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From: Audiobookfan
To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com
Sent: Monday, July 09, 2018 12:49 PM
Subject: [JAWS-Users] Disabling sticky keys
I'm using the latest version of JAWS 2018 on a Windows 10 computer. When
I press the right-shift key to skim through a document i
I'm using the latest version of JAWS 2018 on a Windows 10 computer. When
I press the right-shift key to skim through a document in say-all mode,
a dialog pops up if I press the key too many times quickly. How do I
disable this action? It's very annoying.
Thanks,
Jeff
For answers to frequently
e being realized, if they're staying reasonable but powering off then
there's probably a different issue at play
Cheers:
Aaron Spears, A.K.A. valiant8086. General Partner - Valiant Galaxy
Associates "We make Very Good Audiogames for the blind community -
http://valiantGalaxy.
This is an interesting thread. The mention of laptops overheating and
shutting down especially caught my attention. I thought I might be the
only person in the world experiencing this problem, but I have 2
different laptops from different manufacturers which both exhibit this
problem whenever t
First, is there a reader mode in Chrome? If so, how is it activated?
Also, is there a keyboard shortcut to silence or mute a video that
automatically plays on a web page? e.g., When I click on a tweet from
CNN, it opens a web page and automatically begins playing a video. I
just want to read t
The status line should display both new and total messages in the
selected folder. At least, that's how it works for me. So you can use
insert-pagedown to read the status line.
Jeff
On 4/27/2018 5:55 AM, K M Davis wrote:
Is there a way to have JAWS read the # of emails in the trashbin?
For
Jerry,
If your focus is in the recipient's edit box and you backtab (shift-tab)
you'll find yourself in a combo box. The default for this combo box is
To: but you can choose Cc: or Bcc: from that combo box. If you want to
add additional recipient addresses, just press the enter key when you're
Well, this might depend somewhat on your View settings, but one
important key is F6. In some mail programs (e.g., Windows Mail) you use
the tab key to toggle between folder view and list view. With
Thunderbird, you use the F6 key for this purpose.
In the View menu, you might prefer the Classic
Well, this might depend somewhat on your View settings, but one
important key is F6. In some mail programs (e.g., Windows Mail) you use
the tab key to toggle between folder view and list view. With
Thunderbird, you use the F6 key for this purpose.
In the View menu, you might prefer the Classic
Yes, Jerry, you can either use control-w or press the escape key to
close an open message and return to the message list.
Jeff
On 4/16/2018 10:26 AM, jerry martin wrote:
Afternoon all.
I downloaded Thunderbird last week, and am learning quite a bit;
however, I need confirmation regarding on
If you're viewing the page you want to bookmark, just press control-d. A
dialog will open where you can edit the name and location of the
bookmark, but if you just wait a few seconds, the dialog will close and
save the bookmark in the main bookmarks folder. If you edit the name or
location, tab
I've never used WLM, but I do use and really like Thunderbird.
Jeff
On 3/27/2018 7:50 AM, jyandt.mar...@comcast.net wrote:
Morning all.
Can anyone tell me their preferences between ThunderBird and Windows Live Mail?
I am considering going to a different email program, so I would appreciate
e
Accelerator keys are very handy. You can find a list of these keys by
pressing insert-h while viewing any webpage.
Jeff
On 3/13/2018 7:41 PM, Michele Thredgold wrote:
Hi all. I have a couple of questions pertaining to navigating webpages with
Internet explorer, latest version, on a Windows 1
You cannot purchase books from Audible through the app. You must use the
website. Once you have logged into your account on the website, there
should be an Add to Cart button on the book's page.
Jeff
On 3/11/2018 8:41 AM, Jo wrote:
I must be really thick because I can’t even find a buy butto
had, ever since I began downloading books in 2007.
Miriam
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Behalf Of Audiobookfan
Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2018 10:00 PM
To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com
Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] My waywa
Miriam,
When you perform the transfer to your SD card, do you transfer the
entire folder or just the files inside the folder? I'm wondering if the
program you're using to transfer the files is removing them once they
are transferred. If you're specifying the folder to transfer, it may be
remo
That's because control-l forwards the message. It leaves the To: field
empty so you can provide the address to forward to.
Control-shift-l replies to the list. It works on this list -- I just
used it to send this reply.
Jeff
On 12/8/2017 4:03 PM, Adam Morris wrote:
Hi Mike and all,
When I
I don't have an answer for you regarding the problem, other than to echo
someone else's comment that a recent JAWS 18 update supposedly addresses
this issue.
I can offer a work-around, however. You can configure Windows 10 to
automatically log into a specified default user account. This bypass
Looks like you have tried more than one SD card. If the cable is
detachable, maybe it's worn. Just a few things that came to mind, sure hope
you get it resolved...Norma
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PERSONAL E-MAIL: john_just...@verizon.net
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Behalf Of Audiobookfan
Sent: Saturday, November 11, 2017 1:50 AM
To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com
Subject: [JAWS-Users] Temporary loss of speech
I t
2-bit on a Dell Latitude. This never happened with JAWS 16 or earlier.
Dave
Oregonian, woodworker, Engineer, Musician, and Pioneer
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To:
Sent: Friday, November 10, 2017 22:49
Subject: [JAWS-Users] Temporary loss of speech
I temporaril
I temporarily lose speech often when accessing an SD card in my built-in
card reader. Here's what happens.
When I insert my SD card into the card reader, most times I lose speech
for about 20 seconds and each time I take some action the same thing
happens. For example, I must wait about 20 sec
When trying to define the proper pronunciation for a word in the JAWS 18
dictionary, how does one indicate the syllable that should receive the
accent?
I'm trying to get JAWS to pronounce Duluth properly. The accent should
be on the second syllable. JAWS wants to put it on the first syllable.
Add the gmail account to Outlook as an IMAP account. This will keep it
separate from your other account and allow you to interact with it the
same as with your primary account.
Jeff
On 8/13/2017 2:12 PM, Annette Carr wrote:
Hello All,
I need to manage a G-mail account that is not my pr
I agree with Steve. It's been my experience that amount of memory makes
a more noticeable difference in performance than does the processor when
talking about multitasking those sorts of tasks.
I've also found that having an SSD makes a huge difference in speed of
almost everything. Of course,
tem administration tool as PowerShell is.
Audiobookfan wrote:
What's the difference between Power Shell and Command Prompt in Windows
10?
Are both accessible with JAWS 18?
Jeff
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What's the difference between Power Shell and Command Prompt in Windows
10? Are both accessible with JAWS 18?
Jeff
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http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
Judy,
Here's how I did it. Find the Accessibility submenu under the Edit menu.
Right-arrow to open the Accessibility submenu and arrow to the Setup
Assistant then press enter. That will launch the wizard that we've been
discussing in this thread.
I just accepted the defaults the first time t
th Adobe Reader DC
You can also do d for document which would work for those image documents.
On 6/14/2017 19:17, Steve wrote:
You may have one of those lovely image pdf files that Adobe can't
convert to text.
Try the Jaws convenient OCR Insert-space, then O, then W for Window or
S for scre
I like Toshiba. I currently have a Lenovo that I like very much. I would
*strongly* disagree with the comment that a macbook is the best Windows
laptop. Apple hardware is *way* overpriced. You could probably buy 2
Windows laptops for the price of a macBook.
I think more importantly than the br
Based on a suggestion from the Win10 list, I just installed Adobe Reader
DC on my Windows 10 (1703) computer. I'm using JAWS 18 latest version.
I open a PDF document, but I can't figure out how to make it read.
Arrowing up and down just says blank or it's completely silent. Tabbing
just says t
I, too, want to know the answer to this question. For example, Firefox
asks me if I want to save a password, but I cannot figure out where to
answer that question. I'm running the latest Firefox with JAWS 18 under
Windows 10.
Jeff
On 6/3/2017 7:35 PM, Judy Jones wrote:
Hello Everyone,
You
If you're running Vista, you can use Windows Mail (formerly Outlook
Express). It definitely supports Yahoo and gmail and it's very
accessible with JAWS. I used it on my Vista computer for years.
An alternative that is also free and accessible with later versions of
JAWS is Thunderbird. That's
e days, could be wrong.
But as the Jeff said, IMAP is much more versatile than POP.
Glen
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On 25-May-2017 12:27 pm, Audiobookfan wrote:
I'm not sure what might be going wrong, but if you want to access your
mail on both your phone and your computer, you might want to consider
using IMAP
I'm not sure what might be going wrong, but if you want to access your
mail on both your phone and your computer, you might want to consider
using IMAP rather than POP3.
Jeff
On 5/24/2017 7:07 PM, Andy Baracco wrote:
Hi Rick,
I followed your instructions to the letter, but this is what i ge
ote:
Jeff,
MS-Word 2007 or later will read a .docx file.
Dave
Oregonian, woodworker, Engineer, Musician, and Pioneer
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From: "Audiobookfan"
To:
Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2017 19:32
Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] What program should be used to read a .doc
document? T
at you mean when you say these steps don't work for you.
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From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf
Of Audiobookfan
Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2017 3:08 PM
To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com
Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] What program should
key), and there is the all-files filter, the only one that will show you
all the files and folders on your computer.
Best of luck, and hope the above helps.
Tim Ford
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Behalf Of Audiobookfan
Sent: M
I'm running Windows 10 Anniversary edition. Wordpad didn't work very
well for me. It didn't seem to translate everything properly. By that, I
mean that there were some characters/symbols that were left in the
document. Specifically in the example I tried, there was a backslash (\)
character at
It seems to be browser dependent. As I said, control-m will stop
playback in Firefox. I'm looking for ways to stop or block playback in
both IE and Chrome.
In IE, there are options to not download images and sounds, but will any
of these options block this embedded media? If so, which option?
I'm still trying to find the best way to deal with sites like CNET which
automatically launch audio/video on their pages.
First of all, can anyone tell me what is being used to play these
things? I don't think it's Flash. Is it javascript or something else?
Someone enlightened me to the fact
Have you tried just entering the card number? The card number actually
identifies the card type, so those graphics may just be indicators of
the card types they accept.
Jeff
On 5/16/2017 6:52 AM, Susan Wojtecki wrote:
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ndow is to press alt and the
spacebar together, release, then press the letter x.
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Of Audiobookfan
Sent: Friday, April 28, 2017 9:18 PM
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Subject: Re: [JAWS-
I meant to mention that I'm using the latest version of JAWS 18 on a
fairly new Windows 10 computer. This seems to happen mostly when I arrow
fairly quickly. If I arrow slowly, it works better.
Thanks,
Jeff
On 4/28/2017 6:07 PM, Audiobookfan wrote:
I'm experiencing a problem with J
I'm experiencing a problem with JAWS that's rather annoying. As I arrow
around in an edit field, JAWS sometimes reads the character or line it
just moved off of rather than the character/line that is selected. This
doesn't happen with every arrow movement, but often enough to be
annoying. Is th
I can't remember which list I saw this on and I can't find the message,
so I hope someone here can answer this question for me.
Some websites (such as CNET) play audio files when the page is loaded
and I can't find any way to stop this audio. I'd like to find a way to
do it using Internet Expl
HTML stands for hypertext markup language and CSS stands for cascading
style sheet.
You cannot "convert" HTML to CSS -- they are two separate things and
perform different functions. You can add CSS to your HTML document to
effect its style, such as font sizes, colors, etc.
AS far as writing
I'm running later versions of Windows and JAWS (Win 10 and JAWS 18) and
just updated Thunderbird to version 52. It's working fine for me, but
here's a couple of things for you to try.
First, you may have already restarted your computer, but if not, that's
always a good thing to try.
Also, wh
Jaws doesn't interact directly with a mail server, so technically it
works equally well with all of them. Jaws interacts with the mail
program you're using.
If you're running Vista, Windows Mail works quite well with Jaws. I
didn't start using Thunderbird until I got my Windows 10 computer, bu
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