitney, Dolphin Press" To: Sent: Sunday, July 11, 2010 1:36 PM Subject:

Re: [JAWS-Users] JAWS and Blank PDF Documents

2010-07-11 Thread Lisa Belville
Hi, all. Thanks for the help. I'm downloading version 8.0 from the FS site now. I'm hoping it has all of the features of the full product. Lisa I HAD A THOUGHT! No. Wait. False alarm. Lisa Belville missktlab1...@verizon.net - Original Message - From: "Steve" To: Sent: Sunday,

[JAWS-Users] passwording Access 2007 database files

2010-07-11 Thread Reese
Hi list: Subject says it all. How do I go about creating password for Access 2007 files? Thanks! Reese Home of the low price guaranty. http://www.peachtreetravel.net 888-389-2723 reservati...@peachtreetravel.net Affiliated as an Independent Contractor with Montrose Travel CST #1018299-10 Fo

[JAWS-Users] Jaws commands using Dell netbook

2010-07-11 Thread Reese
Hi list: Anyone using a Dell netbook out there? if so, how do you use the jaws insert-key with it? Insert-f12 for time as an example. Thanks! Reese For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/

Re: [JAWS-Users] JAWS and Blank PDF Documents4

2010-07-11 Thread Reese
Thanks. I have been wondering what was the purpose of the freedom import printer and now I know. Reese - Original Message - Open Book has this capability. When you are in Adobe, use Control P to print. But instead of the default printer, you should find, Freedom Import Printer. When you

Re: [JAWS-Users] JAWS and Blank PDF Documents

2010-07-11 Thread Gerald Levy
No, the gibberish is not another language, just random characters and symbols that don't make any sense. Gerald - Original Message - From: "Betsy Whitney, Dolphin Press" To: Sent: Sunday, July 11, 2010 1:36 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] JAWS and Blank PDF Documents Just a though

Re: [JAWS-Users] JAWS and Blank PDF Documents

2010-07-11 Thread Betsy Whitney, Dolphin Press
Just a thought. Is the jibberish another language? I've notice that sometimes the text on one side of a page is english and on the facing page it is french, spanish or japanese. At 07:23 AM 7/11/2010, you wrote: Thanks for this great tip. I had no idea OB could translate PDF documents that Ad

Re: [JAWS-Users] JAWS and Blank PDF Documents

2010-07-11 Thread Gerald Levy
Thanks for this great tip. I had no idea OB could translate PDF documents that Adobe can't handle into speech. I tried it on a PDF instruction manual for a talking forehead thermometer I just ordered, and for the most part OB successfully converted it into a readable format. However, some o

Re: [JAWS-Users] JAWS and Blank PDF Documents

2010-07-11 Thread Flor Lynch
However, in Kurzweil 1000 Omnipage's ScanSoft has the option to recognize pdf images, which it will do if you want. - Original Message - From: "Steve" To: Sent: Sunday, July 11, 2010 5:43 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] JAWS and Blank PDF Documents A similar option is available in Kur

Re: [JAWS-Users] JAWS and Blank PDF Documents

2010-07-11 Thread Steve
A similar option is available in Kurzweil, not in Omni that I'm aware of, at least up to Omni 15. - Original Message - From: "Alan & Terrie Robbins" To: Sent: Sunday, July 11, 2010 8:02 AM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] JAWS and Blank PDF Documents Tom, Is this option available with oth

Re: [JAWS-Users] JAWS and Blank PDF Documents

2010-07-11 Thread Steve
Yeah, but I think that was implemented in the OB version after hers. - Original Message - From: "First CRC Tom Vos" To: Sent: Sunday, July 11, 2010 7:46 AM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] JAWS and Blank PDF Documents Open Book has this capability. When you are in Adobe, use Control P to

Re: [JAWS-Users] is there a way to free up space on my desk top withoutdeleting recent versions of programs?

2010-07-11 Thread susie Q
maybe make one folder for them, and place all icons pertaining to that program into it, like if you have four virsons of jaws, make a jaws folder, and place all for in there, if you have eight icons for some thing place them all in one folder, all internet folders place in there it will just put

[JAWS-Users] help with live mail with the latest jaws 11

2010-07-11 Thread Bharat
hi all, I am using the latest version of jaws 11 with windows 7 ultimate, 32 bit. while trying to use jaws with windows live mail in the IMap interface of Gmail, jaws refuses to read the incoming mails in a word-by-word, sentence-by-sentence, or letter-by-letter fashion & insists on reading th

Re: [JAWS-Users] JAWS and Blank PDF Documents

2010-07-11 Thread Flor Lynch
It is available, at least in contemporary versions of Abbyy fineReader; and in Kurzweil 1000 versions for the past 3 or more years. Another alternative is to buy a full version of Adobe Acrobat, which also has OCR capability for such pdf's. I'd be a little surprised if OmniPage pro current ve

Re: [JAWS-Users] JAWS and Blank PDF Documents

2010-07-11 Thread Alan & Terrie Robbins
Tom, Is this option available with other OCR programs, i.e. OmniPage Pro, or is this something only available if one has Open Book installed. Al -Original Message- From: jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com]on Behalf Of First CRC Tom Vos S

Re: [JAWS-Users] JAWS and Blank PDF Documents

2010-07-11 Thread First CRC Tom Vos
Open Book has this capability. When you are in Adobe, use Control P to print. But instead of the default printer, you should find, Freedom Import Printer. When you choose this printer to print to, Open Book will start, scan the pdf file as if it were a paper file in your scanner, and hopefully leav

Re: [JAWS-Users] JAWS and Blank PDF Documents4

2010-07-11 Thread First CRC Tom Vos
Open Book has this capability. When you are in Adobe, use Control P to print. But instead of the default printer, you should find, Freedom Import Printer. When you choose this printer to print to, Open Book will start, scan the pdf file as if it were a paper file in your scanner, and hopefully leav

Re: [JAWS-Users] How do I perform the drag and drop using jaws?

2010-07-11 Thread Alan & Terrie Robbins
Gary and others, This issue comes up from time to time as new folks join this list. It has been my experience, and that of others as well, that the cut and or copy and paste maneuver works much more reliably with JAWS. Al -Original Message- From: jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com [m

Re: [JAWS-Users] how to set jaws speed for various applications

2010-07-11 Thread Mobeen Iqbal
Hi. Unfortunately, they've changed this in jaws 11. in jaws 10 or earlier, alt o for options, then down to voice settings, then individual voice adjustment or you can do global voice adjustment i think. then you arrow up and down to select application specific then adjust the rate for window

Re: [JAWS-Users] How do i perform the drag and drop using jaws?

2010-07-11 Thread tim
As long as you do it in the same windo, it works. However, if you have to go to another window to drop the info. Then it does nothing and is useless like bells and whistles. At 07:28 PM 7/10/2010, you wrote: I've never, ever gotten that non-feature to work. I don't even know why they say JAWS