If you are using Adobe Acrobat Reader do the following: 1. Go to Edit > Preferences, the keyboard shortcut is Control + K 2. In the categories list arrow down to Security (Enhanced) or you can

It sounds like it may be opening in Edge over Acrobat. If that’s the case, unfortunately JAWS 2018 won’t read it. You will need to download Acrobat from Adobe’s site. -Alyssa

Hello, I’m using Jaws2018 and Windoes10. I opened a PDF file and Jaws doesn’t read anything. I didn’t even get the message where Jaws recognizes the PDF and gives option to scan it. I tried to

Hi Paul, Would you be able to share which theme you use when you settle on one? Cheers Zel

You will hear the following in IE but not Edge, Chrome or Firefox: list of 6 items Link Facebook Link Twitter Link Reddit Link LinkedIn Link WhatsApp

When you get into quick settings there is a search box. I can never remember the exact wording, so I type "vis" into the search box, and the only result is cell text visibility. Arrowing through the

Hi, I've opened up MS Excel and did the insert +V and then proceeded to go through the list, searching for: Text Visibility Detection I found nothing. Where is this hidden? Rick

Hi Ann, This is perfect! I never would have searched for that text! Thanks so much, Russell

Go to quick settings, insert+v; search for Text Visibility Detection

Hi Everyone, Is there a way to have Jaws 2019 announce when text in a cell in Excel 2016 overflows the cell, or is "cropped"? I know that NVDA can do this, and someone told me that Jaws has a setting

Yes, if we could just get screen readers to crash while reading any bills. Lol Dan

[Block quote] Keep in mind that JAWS, like all software, is imperfect and crashes are still often though not frequent and freezing is not nearly as bad. [End block quote] Too bad we can’t say

Hi Randy and Mohith Thanks for offering to take a look at the page/links for me, that’s very kind and much appreciated. However, the webpage isn’t live yet so I can’t share it, but I’ve

Yes, I am using JAWS 2019 and later versions seem to have resolved some of these issues. Keep in mind that JAWS, like all software, is imperfect and crashes are still often though not frequent and

Have you checked in your Outlook settings to make sure that Outlook is set to play a sound when an email arrives? I wonder if the Outlook volume is muted for some reason in your volume mixer. You

I have not had this happen but I also have a question about JAWS. I use Windows 10 and JAWS 17. At times JAWS will be reading a Word file and just freezes or goes away. By hitting control-alt-J I

Hi all. This doesn’t affect JAWS directly, but I was hoping some of you may have had the same issue and have worked around it. I had to reinstall Windows 10 on Sunday because it decided it

Hi All, I have noticed for a while now probably since the march jaws 2019 update came out that jaws has been reading letters after the line of text for example, Screen readers require that…

Hello list, Two questions related to the same topic. Does anyone know of an accessible price tracking plug in be it for Chrome or Firefox? I’ve tried CamelCamelCamel and the Honey app and while

does anyone know how or if it is possible to use different wav files for the events in this extension for Chrome? and if yes, how to do it using a keyboard with JAWS.