First you have to know where the file is;

For me my things are in my folder

I open word

Hit alt to go to the home ribbon tab and then arrow left to file and hit enter

Arrow to open and hit enter

Arrow down to p c hit enter

Arrow down to your personal folder mine is named after me hit enter

Arrow to where all your files and folders are saved i.e. my docs are in the documents folder, my download files and folders are in the download folder, so I go to documents and hit enter and that dialog box opens with all in there

Choose what you want to open and hit enter and it opens

Hi: When I open word 2016 and go to open, I'm having difficulty locating a folder to then locate a specific file in word. When I hit "folders" or documents" nothing happens. Any suggestions?

I'm using Windows 10 with Jaws 2018.

Thanks.

From: m

Hi: When I open word 2016 and go to open, I'm having difficulty locating a folder to then locate a specific file in word. When I hit "folders" or documents" nothing happens. Any suggestions?

I'm using Windows 10 with Jaws 2018.

Thanks.

From: m

Hi Mike,
can you tell me the location of the folder which you are searching? To tell me this you could tell me the steps you take to get to it after opening File Explorer. Alternatively, with the folder open in File Explorer, press Alt + D to move to the address bar, and then press Ctrl + C to copy that address, and then paste that address into your reply.

This should tell me whether that folder is indexed or not. It may be the case that if a folder is indexed it does a more thorough job of searching for contents, but I'm not sure about this.

David.

On Wed, May 16, 2018 at 10:12 am, mike mcglashon wrote:

I guess I don’t know if the thing is indexed,

I don’t even know what that means?

I don’t assume anything,

You guys keep saying that I have to assume that index in order for the thing to work;

So does that mean because I get unpredictable results that the folders are not indexed?

 

 

From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Brian Vogel
Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2018 11:12 AM
To: main@jfw.groups.io
Subject: Re: File find in windows 10 with jaws 2018, looking for content not the names of files

 

On Tue, May 15, 2018 at 07:01 am, mike mcglashon wrote:

What if I wanted to search an entire folder with mixed filetypes in it,

Would I type:

“*.*:mike” to find “mike” in any file located within the current folder that is open?

Assuming the folder is indexed (and see the message from David Bailes in regard to that) the answer to your question is, "No."  All you need to do is to type mike (no quotes needed) in the search box of File Explorer.  

The following is taken directly from one of my standard Cheat Sheets that I use when tutoring JAWS and Windows:

Using Windows Search

          Windows can search for files or folders with a certain name or it can search for files and folders not only with that certain name, but that contain that name (or word).

1.     Hit the Windows Key.

2.     If you only want to find files or folders with a given name, then type file: immediately followed by the name, or part of that name, that you’re searching for.

3.     If you want to find files or folders that contain a word or phrase

a.     If it’s a phrase, enclose the phrase in quotation marks

b.     If it’s a single word you don’t need the quotation marks

4.     Hit the Down Arrow twice to begin reviewing the search results.

 
--

Brian - Windows 10 Home, 64-Bit, Version 1803, Build 17134  

     Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime.

         ~ Mark Twain

 

Hello:

I am going to contact the casper people and have a tech show me where Casper is accessibil.

I will report back.

Have a good day everybody.

Hi,

I actually don't use NVDA much, its more just there as a backup in case jaws

doesn't work, so I'm not  up to date with the different  NVDA controls. But

using arrows /cursor keys the checkboxes on amazong are a little confusing.

What I do is go to the top of the page, then press the F key to cycle

through edit boxes and checkbox's etc., for some reason everything seems to

have two checkbox's, but its only one of them you need to actually

click/select. using the F key, when you reach the return options you'll hear

checkbox , with no other speech afterwards, ignore this checkbox. then press

F key again it will then read out your product  , it's a really long bit of

text  as it reads all its order numbers etc. here so it takes NVDA a while

to read it all, but there is actually a check box here , this is the one you

want to check, you can either wait until its finished speaking or just press

space bar, the first time you press space it says un checked, press it a

second time and then it will say checked, you can then tab to the drop down

box which lets you select reason for return, select that and then you should

be good to go. Sorry for the long email , hope this all makes sense and you

manage to get it all sorted.

Paul

-----Original Message-----

From: main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io] On Behalf Of Ekstrand,

Pamela A. -ND

Sent: 17 May 2018 22:04

To: main@jfw.groups.io

Subject: Re: Returning an Item on amazon.com

Thanks, Paul.  I tried NVDA, but it kept saying "checkbox" every time I

pressed an arrow key to navigate.  I did notice that there is a more recent

version of NVDA available than the one I have, so I will upgrade and try

again.

Pam

________________________________________

From: main@jfw.groups.io [main@jfw.groups.io] on behalf of paul lemm

[paul.lemm@...]

Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2018 4:52 PM

To: main@jfw.groups.io

Subject: Re: Returning an Item on amazon.com

Hi,

Yeah I've had this problem too, although its not a perfect solution the only

way round this I've found is to shut down jaws and open NVDA, using NVDA you

can then select the tick box , plus the drop down menu which asks for the

reason for the return then click the next/continue button, then when on the

next page you can shut down NVDA and open jaws and continue  from there on

in with jaws. Like I said its not a perfect solution, but it gets the job

done none the less. Hope this helps

Paul

-----Original Message-----

From: main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io] On Behalf Of Ekstrand,

Pamela A. -ND

Sent: 17 May 2018 21:32

To: main@jfw.groups.io

Subject: Returning an Item on amazon.com

I am using JAWS 18 and Windows 7.  I am trying to return an item bought

through Amazon, and cannot seem to get past where it wants you to check the

box indicating the item I want to return.  JAWS just keeps saying "Checkbox

not checked".  Pressing the spacebar does not change what JAWS says.

I will probably end up calling Amazon accessibility, but was wondering if

anyone else has had luck returning an item recently.  I tried both IE and

Chrome.

Pam

If an employer requires you to do a task they must make Reasonable accommodations. The operable word here is Reasonable. If the program doesn’t work, you may not be able to perform the duties of the job. The real world result of this is that you may not be able to keep the job.

Hi,

  Does the program work with voice over?  Also, under federal “American Disabilities Act” if an employer requires you to preform certain services they must make reasonable accommodations.  In this case I believe it would include them assisting you in either paying to or finding someone to script the program for JAWS. 

Just a thought. 

Dan

Hello all

For my job in a big company, I have to work with itrp , a cloud based tool from 4me.com.

This tool seems very complex and not always accessible.

Many buttons aren’t labeled, some buttons can’t be activated and I am not shore that all actions are possible with the keyboard.

I use the service on a win10 computer with jaws 2018 and the last chrome or last firefox.

If anyone has some tips, hints, jaws-scripts, other apps to acces this service like ios apps… all hints are very welcome.

If something is not clear, feel free to ask.

Kind regards,

William Windels