Hi Sameer,

I’m hardly using Teams for three weeks now on a laptop running Windows 10 with jaws 2020 latest update because this is my employer’s recommended tool for remote working.

This app is globally accessible except for defining a “contact group” in the “Chat” tab, “Contacts” subtab.

In order to learn how to use it, I started from this web page:

https://support.office.com/en-us/article/basic-tasks-using-a-screen-reader-with-microsoft-teams-538a8741-f21b-4b04-b575-9df70ed4105d#picktab=windows

I did not install any Jaws script yet but if there are some, I’d also like to know.

Hope this helps. Have a nice day. Chris D

On Apr 10, 2020, at 8:36 AM, Sameer <salatey@...> wrote:



 

Dear List Friends,

 

Is Microsoft Teams accessible with JAWS or do we need to install additional JAWS scrips to make it accessible? If we need to install additional JAWS scrips, kindly inform me where I can get these scrips.

 

Also, request you to kindly point me to a source for keystrokes to be used with Microsoft Teams. I am using the latest version of JAWS 2020 on a Windows 10 machine.

 

Thanking all in advance for any & all assistance.

 

Regards

Mr. Sameer Latey
Mumbai, India

what access issues in the latest version of Thunderbird?
I'm using JAWS 2018 and haven't experienced any issues.


-------- Original Message --------
From: David Griffith [mailto:daj.griffith@...]
To: <main@jfw.groups.io>
Date: Friday, April 10, 2020, 9:22 AM
Subject: Email client for Jaws 2019
I am using both Outlook subscription version and Windows Mail

I use Jaws 2020 but have also used Jaws 2019 without issues.

Windows Mail in particular takes a little getting used to as you lose
focus from the inbox list every time new messages arrive

If you hear navigation bar or loading this will mean you have lost focus
from the inbox but you will then become a fan of the shift tab key as a
press or two of this should land you back on the inbox. This is part of
my muscle memory so this has ceased to be annoying.

The advantage of Windows Mail for me over Outlook is that it is
lightning fast, easy to set up and has a fantastic automatic preview
reading feature which allows you to hear the first 2 or 3 lines of an
email as you cursor down the inbox. This often allows me to delete mail
without even opening it.

Occasionally Mail will crash with Jaws, though not with NVDA for some
reason. However Mail is so fast at loading I again have got used to just
pressing the windows key and pressing Mto launch it again.

Outlook is slower but with more bells and whistles but as far as I am
aware has absolutely no access issues of any significance. I am using it
with Jaws 2019 at the moment to check that nothing has changed before
sending this message back to you.

I think at the moment it would be difficult to find a better alternative
than Mail and Outlook as I believe that there has been access issues in
the latest version of Thunderbird which was the other mainstay of
accessible email clients. There are some legacy version of Outlook
Express which apparently have accessibility support but I do not
personally use this.

What exactly are the issues you are having with Mail and Outlook? I
really think you may be better served trying to sort these out first
rather than going from the frying pan to the fire of other optionswhich
may have even more access challenges.

David Griffith

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this

load.

You have to get used to using the shift

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*From:*main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> *On Behalf Of *Nickus de Vos
*Sent:* 10 April 2020 12:08
*To:* main@jfw.groups.io
*Subject:* Email client for Jaws 2019

Hi all
I'm running the latest Windows 10 with Jaws 2019. I'm battling to find a
email client which is accessible with Jaws 2019.
I tried MS Office since I have Office 365 and I also tried Windows Mail,
but Jaws 2019 seams to have issues with both. Unless I'm missing
something, is there maybe settings to be changed or layouts which make
these work better with Jaws 2019?

Thank you

Nickus

Marie,

 

Interestingly, my Dectalk Express synthesizer read “read” correctly both times in your example, that is, present tense first, then past tense. Whoever is behind this engine, or possibly the JAWS pronunciation itself, figured out a way to tell a synthesizer when to read certain words a certain way. Not all words work as well. “Polish” comes to mind. Whether it’s the surface smoother or a person from Poland, the pronunciation is the same.

 

From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Marie
Sent: Thursday, April 9, 2020 2:25 PM
To: main@jfw.groups.io
Subject: Re: Would someone share a default.jdf file, please?

 

Part of the problem could be the weird issue in the English language of spelling words the same but having a different pronunciation depending on where the word is used. Unfortunately a screen reader can only have one way of pronouncing these word so they pick the most common usage.

Example is you might read a text today or you may have read it yesterday.

 

Marie

 

From: Leo

Sent: Thursday, April 9, 2020 10:05 AM

To: main@jfw.groups.io

Subject: Would someone share a default.jdf file, please?

 

Hi everyone,

I like to use eloquence synthesizer because it’s very responsive, and I’m used to it. However, if you use this voice on a regular basis, you’ll have probably noticed that eloquence awkwardly mispronounce lots of words, some of them very common words. So, I wonder if someone has a default dictionary for jaws that is willing to share. Besides, given that I’m not a native English speaker, all too often I can’t figure out how a word is accurately pronounced.

If someone could share with me their default.jdf file, I’d really appreciate it.

 

Tanks in advance

 

 

 

 

 

--

Best,

   Leo

Greetings all can someone suggest how I might fix this problem. Instead of reading the number of messages jaws says   connectivity to your server I think it has to do with how outlook is set up in terms of the folder view but not sure.

Hi all,

I’m running into an issue with jaws 2020 on Windows10 1909,x64.

Every time a uac dialogue comes up, I’m not presented with the dialogue as normal.

Rather, the window that comes up is something entitled $$$Secure UAP Background Window.

Jaws seems to lag significantly, although I am able to alt+tab into the uac dialogue and then hit alt+y to accept.

I’ve sent this to Vispero, but am just wondering if anyone on the list has any ideas about this?

Cheers,

 

Daniel

 

Sent from Mail for Windows 10

 

Hi all
I'm running the latest Windows 10 with Jaws 2019. I'm battling to find a email client which is accessible with Jaws 2019.
I tried MS Office since I have Office 365 and I also tried Windows Mail, but Jaws 2019 seams to have issues with both. Unless I'm missing something, is there maybe settings to be changed or layouts which make these work better with Jaws 2019?

Thank you

Nickus

I did both actually phoned Microsoft their disability answer desk  a gentlemen was on the phone with me for over an hour couldn’t figure it out, I  believe

 It has something to do with how the view is set in outlook.

I remember having this problem, but I don’t recall how I overcame it. Tom has posted the method that ought to work, JAWS key+3 on the numpad. Since that doesn’t work for you, you might do a JAWS repair and a Microsoft Office repair.  If you’re unfamiliar with either repair method, please re-post.

Greetings all can someone suggest how I might fix this problem. Instead of reading the number of messages jaws says   connectivity to your server I think it has to do with how outlook is set up in terms of the folder view but not sure.

I remember having this problem, but I don’t recall how I overcame it. Tom has posted the method that ought to work, JAWS key+3 on the numpad. Since that doesn’t work for you, you might do a JAWS repair and a Microsoft Office repair.  If you’re unfamiliar with either repair method, please re-post.

Greetings all can someone suggest how I might fix this problem. Instead of reading the number of messages jaws says   connectivity to your server I think it has to do with how outlook is set up in terms of the folder view but not sure.

Hi all
I'm running the latest Windows 10 with Jaws 2019. I'm battling to find a email client which is accessible with Jaws 2019.
I tried MS Office since I have Office 365 and I also tried Windows Mail, but Jaws 2019 seams to have issues with both. Unless I'm missing something, is there maybe settings to be changed or layouts which make these work better with Jaws 2019?

Thank you

Nickus

Greetings all can someone suggest how I might fix this problem. Instead of reading the number of messages jaws says   connectivity to your server I think it has to do with how outlook is set up in terms of the folder view but not sure.