Hi. The problem is that the JAWS key with down arrow is just a
standard say all and doesn't do a true skim read. However, you can
use Keyboard Manager to add your custom keystroke for either the
skim read command or for the skim read dialog. The quickest way to
enter Keyboard Manager is to press the JAWS key with the number 8 on
the row of numbers, not the number 8 on the numeric keypad.
Once you're in the Keyboard Manager, press shift-control-D to open
the default configuration.
Next, in the list of keys type st and look for the Start Skim Read
hotkey. Pressing control-a allows you to add the keystroke to
another key without removing it from its current hotkey.
David Goldfield,
Blindness Assistive Technology Specialist
JAWS Certified, 2019
WWW.DavidGoldfield.org
On 11/27/2020 6:50 AM, David Diamond
wrote:
When wanting to skim read a document
or email post, I myself just use the JAWS key and down
arrow. I like to keep things simple rather then cross my
hands, then holding up a finger to do something.
Leo, thanks so much for this tip as I also
didn't know that this particular key opens the skim reading
dialog. Once you have your rule set you can also press
control-insert-down arrow to immediately begin skim reading.
When Eric Damery first demonstrated the feature he had a great
way to memorize the hotkey as he said to think of it as a
controlled say all.
David Goldfield,
Blindness Assistive Technology Specialist
JAWS Certified, 2019
WWW.DavidGoldfield.org
On 11/27/2020 6:08 AM, Leo wrote:
hi, great topic, there are probably dozens of commands that
are very useful, but we do not use them because we don't
know them. Just right off the bat, I would put on the table
the command for skim reading document, it is mostly useful
for long documents. The command is as follows:
jaws key plus control plus shift plus down arrow
Leo
“Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.”
― haruki murakami,
On 11/26/2020 6:59 PM, Mark wrote:
Just today I learned that if you turn
JAWS help mode on with JAWS + 1 and then double tap a key
command, you get a slightly different help description
than if you press a key onces. I had no idea about it.
Do you have any favourite but not well known JAWS
commands? or commands that took you a long time to
discover?
