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JAWS and Adobe digital editions
Londa Peterson <lpeterson@...>
Hi All,
My local public library provides access to ebooks using Overdrive. I know the audio will work, but what about the Adobe digital editions books. I've read a couple of articles that say that JAWS will work with them, but what do you other users' think? Is their a special version of the software that I need? Thanks. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.the-jdh.com/pipermail/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com/attachments/20120423/a933ede9/attachment.html>
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Re: Creating Shortcut Keys with Jaws?
Marquette, Ed <Ed.Marquette@...>
That works; however, the Web application is designed such that there are about 10 to 15 links/buttons/graphics of interest. So, even when bookmarked, there are still several presses of "k" to get to the right control.
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The bookmarks are also, for me at least, a little unpredictable. I'm definitely going to check out the Hotspot Clicker. Window Bridge used to have that function built in, and I backdoor rigged to get Window-Eyes to do the same thing, but GW Micro didn't support it and actively discouraged it.
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From: jfw-bounces@lists.the-jdh.com [mailto:jfw-bounces@lists.the-jdh.com] On Behalf Of Farfar Doing the Chores Sent: Monday, April 23, 2012 8:42 AM To: The Jaws for Windows support list. Subject: Re: Creating Shortcut Keys with Jaws? Why not just mark it with Ctrl+Shift+K? Dave Carlson Tastefully composed and launched near the Pacific Ocean using a Dell Latitude E6520, JAWS 13.0.718, and Windows 7 Professional 32-bit ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brandon Keith Biggs" <brandonboy13@comcast.net> To: "The Jaws for Windows support list." <jfw@lists.the-jdh.com> Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2012 22:41 Subject: Creating Shortcut Keys with Jaws? Hello, Is there a way to create a hot key through Jaws that will activate a link on a webpage? The webpage doesn't have one specified, but I navigate the webpage so much that it's becoming a major waste of time to hit 2 or 3 buttons when with a hot key I could just hit one. I use: http://www.good-ear.com/servlet/EarTrainer all the time and in particular, the link to find if you got the problem right takes lots of time to find after you've clicked the submit button with your answer. If I could get jaws to find the "Try next one" link super fast it would shave off like 6 seconds off each interval. Thanks, Brandon Keith Biggs -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.the-jdh.com/pipermail/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com/attachments/20120422/16a55213/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list Jfw@lists.the-jdh.com http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list Jfw@lists.the-jdh.com http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com ANY FEDERAL TAX ADVICE CONTAINED IN THIS MESSAGE SHOULD NOT BE USED OR REFERRED TO IN THE PROMOTING, MARKETING OR RECOMMENDING OF ANY ENTITY, INVESTMENT PLAN OR ARRANGEMENT, AND SUCH ADVICE IS NOT INTENDED OR WRITTEN TO BE USED, AND CANNOT BE USED, BY A TAXPAYER FOR THE PURPOSE OF AVOIDING PENALTIES UNDER THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE. This E-mail message is confidential, is intended only for the named recipients above and may contain information that is privileged, attorney work product or otherwise protected by applicable law. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender at 402-346-6000 and delete this E-mail message. Thank you.
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Re: Karen -- Your Alternative Solution
Dave...
Robert, agree absolutely.
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From: "robert hebert" <roberthebert@telus.net> To: "'The Jaws for Windows support list.'" <jfw@lists.the-jdh.com> Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2012 21:38 Subject: RE: Karen -- Your Alternative Solution This message will likely stirr up a lot of hate mail but I felt obligated to thank you for your mature and technically useful response. If all messages were as positive and helpful as your description of NVDA the list would be much less cluttered. I'm not supporting the complaining and bitching that happens on this list but frequently, one inappropriate post often generates a plethora of like-minded rants. -----Original Message----- From: jfw-bounces@lists.the-jdh.com [mailto:jfw-bounces@lists.the-jdh.com] On Behalf Of Christopher Bartlett Sent: April-18-12 1:16 PM To: 'The Jaws for Windows support list.' Subject: RE: Karen -- Your Alternative Solution I'm not Karen, but I am someone who uses NVDA as my primary screen reader, with JFW held in reserve for those situations where NVDA won't work, or at least I haven't figured out how to make it work. I'm not going to take the apparent position of Karen, as I use both and couldn't really advise a serious or business user to kick the shark habit. In fact, this conversation stuck out at me and I don't know the history, but for what it's worth, here are my experiences. NVDA is a fabulous everyday screen reader. It's agile, lightweight and more responsive in most environments than JFW in my experience. When it works, it works quite nicely, and it works most of the time. Its command structure is much simpler than JFW or WE which both makes it easier to learn, and indicates some of its limitations. I love the object navigation mode that works, as I understand it, rather like VoiceOver on the mac, in that you can interact with system and application objects both as objects and with the text in each object. This allows me for instance to move focus very easily to the html-like elements in the Carbonite user interface, which I haven't been able to get to in JFW, then set focus there and interact with the controls smoothly. This mode gives access in some situations where JFW can't find a hook to interact with. NVDA's portable mode is even easier to use than JFW's since there is no video intercept to install. It's rather trivial to put it on a thumb drive and have instant access to any computer you plug it into. This promise is almost, but not quite realized by JFW. I can see this being a major feature in a computing center environment. Alas, not all is love and kisses in the NVDA world if you are used to JFW. There are some things missing. There is no skimming or summarizing feature. There is no way to set up row and column headers in Excel to read automatically. There is to my knowledge almost no access to Microsoft Access, and I believe PowerPoint access is much better in JFW. Spell-checking is frustratingly hard in NVDA, in fact you don't really get access to the dialog in any useful way. Outlook works well enough, except the suggestions for addresses don't read automatically and calendar access is a lot more primitive. I miss being able to advance during a say all by hitting a key to move to the next say-all element. This is a small thing, but makes pages like Facebook less useful. I also miss JFW's ability to filter out repeated content on successive web pages. In short, while JFW has its quirks and in fact as I said for everyday use I use NVDA, which among other things I find easier for programming with, I would not recommend flying solo with it in a business environment. I certainly can't do everything I need to do yet. I say yet, because it looks like there is a growing body of plug-ins for NVDA (which function something like JFW scripts) which are starting to add functionality that didn't exist before. It may be that the user community will yet provide missing functionality and make it an even more robust competitor. FS and GW Micro should be careful as it is already capable of moving many users away from the upgrades. I haven't bought my 13 upgrade at this point. I fancy I will eventually, but for now a combination of financial circumstances and a workable alternative have made this less urgent. And hey, memory is cheap and hard drive goes forever, so have both if you don't mind the cognitive task switching that goes on when you change readers. Christopher Bartlett _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list Jfw@lists.the-jdh.com http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list Jfw@lists.the-jdh.com http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com
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Re: Creating Shortcut Keys with Jaws?
Dave...
There's something called "Hot Spot Clicker" that may solve all these issues.
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Try Googling it. It's designed by Jim Snowbarger and used extensively by blind users of audio production software to give them access. Dave Carlson Tastefully composed and launched near the Pacific Ocean using a Dell Latitude E6520, JAWS 13.0.718, and Windows 7 Professional 32-bit
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From: "Marquette, Ed" <Ed.Marquette@KutakRock.com> To: "The Jaws for Windows support list." <jfw@lists.the-jdh.com> Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2012 23:37 Subject: RE: Creating Shortcut Keys with Jaws? We have just "upgraded" to a new version of a Web application. This "upgrade" is definitely an accessibility step backwards in that there are some things (they aren't really links, buttons, graphics, forms, or anything else that JAWS recognizes) that are important, but almost entirely inaccessible. The virtual cursor just skips over them; however, with the mouse search or JAWS search command, I can get the mouse to "find" the key text. Then, I can "left click" with the mouse simulation key. Now, I think the next step will be to create this shortcut key you are talking about. It seems like the same problem. I wish JAWS had a macro facility, but I'm almost positive that all of the keystrokes you are describing (and that I am describing) can be simulated with a script. Furthermore, I know one can associate a script with a keystroke -- say control plus windows plus M. I've done this before, but it has been a long time. Nevertheless, I am going to try and report my success/failure in the hopes I'll learn (or remember) something and that at least one other person may benefit too. From what I recall, the most difficult part of the script was to passthrough ordinary text, e.g., the text in the mouse search string. Some on this list are proficient script writers, and they may tell me I'm on a fool's errand. If so, I'll still learn something. So, comment is invited. -----Original Message----- From: jfw-bounces@lists.the-jdh.com [mailto:jfw-bounces@lists.the-jdh.com] On Behalf Of Brandon Keith Biggs Sent: Monday, April 23, 2012 12:41 AM To: The Jaws for Windows support list. Subject: Creating Shortcut Keys with Jaws? Hello, Is there a way to create a hot key through Jaws that will activate a link on a webpage? The webpage doesn't have one specified, but I navigate the webpage so much that it's becoming a major waste of time to hit 2 or 3 buttons when with a hot key I could just hit one. I use: http://www.good-ear.com/servlet/EarTrainer all the time and in particular, the link to find if you got the problem right takes lots of time to find after you've clicked the submit button with your answer. If I could get jaws to find the "Try next one" link super fast it would shave off like 6 seconds off each interval. Thanks, Brandon Keith Biggs -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.the-jdh.com/pipermail/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com/attachments/20120422/16a55213/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list Jfw@lists.the-jdh.com http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com ANY FEDERAL TAX ADVICE CONTAINED IN THIS MESSAGE SHOULD NOT BE USED OR REFERRED TO IN THE PROMOTING, MARKETING OR RECOMMENDING OF ANY ENTITY, INVESTMENT PLAN OR ARRANGEMENT, AND SUCH ADVICE IS NOT INTENDED OR WRITTEN TO BE USED, AND CANNOT BE USED, BY A TAXPAYER FOR THE PURPOSE OF AVOIDING PENALTIES UNDER THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE. This E-mail message is confidential, is intended only for the named recipients above and may contain information that is privileged, attorney work product or otherwise protected by applicable law. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender at 402-346-6000 and delete this E-mail message. Thank you. _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list Jfw@lists.the-jdh.com http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com
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Re: Creating Shortcut Keys with Jaws?
Dave...
Why not just mark it with Ctrl+Shift+K?
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From: "Brandon Keith Biggs" <brandonboy13@comcast.net> To: "The Jaws for Windows support list." <jfw@lists.the-jdh.com> Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2012 22:41 Subject: Creating Shortcut Keys with Jaws? Hello, Is there a way to create a hot key through Jaws that will activate a link on a webpage? The webpage doesn’t have one specified, but I navigate the webpage so much that it’s becoming a major waste of time to hit 2 or 3 buttons when with a hot key I could just hit one. I use: http://www.good-ear.com/servlet/EarTrainer all the time and in particular, the link to find if you got the problem right takes lots of time to find after you’ve clicked the submit button with your answer. If I could get jaws to find the “Try next one” link super fast it would shave off like 6 seconds off each interval. Thanks, Brandon Keith Biggs -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.the-jdh.com/pipermail/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com/attachments/20120422/16a55213/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list Jfw@lists.the-jdh.com http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com
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Re: Accessible Peachtree Accounting is Ready Now
Dave...
Gary,
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Yes, last year (or was it two years ago) I did talk to them for over a half hour to describe the problems I was having with that version. The next year, it was decidedly better, but we're still not there -- as you attest. And yes, I also get stuck in that "bookmark" section all the time. It really grabs the focus. Still I wish I could browse through the forms, as well as using the wizards. Dave Carlson Tastefully composed and launched near the Pacific Ocean using a Dell Latitude E6520, JAWS 13.0.718, and Windows 7 Professional 32-bit
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From: "Gary King" <w4wkz@bellsouth.net> To: "The Jaws for Windows support list." <jfw@lists.the-jdh.com> Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2012 21:14 Subject: Re: Accessible Peachtree Accounting is Ready Now Dave, Yes, I like having all of my tax data on my own system and don't want to be dependent on the Net while I'm doing my taxes. I sometimes got stuck in an area near the top of the screen while in TaxAct, but I learned that Escape would get me out of the area and back where I needed to be. As I said, TaxAct is much better than it was when it was dependent on scripts. Did you give the TaxAct any feedback on the accessibility problems you encountered with their software? Gary King w4wkz@bellsouth.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Farfar Doing the Chores" <dgcarlson@sbcglobal.net> To: "The Jaws for Windows support list." <jfw@lists.the-jdh.com> Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2012 9:22 PM Subject: Re: Accessible Peachtree Accounting is Ready Now Gary, _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list Jfw@lists.the-jdh.com http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com
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Re: Creating Shortcut Keys with Jaws?
northstar1950@...
you will need to use the move function to move the mouse to a location on the screen provided that the location to click on doesn't change from one access of the page to another.
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Re: Creating Shortcut Keys with Jaws?
Mike & Barbara <mb69mach1@...>
Hi Brandon,
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I just checked on my Windows7 system, & the same steps I posted earlier will work in that operating system as well. In both XP & Windows7, I am running Jaws13 & IE8. Take care. Mike
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From: Mike & Barbara To: The Jaws for Windows support list. Sent: Monday, April 23, 2012 5:23 AM Subject: Re: Creating Shortcut Keys with Jaws? Hi Brandon, Yes, you can! If you are running XP try the following; 1. Go to the the website of choice. 2. With the website open, press Alt + F, for the file menu. 3. Arrow up to the, Send sub-menu, & press enter. 4. Arrow to, Shortcut To Desktop, & press enter. 5. Now, there will be a shortcut for this website on your desktop, & you can now assign a shortcut keystroke to it . Here's another way to do this. 1. Go to the the website of choice. 2. Press the applications key, to open the context menu or, press, shift + F10. 3. Arrow up to, Create Shortcut, & press enter. 4. You will get a dialogue asking, " Do you want to put a shortcut to this website on your desktop?" Tab to yes, & press the spacebar. 5. Now, assign a keystroke to the shortcut on the desktop. I'm sure you can do the above in Windows7 as well. Hope this helps. Take care. Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: Brandon Keith Biggs To: The Jaws for Windows support list. Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2012 10:41 PM Subject: Creating Shortcut Keys with Jaws? Hello, Is there a way to create a hot key through Jaws that will activate a link on a webpage? The webpage doesn’t have one specified, but I navigate the webpage so much that it’s becoming a major waste of time to hit 2 or 3 buttons when with a hot key I could just hit one. I use: http://www.good-ear.com/servlet/EarTrainer all the time and in particular, the link to find if you got the problem right takes lots of time to find after you’ve clicked the submit button with your answer. If I could get jaws to find the “Try next one” link super fast it would shave off like 6 seconds off each interval. Thanks, Brandon Keith Biggs -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.the-jdh.com/pipermail/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com/attachments/20120422/16a55213/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list Jfw@lists.the-jdh.com http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.the-jdh.com/pipermail/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com/attachments/20120423/3e13a85a/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list Jfw@lists.the-jdh.com http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.the-jdh.com/pipermail/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com/attachments/20120423/081efc5b/attachment.html>
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Captcha!
Tienie Kruger <tieniek@...>
Good day listers, there seems to be more and more web sites requiring
captcha pass words when one wants to change your profile or register for something! Is there a way to get Jaws 13 to read them? regards Tienie Kruger Switchboard Operator Belvedere Place 5 Eglin Road Sunninghill Johannesburg PO Box 180 Sunninghill 2157 South Africa Telephone +27 11 236 3300 Facsimile +27 11 807 8535 Email tieniek@goba.co.za <mailto:tieniek@goba.co.za> Website www.goba.co.za <http://www.goba.co.za/> This email has been scanned for viruses and malware, and automatically archived by Mimecast SA (Pty) Ltd, an innovator in Software as a Service (SaaS) for business. Mimecast Unified Email Management ™ (UEM) offers email continuity, security, archiving and compliance with all current legislation. To find out more, contact Mimecast. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.the-jdh.com/pipermail/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com/attachments/20120423/d46e1487/attachment.html> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 17183 bytes Desc: image001.jpg URL: <http://lists.the-jdh.com/pipermail/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com/attachments/20120423/d46e1487/attachment.jpg>
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Re: Skype help needed!
David <davidwhitehead1957@...>
Hello there;
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When you open skype, Have you tried to recompile the scripts? Ctrl+shift+c You then will receive comformation,
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From: jfw-bounces@lists.the-jdh.com [mailto:jfw-bounces@lists.the-jdh.com] On Behalf Of Stephanie Switzer Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2012 9:11 PM To: The Jaws for Windows support list. Subject: Re: Skype help needed! I have no idea. Maybe try Reinstalling skype? That's the only thing I can think of. Sorry I can't be more helpfull. On 4/20/12, Chris Chaffin <cchaffin@twcny.rr.com> wrote: now, JAWS starts saying this_______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list Jfw@lists.the-jdh.com http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com
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Re: Creating Shortcut Keys with Jaws?
Mike & Barbara <mb69mach1@...>
Hi Brandon,
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Yes, you can! If you are running XP try the following; 1. Go to the the website of choice. 2. With the website open, press Alt + F, for the file menu. 3. Arrow up to the, Send sub-menu, & press enter. 4. Arrow to, Shortcut To Desktop, & press enter. 5. Now, there will be a shortcut for this website on your desktop, & you can now assign a shortcut keystroke to it . Here's another way to do this. 1. Go to the the website of choice. 2. Press the applications key, to open the context menu or, press, shift + F10. 3. Arrow up to, Create Shortcut, & press enter. 4. You will get a dialogue asking, " Do you want to put a shortcut to this website on your desktop?" Tab to yes, & press the spacebar. 5. Now, assign a keystroke to the shortcut on the desktop. I'm sure you can do the above in Windows7 as well. Hope this helps. Take care. Mike
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From: Brandon Keith Biggs To: The Jaws for Windows support list. Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2012 10:41 PM Subject: Creating Shortcut Keys with Jaws? Hello, Is there a way to create a hot key through Jaws that will activate a link on a webpage? The webpage doesn’t have one specified, but I navigate the webpage so much that it’s becoming a major waste of time to hit 2 or 3 buttons when with a hot key I could just hit one. I use: http://www.good-ear.com/servlet/EarTrainer all the time and in particular, the link to find if you got the problem right takes lots of time to find after you’ve clicked the submit button with your answer. If I could get jaws to find the “Try next one” link super fast it would shave off like 6 seconds off each interval. Thanks, Brandon Keith Biggs -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.the-jdh.com/pipermail/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com/attachments/20120422/16a55213/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list Jfw@lists.the-jdh.com http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.the-jdh.com/pipermail/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com/attachments/20120423/3e13a85a/attachment.html>
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Captcha!
Tienie Kruger <tieniek@...>
Good day, Can someone please help? More and more websites are
requiring these captcha pass words lately! Is there a way of getting Jaws 13 to read them? Regards Tienie Kruger Switchboard Operator Belvedere Place 5 Eglin Road Sunninghill Johannesburg PO Box 180 Sunninghill 2157 South Africa Telephone +27 11 236 3300 Facsimile +27 11 807 8535 Email tieniek@goba.co.za <mailto:tieniek@goba.co.za> Website www.goba.co.za <http://www.goba.co.za/> This email has been scanned for viruses and malware, and automatically archived by Mimecast SA (Pty) Ltd, an innovator in Software as a Service (SaaS) for business. Mimecast Unified Email Management ™ (UEM) offers email continuity, security, archiving and compliance with all current legislation. To find out more, contact Mimecast. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.the-jdh.com/pipermail/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com/attachments/20120423/7d495165/attachment.html> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 17183 bytes Desc: image001.jpg URL: <http://lists.the-jdh.com/pipermail/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com/attachments/20120423/7d495165/attachment.jpg>
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Re: Creating Shortcut Keys with Jaws?
Marquette, Ed <Ed.Marquette@...>
We have just "upgraded" to a new version of a Web application. This "upgrade" is definitely an accessibility step backwards in that there are some things (they aren't really links, buttons, graphics, forms, or anything else that JAWS recognizes) that are important, but almost entirely inaccessible.
The virtual cursor just skips over them; however, with the mouse search or JAWS search command, I can get the mouse to "find" the key text. Then, I can "left click" with the mouse simulation key. Now, I think the next step will be to create this shortcut key you are talking about. It seems like the same problem. I wish JAWS had a macro facility, but I'm almost positive that all of the keystrokes you are describing (and that I am describing) can be simulated with a script. Furthermore, I know one can associate a script with a keystroke -- say control plus windows plus M. I've done this before, but it has been a long time. Nevertheless, I am going to try and report my success/failure in the hopes I'll learn (or remember) something and that at least one other person may benefit too. From what I recall, the most difficult part of the script was to pass through ordinary text, e.g., the text in the mouse search string.Some on this list are proficient script writers, and they may tell me I'm on a fool's errand. If so, I'll still learn something. So, comment is invited. -----Original Message----- From: jfw-bounces@lists.the-jdh.com [mailto:jfw-bounces@lists.the-jdh.com] On Behalf Of Brandon Keith Biggs Sent: Monday, April 23, 2012 12:41 AM To: The Jaws for Windows support list. Subject: Creating Shortcut Keys with Jaws? Hello, Is there a way to create a hot key through Jaws that will activate a link on a webpage? The webpage doesn't have one specified, but I navigate the webpage so much that it's becoming a major waste of time to hit 2 or 3 buttons when with a hot key I could just hit one. I use: http://www.good-ear.com/servlet/EarTrainer all the time and in particular, the link to find if you got the problem right takes lots of time to find after you've clicked the submit button with your answer. If I could get jaws to find the "Try next one" link super fast it would shave off like 6 seconds off each interval. Thanks, Brandon Keith Biggs -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.the-jdh.com/pipermail/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com/attachments/20120422/16a55213/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list Jfw@lists.the-jdh.com http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com ANY FEDERAL TAX ADVICE CONTAINED IN THIS MESSAGE SHOULD NOT BE USED OR REFERRED TO IN THE PROMOTING, MARKETING OR RECOMMENDING OF ANY ENTITY, INVESTMENT PLAN OR ARRANGEMENT, AND SUCH ADVICE IS NOT INTENDED OR WRITTEN TO BE USED, AND CANNOT BE USED, BY A TAXPAYER FOR THE PURPOSE OF AVOIDING PENALTIES UNDER THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE. This E-mail message is confidential, is intended only for the named recipients above and may contain information that is privileged, attorney work product or otherwise protected by applicable law. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender at 402-346-6000 and delete this E-mail message. Thank you.
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Creating Shortcut Keys with Jaws?
Brandon Keith Biggs <brandonboy13@...>
Hello,
Is there a way to create a hot key through Jaws that will activate a link on a webpage? The webpage doesn’t have one specified, but I navigate the webpage so much that it’s becoming a major waste of time to hit 2 or 3 buttons when with a hot key I could just hit one. I use: http://www.good-ear.com/servlet/EarTrainer all the time and in particular, the link to find if you got the problem right takes lots of time to find after you’ve clicked the submit button with your answer. If I could get jaws to find the “Try next one” link super fast it would shave off like 6 seconds off each interval. Thanks, Brandon Keith Biggs -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.the-jdh.com/pipermail/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com/attachments/20120422/16a55213/attachment.html>
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Re: Karen -- Your Alternative Solution
robert hebert <roberthebert@...>
This message will likely stirr up a lot of hate mail but I felt obligated to
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thank you for your mature and technically useful response. If all messages were as positive and helpful as your description of NVDA the list would be much less cluttered. I'm not supporting the complaining and bitching that happens on this list but frequently, one inappropriate post often generates a plethora of like-minded rants.
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From: jfw-bounces@lists.the-jdh.com [mailto:jfw-bounces@lists.the-jdh.com] On Behalf Of Christopher Bartlett Sent: April-18-12 1:16 PM To: 'The Jaws for Windows support list.' Subject: RE: Karen -- Your Alternative Solution I'm not Karen, but I am someone who uses NVDA as my primary screen reader, with JFW held in reserve for those situations where NVDA won't work, or at least I haven't figured out how to make it work. I'm not going to take the apparent position of Karen, as I use both and couldn't really advise a serious or business user to kick the shark habit. In fact, this conversation stuck out at me and I don't know the history, but for what it's worth, here are my experiences. NVDA is a fabulous everyday screen reader. It's agile, lightweight and more responsive in most environments than JFW in my experience. When it works, it works quite nicely, and it works most of the time. Its command structure is much simpler than JFW or WE which both makes it easier to learn, and indicates some of its limitations. I love the object navigation mode that works, as I understand it, rather like VoiceOver on the mac, in that you can interact with system and application objects both as objects and with the text in each object. This allows me for instance to move focus very easily to the html-like elements in the Carbonite user interface, which I haven't been able to get to in JFW, then set focus there and interact with the controls smoothly. This mode gives access in some situations where JFW can't find a hook to interact with. NVDA's portable mode is even easier to use than JFW's since there is no video intercept to install. It's rather trivial to put it on a thumb drive and have instant access to any computer you plug it into. This promise is almost, but not quite realized by JFW. I can see this being a major feature in a computing center environment. Alas, not all is love and kisses in the NVDA world if you are used to JFW. There are some things missing. There is no skimming or summarizing feature. There is no way to set up row and column headers in Excel to read automatically. There is to my knowledge almost no access to Microsoft Access, and I believe PowerPoint access is much better in JFW. Spell-checking is frustratingly hard in NVDA, in fact you don't really get access to the dialog in any useful way. Outlook works well enough, except the suggestions for addresses don't read automatically and calendar access is a lot more primitive. I miss being able to advance during a say all by hitting a key to move to the next say-all element. This is a small thing, but makes pages like Facebook less useful. I also miss JFW's ability to filter out repeated content on successive web pages. In short, while JFW has its quirks and in fact as I said for everyday use I use NVDA, which among other things I find easier for programming with, I would not recommend flying solo with it in a business environment. I certainly can't do everything I need to do yet. I say yet, because it looks like there is a growing body of plug-ins for NVDA (which function something like JFW scripts) which are starting to add functionality that didn't exist before. It may be that the user community will yet provide missing functionality and make it an even more robust competitor. FS and GW Micro should be careful as it is already capable of moving many users away from the upgrades. I haven't bought my 13 upgrade at this point. I fancy I will eventually, but for now a combination of financial circumstances and a workable alternative have made this less urgent. And hey, memory is cheap and hard drive goes forever, so have both if you don't mind the cognitive task switching that goes on when you change readers. Christopher Bartlett _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list Jfw@lists.the-jdh.com http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com
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Re: Accessible Peachtree Accounting is Ready Now
Gary King
Dave,
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Yes, I like having all of my tax data on my own system and don't want to be dependent on the Net while I'm doing my taxes. I sometimes got stuck in an area near the top of the screen while in TaxAct, but I learned that Escape would get me out of the area and back where I needed to be. As I said, TaxAct is much better than it was when it was dependent on scripts. Did you give the TaxAct any feedback on the accessibility problems you encountered with their software? Gary King w4wkz@bellsouth.net
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From: "Farfar Doing the Chores" <dgcarlson@sbcglobal.net> To: "The Jaws for Windows support list." <jfw@lists.the-jdh.com> Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2012 9:22 PM Subject: Re: Accessible Peachtree Accounting is Ready Now Gary,
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Re: rs games jaws 13
Dave...
What?
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Dave Carlson Tastefully composed and launched near the Pacific Ocean using a Dell Latitude E6520, JAWS 13.0.718, and Windows 7 Professional 32-bit
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From: "O.Addison Gethers" <oag1rottie@hotmail.com> To: "Jaws - 4" <jfw@lists.the-jdh.com> Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2012 12:39 Subject: rs games jaws 13 Hello All, Whenever I'm playing in a game in rs games ,someone had play background sound music in the game with a scream with default ,however I got a error message saying that I'm having problem with the client with music so I need to go to owner my document wav with application. How can I fix this problem with wav in application in my document or wherever I need to go to correct the problem with wav? I have desktop with window xp home edition using jaws 13. O. Addison Gethers e-mail address oag1rottie@hotmail.com O.AddisonGethers@gmail.com oag1rottie@hotmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.the-jdh.com/pipermail/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com/attachments/20120422/734c4de1/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list Jfw@lists.the-jdh.com http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com
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Re: Accessible Peachtree Accounting is Ready Now
Dave...
Gary,
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So you're paying the small amount to download the Tax Acts and install on your computer, and not the version that runs on the web? That's what I do, and yes, it's sort of accessible with JAWS, but takes a lot of extra routing home and tabbing to keep focus during the Q&A wizard, and again in the forms mode, it's really bad. Dave Carlson Tastefully composed and launched near the Pacific Ocean using a Dell Latitude E6520, JAWS 13.0.718, and Windows 7 Professional 32-bit
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From: "Gary King" <w4wkz@bellsouth.net> To: "The Jaws for Windows support list." <jfw@lists.the-jdh.com> Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2012 10:44 Subject: Re: Accessible Peachtree Accounting is Ready Now Dave, I think you misunderstood which version I used. I used the downloaded version of TaxAct that I installed on my computer. I have been using TaxAct for around 12 years. Although access is not perfect, it is much better than it has ever been. I must admit that my tax situation is not as complicated as yours, for which I am grateful. Gary King w4wkz@bellsouth.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Farfar is Back" <dgcarlson@sbcglobal.net> To: "The Jaws for Windows support list." <jfw@lists.the-jdh.com> Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2012 12:47 AM Subject: Re: Accessible Peachtree Accounting is Ready Now Gary, _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list Jfw@lists.the-jdh.com http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com
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Re: Skype help needed!
Roy Nickelson <roylee@...>
reinstalling the skype scripts would probably fix this.
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Reinstalling skype would definately not. www.dlee.org/skype Roy
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From: "Stephanie Switzer" <emmanrusty@gmail.com> To: "The Jaws for Windows support list." <jfw@lists.the-jdh.com> Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2012 9:11 PM Subject: Re: Skype help needed! I have no idea. Maybe try Reinstalling skype? That's the only thing I can think of. Sorry I can't be more helpfull. On 4/20/12, Chris Chaffin <cchaffin@twcny.rr.com> wrote: _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list Jfw@lists.the-jdh.com http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com
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Re: Skype help needed!
Stephanie Switzer
I have no idea. Maybe try Reinstalling skype? That's the only thing I
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can think of. Sorry I can't be more helpfull.
On 4/20/12, Chris Chaffin <cchaffin@twcny.rr.com> wrote:
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