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moderated Video Chatting on Facebook Using JAWS

Rick Miller
 

Anyone:

 

I looked up the instructions about how to video chat with a friend on Facebook.  The first thing it says is “Click in the upper right of the screen.”  Is there any way using JAWS that you can video chat with someone?

 

 

 

Rick Miller

 
moderated Re: Reading PDF Documents with Line Numbers

Chris Hill
 

When you open the document, does adobe not ask you what reading order you'd prefer?  If so, have you tried the various options? If not, maybe you should check in the edit menu for the accessibility assistant and turn the reading order feature back on.  May not help, but this sounds like what the feature should have been meant for.

On 6/15/2020 19:56, kelby carlson wrote:
In my work, I frequently have to read transcripts of proceeding where each of the lines is numbered. When I open a transcript like this in Adobe, frequently all of the line numbers will be at the top of the page and I have to keep arrowing down to get to the text. I know this is a unique problem, but is there anything JAWS can do that will help with this? Right now it takes me longer to read these documents than it should.
moderated Re: in win10 in a folder how do you tell Win10 to delete only all the files that have a same particular extension but not the other files in that folder that have different extensions?

Bill White
 

Hi, Ratshtron. I probably should have put that in, but I assumed he wanted
to delete files in a folder below his user folder. When I do a Command
Prompt, it puts me in "Owner" which is my user folder.

Bill White
billwhite92701@dslextreme.com

-----Original Message-----
From: main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io] On Behalf Of ratshtron
Sent: Monday, June 15, 2020 7:38 PM
To: main@jfw.groups.io
Subject: Re: in win10 in a folder how do you tell Win10 to delete only all
the files that have a same particular extension but not the other files in
that folder that have different extensions?

made one mistake, once you press windows key plus r and press enter,
you must first type in the drive letter the folder is on for
example,cd c:\ to move to the root of the c: drive. then type cd
foldername enter to open the folder.



Legend has it that on Monday 6/15/2020 09:32 PM, ratshtron via groups.io
said:
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open the folder and move to the first file with the particular
extention and now, press and hold the ctrl key and start arrowing
down through the list of files and every time you land on another
file with same extention, press the spacebar to select it. be sure
to continue to hold the ctrl key. once you have selected all the
files with the same extention, press the delete key and the files
will be deleted once you confirm you wish to delete the number of
multi-files. Of course, you could also drop to a dos box by pressing
windows key plus r then type cmd and press enter. once there, you
can type the drive letter: plus the folder name to open that folder
and now, you can use the familular dos command del *.xxx where xxx
is the extention of the files. hope this helps.


Legend has it that on Monday 6/15/2020 08:43 PM, Hank William Merchant
said:
----------------------------------------

Hello,

In Win10 when you are wanting to get rid of some particular files
all with the same extension in a folder, but not the other files
with different extensions in that same folder, is there a way to
tell Win10 to in that particular folder to only delete all the
files that have that same extension that you want to delete?

Llike in the old days, when we were still using dos and in dos to
delete only all the files with a particular same extension in a
directory, the dos command once you were located in that particular
directory was the dos command delete *. and the 3 letters
corresponding to the extension you particularly wanted to delete.

If maybe someone can help me with this, this would be so very much
appreciated. Much, much thanks in advance for any help with this.








All the best,
Warmest regards,

Hank

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moderated Re: in win10 in a folder how do you tell Win10 to delete only all the files that have a same particular extension but not the other files in that folder that have different extensions?

ratshtron
 

made one mistake, once you press windows key plus r and press enter, you must first type in the drive letter the folder is on for example,cd c:\ to move to the root of the c: drive. then type cd foldername enter to open the folder.



Legend has it that on Monday 6/15/2020 09:32 PM, ratshtron via groups.io said:
----------------------------------------
open the folder and move to the first file with the particular extention and now, press and hold the ctrl key and start arrowing down through the list of files and every time you land on another file with same extention, press the spacebar to select it. be sure to continue to hold the ctrl key. once you have selected all the files with the same extention, press the delete key and the files will be deleted once you confirm you wish to delete the number of multi-files. Of course, you could also drop to a dos box by pressing windows key plus r then type cmd and press enter. once there, you can type the drive letter: plus the folder name to open that folder and now, you can use the familular dos command del *.xxx where xxx is the extention of the files. hope this helps.


Legend has it that on Monday 6/15/2020 08:43 PM, Hank William Merchant said:
----------------------------------------

Hello,

In Win10 when you are wanting to get rid of some particular files all with the same extension in a folder, but not the other files with different extensions in that same folder, is there a way to tell Win10 to in that particular folder to only delete all the files that have that same extension that you want to delete?

Llike in the old days, when we were still using dos and in dos to delete only all the files with a particular same extension in a directory, the dos command once you were located in that particular directory was the dos command delete *. and the 3 letters corresponding to the extension you particularly wanted to delete.

If maybe someone can help me with this, this would be so very much appreciated. Much, much thanks in advance for any help with this.








All the best,
Warmest regards,

Hank

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moderated Re: in win10 in a folder how do you tell Win10 to delete only all the files that have a same particular extension but not the other files in that folder that have different extensions?

ratshtron
 

open the folder and move to the first file with the particular extention and now, press and hold the ctrl key and start arrowing down through the list of files and every time you land on another file with same extention, press the spacebar to select it. be sure to continue to hold the ctrl key. once you have selected all the files with the same extention, press the delete key and the files will be deleted once you confirm you wish to delete the number of multi-files. Of course, you could also drop to a dos box by pressing windows key plus r then type cmd and press enter. once there, you can type the drive letter: plus the folder name to open that folder and now, you can use the familular dos command del *.xxx where xxx is the extention of the files. hope this helps.


Legend has it that on Monday 6/15/2020 08:43 PM, Hank William Merchant said:
----------------------------------------

Hello,

In Win10 when you are wanting to get rid of some particular files all with the same extension in a folder, but not the other files with different extensions in that same folder, is there a way to tell Win10 to in that particular folder to only delete all the files that have that same extension that you want to delete?

Llike in the old days, when we were still using dos and in dos to delete only all the files with a particular same extension in a directory, the dos command once you were located in that particular directory was the dos command delete *. and the 3 letters corresponding to the extension you particularly wanted to delete.

If maybe someone can help me with this, this would be so very much appreciated. Much, much thanks in advance for any help with this.








All the best,
Warmest regards,

Hank


----------------------------------------
moderated Re: in win10 how do you get to the command prompt?

Bill White
 

You can either type the Windows key, then R to run the Run dialog, then type Shell:AppsFolder,

 

or you can create a shortcut for the AppsFolder on your system, and in the target, type

 

%windir%\explorer.exe shell:Appsfolder

 

Once in the apps folder, use first-letter navigation, or arrow toward the right with Right Arrow, and find Command Prompt. Press ENTER twice, and you will be at the C: prompt. From there, you can navigate to the directory you wish, then perform the delete command.

 

You may also find Command Prompt at the search box when you press the Windows key.

 

Bill White

billwhite92701@...

 

From: main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io] On Behalf Of Hank William Merchant
Sent: Monday, June 15, 2020 7:12 PM
To: main@jfw.groups.io
Subject: Re: in win10 how do you get to the command prompt?

 

 

Hello back Bill,

 

Thanks very much for getting back to me so soon with your very helpful info, so in win10, how does a person go to the command prompt so I can go to the particular directory that I want to delete some files in?

 

Much, much thanks for any possible help I can maybe get with this.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

All the best,

Warmest regards,

 

Hank

 

 

From: Bill White

Sent: Monday, June 15, 2020 10:46 PM

To: main@jfw.groups.io

Subject: Re: in win10 in a folder how do you tell Win10 to delete only all the files that have a same particular extension but not the other files in that folder that have different extensions?

 

Hi, Hank. You must still do the same thing, like back in the days of DOS. You must go to Command Prompt, change to the directory, and perform the delete  *. and the 3 letters corresponding to the extension you particularly want to delete.

 

Bill White

billwhite92701@...

 

From: main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io] On Behalf Of Hank William Merchant
Sent: Monday, June 15, 2020 6:43 PM
To: main@jfw.groups.io
Subject: Re: in win10 in a folder how do you tell Win10 to delete only all the files that have a same particular extension but not the other files in that folder that have different extensions?

 

 

Hello,

 

In Win10 when you are wanting to get rid of some particular files all with the same extension in a folder, but not the other files with different extensions in that same folder, is there a way to tell Win10 to in that particular folder to only delete all the files that have that same extension that you want to delete?

 

Llike in the old days, when we were still using dos and in dos to delete only all the files with a particular same extension in a directory, the dos command once you were located in that particular directory was the dos command delete  *. and the 3 letters corresponding to the extension you particularly wanted to delete.

 

If maybe someone can help me with this, this would be so very much appreciated. Much, much thanks in advance for any help with this.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

All the best,

Warmest regards,

 

Hank

 

 
moderated Re: in win10 how do you get to the command prompt?

Hank William Merchant
 

 
Hello back Bill,
 
Thanks very much for getting back to me so soon with your very helpful info, so in win10, how does a person go to the command prompt so I can go to the particular directory that I want to delete some files in?
 
Much, much thanks for any possible help I can maybe get with this.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
All the best,
Warmest regards,
 
Hank
 
 

From: Bill White
Sent: Monday, June 15, 2020 10:46 PM
To: main@jfw.groups.io
Subject: Re: in win10 in a folder how do you tell Win10 to delete only all the files that have a same particular extension but not the other files in that folder that have different extensions?
 

Hi, Hank. You must still do the same thing, like back in the days of DOS. You must go to Command Prompt, change to the directory, and perform the delete  *. and the 3 letters corresponding to the extension you particularly want to delete.

 

Bill White

billwhite92701@...

 

From: main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io] On Behalf Of Hank William Merchant
Sent: Monday, June 15, 2020 6:43 PM
To: main@jfw.groups.io
Subject: Re: in win10 in a folder how do you tell Win10 to delete only all the files that have a same particular extension but not the other files in that folder that have different extensions?

 

 

Hello,

 

In Win10 when you are wanting to get rid of some particular files all with the same extension in a folder, but not the other files with different extensions in that same folder, is there a way to tell Win10 to in that particular folder to only delete all the files that have that same extension that you want to delete?

 

Llike in the old days, when we were still using dos and in dos to delete only all the files with a particular same extension in a directory, the dos command once you were located in that particular directory was the dos command delete  *. and the 3 letters corresponding to the extension you particularly wanted to delete.

 

If maybe someone can help me with this, this would be so very much appreciated. Much, much thanks in advance for any help with this.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

All the best,

Warmest regards,

 

Hank

 

 
moderated Re: in win10 in a folder how do you tell Win10 to delete only all the files that have a same particular extension but not the other files in that folder that have different extensions?

Bill White
 

Hi, Hank. You must still do the same thing, like back in the days of DOS. You must go to Command Prompt, change to the directory, and perform the delete  *. and the 3 letters corresponding to the extension you particularly want to delete.

 

Bill White

billwhite92701@...

 

From: main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io] On Behalf Of Hank William Merchant
Sent: Monday, June 15, 2020 6:43 PM
To: main@jfw.groups.io
Subject: Re: in win10 in a folder how do you tell Win10 to delete only all the files that have a same particular extension but not the other files in that folder that have different extensions?

 

 

Hello,

 

In Win10 when you are wanting to get rid of some particular files all with the same extension in a folder, but not the other files with different extensions in that same folder, is there a way to tell Win10 to in that particular folder to only delete all the files that have that same extension that you want to delete?

 

Llike in the old days, when we were still using dos and in dos to delete only all the files with a particular same extension in a directory, the dos command once you were located in that particular directory was the dos command delete  *. and the 3 letters corresponding to the extension you particularly wanted to delete.

 

If maybe someone can help me with this, this would be so very much appreciated. Much, much thanks in advance for any help with this.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

All the best,

Warmest regards,

 

Hank

 

 
moderated Re: in win10 in a folder how do you tell Win10 to delete only all the files that have a same particular extension but not the other files in that folder that have different extensions?

Hank William Merchant
 

 
Hello,
 
In Win10 when you are wanting to get rid of some particular files all with the same extension in a folder, but not the other files with different extensions in that same folder, is there a way to tell Win10 to in that particular folder to only delete all the files that have that same extension that you want to delete?
 
Llike in the old days, when we were still using dos and in dos to delete only all the files with a particular same extension in a directory, the dos command once you were located in that particular directory was the dos command delete  *. and the 3 letters corresponding to the extension you particularly wanted to delete.
 
If maybe someone can help me with this, this would be so very much appreciated. Much, much thanks in advance for any help with this.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
All the best,
Warmest regards,
 
Hank
 
 
moderated Reading PDF Documents with Line Numbers

kelby carlson
 

In my work, I frequently have to read transcripts of proceeding where each of the lines is numbered. When I open a transcript like this in Adobe, frequently all of the line numbers will be at the top of the page and I have to keep arrowing down to get to the text. I know this is a unique problem, but is there anything JAWS can do that will help with this? Right now it takes me longer to read these documents than it should.
moderated Re: An access issue

kevin meyers
 

Justin,

 

What version of Itunes do you use? I’m using the most recent version. I’m unable to create a playlist with songs I have outside of Itunes. Do you know how to create the playlists?

 

Thanks,

 

Kevin

 

 

From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Justin Mcdevitt
Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2020 8:08 PM
To: jfw@groups.io
Subject: An access issue

 

Hello group,

 

There are occasions when I need to contact Apple tech support, as all of my playlists are stored in iTunes on my PC.

 

As a longtime IE user until recently, after setting up a screen-sharing session through the Ara.apple.com site, I would just press Control N to run the app to connect with a support person.

Now, using Chrome, when attempting to connect with tech support, I receive an error message that I need permission to open third-party apps and that the app is not approved by Microsoft. There is a tab to change permissions, though pressing enter does not change the permission status.

 

I have tried briefly using Brave. However, after downloading it, and then opening it up, there is a lot of nonsense about earning rewards points and I haven’t taken the time to see how I can change this when it opens.

For those of us who are not blessed with technological acumen, it is a good thing that this lists is in existence.

 

Best to all,  Justin

moderated Re: Spelling error and indicator sounds

Mike B
 

Hi Marilyn,
 

Answers are below the questions:

1: When I’m typing, sometimes I hear “spelling error” and then “out of spelling error.” I do not want to hear these announcements.

A: Open the Settings Center with, Insert + 6, on the number row, now press, control, shift + D, to open default all applications.

Down arrow to, Text processing closed arrow to open.

Down arrow to, Proofing closed, right arrow to open.

Down arrow 1 time to, Detect spelling while navigating..., now press the spacebar until Jaws reports, Off.

Tab to,apply, press the spacebar, tab to, Okay, press enter to save / close.

 

2: Before, I would hear a ding when moving the cursor either to the very top or bottom of the document. Now all I hear is blank, blank, blank… and I am not sure when I’m at the top or bottom. I want the sounds back.

A: While in the application press, Insert + V , to open quick settings.

Down arrow to find, Top and bottom edg alert with..., press the spacebar until Jaws reports, alert with sound, now tab to, Okay, press enter to save / close.

 


Take care.  Mike.  Sent from my iBarstool.
 *My body has absorbed so much soap and disinfectant lately that when I pee it cleans the toilet.

----- Original Message -----
From: marilyn
Sent: Monday, June 15, 2020 11:59 AM
Subject: Re: Spelling error and indicator sounds

Hello everyone,

 

Some settings on my machine seem to have changed, though I didn’t make the changes. Please give me step by step directions so I can change them back. I’m running Jaws 2020 and Windows 10.  

 

1: When I’m typing, sometimes I hear “spelling error” and then “out of spelling error.” I do not want to hear these announcements.

  

2: Before, I would hear a ding when moving the cursor either to the very top or bottom of the document. Now all I hear is blank, blank, blank… and I am not sure when I’m at the top or bottom. I want the sounds back.

 

Many thanks.

 

Marilyn

 

 
moderated Re: Spelling error and indicator sounds

marilyn
 

Hello everyone,

 

Some settings on my machine seem to have changed, though I didn’t make the changes. Please give me step by step directions so I can change them back. I’m running Jaws 2020 and Windows 10.  

 

1: When I’m typing, sometimes I hear “spelling error” and then “out of spelling error.” I do not want to hear these announcements.

  

2: Before, I would hear a ding when moving the cursor either to the very top or bottom of the document. Now all I hear is blank, blank, blank… and I am not sure when I’m at the top or bottom. I want the sounds back.

 

Many thanks.

 

Marilyn

 

 
moderated Re: word count in MS Word

Mike B
 

Hi Al & Adrian,
 
When I think to use the, Control, Shift + G , keystroke instead of the, Insert + Pagedown , keystroke and get that save dialogue I tab 1 time to the, don't save button, and press the spacebar.  This closes the document with no problems or changes to the document.

Take care.  Mike.  Sent from my iBarstool.
 *My body has absorbed so much soap and disinfectant lately that when I pee it cleans the toilet.

----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, June 15, 2020 6:21 AM
Subject: Re: word count in MS Word

Al,

 

I’m not Mike, needless to say, but your post made me curious. I confirmed that with Word 2016, I have the same experience using shift-control-g. that is, when performing no other operation on a document, after using that command I need to save changes in order to close the document.

 

My only thought is that the same thing happens when the only operation I perform on a Word document is to copy some text. I haven’t changed it at all, and yet here to,, I must save changes in order to close the document.

 

In either case, whatever change the program perceives has occurred, I think you can be confident it isn’t one that affects the text or format in any way.

 

From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Al Sorrentino via groups.io
Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2020 11:18 PM
To: main@jfw.groups.io
Subject: Re: word count in MS Word

 

Hi Mike,

 

Thank you very much for those GREAT key strokes.  For years I’ve been using the insert and the down arrow keys and I like this new system.    

 

I just tried it on an existing Word document and it worked with lots of info, but when I tried to exit my document, JAWS asked me if I wanted to save changes.  Other than opening the existing document and using Control, Shift and the letter G, I did not change my original document.  Are the Control, Shift and the letter G adding something to my document?  I experimented with the same document and used Insert and the down arrow keys and JAWS did not tell me if I wanted to save the document.  It just exited my document.  Am I doing something wrong when I open up my document and using your commands?  Any help will be greatly appreciated.  Oh, by the way, I am using JAWS 15, Windows 7 and Word 2010.

 

Al

 

 

From: main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io] On Behalf of Mike B
Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2020 3:49 PM
To: main@jfw.groups.io
Subject: Re: word count in MS Word

 

Another keystroke that will give a little more than the word count is Control, Shift + G.


Take care.  Mike.  Sent from my iBarstool.
 *My body has absorbed so much soap and disinfectant lately that when I pee it cleans the toilet.

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

From: Alan Lemly

Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2020 12:44 PM

Subject: Re: word count in MS Word

 

Adrian,

Thanks for that clarification. Mike is certainly the master at providing
detailed instructions at bending Microsoft Office to our wills with JAWS.

Alan

-----Original Message-----
From: main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io] On Behalf Of Adrian
Spratt
Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2020 1:55 PM
To: main@jfw.groups.io
Subject: Re: word count in MS Word

Alan,

FYI, yes JAWS key+pagedown/3 still usually works with Word 2016. However,
sometimes it fails, in which case Mike B's instructions explain how to
return the status line to showing these items, or not, as you choose.

-----Original Message-----
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Alan Lemly
Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2020 12:01 PM
To: main@jfw.groups.io
Subject: Re: word count in MS Word

Alison,

I'm running Word 2010 on a Windows 7 computer and I use JAWS key plus
PageDown key which reads the status line which reports Page number, line
number, and word count. I don't know if this works in newer versions of
Office but it works well on my system.

Alan Lemly

-----Original Message-----
From: main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io] On Behalf Of CJ &AA MAY
Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2020 1:49 AM
To: main@jfw.groups.io
Subject: Re: word count in MS Word

Until recently, pressing Jaws key 3 has told me the number of words in my MS
Word document. It now tells me the number of characters and which line I am
on but I am having to press function key 6 in order to get a word count. Is
there a way I can amend this?
Alison
 

-----Original Message-----
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of John Covici
Sent: 14 June 2020 02:34
To: main@jfw.groups.io
Subject: Re: how to read highlighted text on web page

I found a keystroke jaws+alt+s where I can change the scheme to read the
colors -- I don't know why it did not work when I tried to do it from the
settings center, but it seems to work fairly well, only problem is that Jaws
goes silent sometimes for 15-20 seconds after I hit jaws-to-pc hot key --
using Chrome.

Thanks for everyones suggestion, I hope this works.

On Sat, 13 Jun 2020 18:22:54 -0400,
Dean Martineau wrote:
>
> [1  <text/plain; us-ascii (7bit)>]
> I'll be surprised if the ReadSelectedText hotkey, JAWSKey+Shift+down
> arrow identifies text that has been highlighted by a web developer or
> document author.  The only keystroke that might work is JAWSKey+5 (on
> the number row) to identify color, and I'm not too optimistic about
> that
either.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Mike B
> Sent: Saturday, June 13, 2020 5:09 PM
> To: main@jfw.groups.io
> Subject: Re: how to read highlighted text on web page
>
>
>
> Try this keystroke:
>
> Shift+JAWSKey+DownArrow
>
> Says selected or highlighted text that appears on the screen.
>
> Take care.  Mike.  Sent from my iBarstool.
>  *My body has absorbed so much soap and disinfectant lately that when
> I pee it cleans the toilet.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
> From: Richard Chen <mailto:richlchen@...>
>
> To: main@jfw.groups.io <mailto:main@jfw.groups.io>
>
> Sent: Saturday, June 13, 2020 11:10 AM
>
> Subject: Re: how to read highlighted text on web page
>
>
>
> It would be great to figure out where in a document is any highlighted
text.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: main@jfw.groups.io <mailto:main@jfw.groups.io>
> <main@jfw.groups.io <mailto:main@jfw.groups.io> > On Behalf Of Glenn /
> Lenny
> Sent: Saturday, June 13, 2020 2:09 PM
> To: main@jfw.groups.io <mailto:main@jfw.groups.io>
> Subject: Re: how to read highlighted text on web page
>
> If one just wants to read what is highlighted, the Jaws hotkey insert
> + Shift + numpad 2 will read the highlighted text.
> Glenn
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Covici" <covici@...
> <mailto:covici@...> >
> To: <main@... <mailto:main@jfw.groups.io> >
> Sent: Saturday, June 13, 2020 1:02 PM
> Subject: Re: how to read highlighted text on web page
>
>
> hmmm, jaws +f2 just says custom hilight and you can set the foreground
> and background, but seems no way to read them.
>
> On Sat, 13 Jun 2020 13:28:59 -0400,
> Adrian Spratt wrote:
> >
> > One thought is to place focus on each of the options and, in each
> > case, press JAWS key+f to compare fonts, etc. This may be all you need.
> > Otherwise, it may tell you how the highlighted text differs from the
> > non-highlighted.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: main@jfw.groups.io <mailto:main@jfw.groups.io>
> > <main@jfw.groups.io
> <mailto:main@jfw.groups.io> > On Behalf Of John Covici
> > Sent: Saturday, June 13, 2020 12:11 PM
> > To: jfw@groups.io <mailto:jfw@groups.io>
> > Subject: how to read hilighted text on web page
> >
> > Hi.  OI am using Jaws 2020 latest update and I can't seem to read
> > hilighted text on web page.  What I am trying to read are options
> > with y/n
>
> > choices and one of them is hilighted.  I tried to  use a different
> > sound scheme such as attributes and colors, but no joy.
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
> >
> > --
> > Your life is like a penny.  You're going to lose it.  The question is:
> > How do
> > you spend it?
> >
> >          John Covici wb2una
> >          covici@... <mailto:covici@...>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
> --
> Your life is like a penny.  You're going to lose it.  The question is:
> How do
> you spend it?
>
>          John Covici wb2una
>          covici@... <mailto:covici@...>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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moderated Re: word count in MS Word

Adrian Spratt
 

Al,

 

I’m not Mike, needless to say, but your post made me curious. I confirmed that with Word 2016, I have the same experience using shift-control-g. that is, when performing no other operation on a document, after using that command I need to save changes in order to close the document.

 

My only thought is that the same thing happens when the only operation I perform on a Word document is to copy some text. I haven’t changed it at all, and yet here to,, I must save changes in order to close the document.

 

In either case, whatever change the program perceives has occurred, I think you can be confident it isn’t one that affects the text or format in any way.

 

From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Al Sorrentino via groups.io
Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2020 11:18 PM
To: main@jfw.groups.io
Subject: Re: word count in MS Word

 

Hi Mike,

 

Thank you very much for those GREAT key strokes.  For years I’ve been using the insert and the down arrow keys and I like this new system.    

 

I just tried it on an existing Word document and it worked with lots of info, but when I tried to exit my document, JAWS asked me if I wanted to save changes.  Other than opening the existing document and using Control, Shift and the letter G, I did not change my original document.  Are the Control, Shift and the letter G adding something to my document?  I experimented with the same document and used Insert and the down arrow keys and JAWS did not tell me if I wanted to save the document.  It just exited my document.  Am I doing something wrong when I open up my document and using your commands?  Any help will be greatly appreciated.  Oh, by the way, I am using JAWS 15, Windows 7 and Word 2010.

 

Al

 

 

From: main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io] On Behalf of Mike B
Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2020 3:49 PM
To: main@jfw.groups.io
Subject: Re: word count in MS Word

 

Another keystroke that will give a little more than the word count is Control, Shift + G.


Take care.  Mike.  Sent from my iBarstool.
 *My body has absorbed so much soap and disinfectant lately that when I pee it cleans the toilet.

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

From: Alan Lemly

Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2020 12:44 PM

Subject: Re: word count in MS Word

 

Adrian,

Thanks for that clarification. Mike is certainly the master at providing
detailed instructions at bending Microsoft Office to our wills with JAWS.

Alan

-----Original Message-----
From: main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io] On Behalf Of Adrian
Spratt
Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2020 1:55 PM
To: main@jfw.groups.io
Subject: Re: word count in MS Word

Alan,

FYI, yes JAWS key+pagedown/3 still usually works with Word 2016. However,
sometimes it fails, in which case Mike B's instructions explain how to
return the status line to showing these items, or not, as you choose.

-----Original Message-----
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Alan Lemly
Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2020 12:01 PM
To: main@jfw.groups.io
Subject: Re: word count in MS Word

Alison,

I'm running Word 2010 on a Windows 7 computer and I use JAWS key plus
PageDown key which reads the status line which reports Page number, line
number, and word count. I don't know if this works in newer versions of
Office but it works well on my system.

Alan Lemly

-----Original Message-----
From: main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io] On Behalf Of CJ &AA MAY
Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2020 1:49 AM
To: main@jfw.groups.io
Subject: Re: word count in MS Word

Until recently, pressing Jaws key 3 has told me the number of words in my MS
Word document. It now tells me the number of characters and which line I am
on but I am having to press function key 6 in order to get a word count. Is
there a way I can amend this?
Alison
 

-----Original Message-----
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of John Covici
Sent: 14 June 2020 02:34
To: main@jfw.groups.io
Subject: Re: how to read highlighted text on web page

I found a keystroke jaws+alt+s where I can change the scheme to read the
colors -- I don't know why it did not work when I tried to do it from the
settings center, but it seems to work fairly well, only problem is that Jaws
goes silent sometimes for 15-20 seconds after I hit jaws-to-pc hot key --
using Chrome.

Thanks for everyones suggestion, I hope this works.

On Sat, 13 Jun 2020 18:22:54 -0400,
Dean Martineau wrote:
>
> [1  <text/plain; us-ascii (7bit)>]
> I'll be surprised if the ReadSelectedText hotkey, JAWSKey+Shift+down
> arrow identifies text that has been highlighted by a web developer or
> document author.  The only keystroke that might work is JAWSKey+5 (on
> the number row) to identify color, and I'm not too optimistic about
> that
either.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Mike B
> Sent: Saturday, June 13, 2020 5:09 PM
> To: main@jfw.groups.io
> Subject: Re: how to read highlighted text on web page
>
>
>
> Try this keystroke:
>
> Shift+JAWSKey+DownArrow
>
> Says selected or highlighted text that appears on the screen.
>
> Take care.  Mike.  Sent from my iBarstool.
>  *My body has absorbed so much soap and disinfectant lately that when
> I pee it cleans the toilet.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
> From: Richard Chen <mailto:richlchen@...>
>
> To: main@jfw.groups.io <mailto:main@jfw.groups.io>
>
> Sent: Saturday, June 13, 2020 11:10 AM
>
> Subject: Re: how to read highlighted text on web page
>
>
>
> It would be great to figure out where in a document is any highlighted
text.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: main@jfw.groups.io <mailto:main@jfw.groups.io>
> <main@jfw.groups.io <mailto:main@jfw.groups.io> > On Behalf Of Glenn /
> Lenny
> Sent: Saturday, June 13, 2020 2:09 PM
> To: main@jfw.groups.io <mailto:main@jfw.groups.io>
> Subject: Re: how to read highlighted text on web page
>
> If one just wants to read what is highlighted, the Jaws hotkey insert
> + Shift + numpad 2 will read the highlighted text.
> Glenn
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Covici" <covici@...
> <mailto:covici@...> >
> To: <main@... <mailto:main@jfw.groups.io> >
> Sent: Saturday, June 13, 2020 1:02 PM
> Subject: Re: how to read highlighted text on web page
>
>
> hmmm, jaws +f2 just says custom hilight and you can set the foreground
> and background, but seems no way to read them.
>
> On Sat, 13 Jun 2020 13:28:59 -0400,
> Adrian Spratt wrote:
> >
> > One thought is to place focus on each of the options and, in each
> > case, press JAWS key+f to compare fonts, etc. This may be all you need.
> > Otherwise, it may tell you how the highlighted text differs from the
> > non-highlighted.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: main@jfw.groups.io <mailto:main@jfw.groups.io>
> > <main@jfw.groups.io
> <mailto:main@jfw.groups.io> > On Behalf Of John Covici
> > Sent: Saturday, June 13, 2020 12:11 PM
> > To: jfw@groups.io <mailto:jfw@groups.io>
> > Subject: how to read hilighted text on web page
> >
> > Hi.  OI am using Jaws 2020 latest update and I can't seem to read
> > hilighted text on web page.  What I am trying to read are options
> > with y/n
>
> > choices and one of them is hilighted.  I tried to  use a different
> > sound scheme such as attributes and colors, but no joy.
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
> >
> > --
> > Your life is like a penny.  You're going to lose it.  The question is:
> > How do
> > you spend it?
> >
> >          John Covici wb2una
> >          covici@... <mailto:covici@...>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
> --
> Your life is like a penny.  You're going to lose it.  The question is:
> How do
> you spend it?
>
>          John Covici wb2una
>          covici@... <mailto:covici@...>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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>
>
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Your life is like a penny.  You're going to lose it.  The question is:
How do
you spend it?

         John Covici wb2una
         covici@...
moderated Re: braille problem

Patrick Murphy
 

I hate to keep bringing this up, but yet another thing freedom scientific
didn't bother to test with jaws 2020.
I am still running jaws 2018.
What whith their new "grace period" authorization not working properly in
windows 10, no support for edge, poor support for large company apps such as
Netflix, it doesn't surprise me that they didn't test their Braille drivers
as well.
I can also tell you, that in my experience you were lucky to get support
directly from freedom scientific.
I am in Ireland. Every time i look for support, all i get is redirected to
sight and sound in the u.k.
90% of the time, they don't know how to fix problems either.
Narrator is not new!!
This should be part of their basic testing.
Yet another reason why i wont upgrade.
Once jaws2018 is no longer effective, i would imagine, that i will be saying
good bye to you good helpful and pleasant people, as i will not upgrade to a
lemon!!
Sorry for ranting, but i am extremely tired of 2020 version and all of its
wonderful problems that we pay for.

pat

-----Original Message-----
From: main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io] On Behalf Of Ann Byrne
Sent: Monday 15 June 2020 13:35
To: main@jfw.groups.io
Subject: Re: braille problem

I had a similar issue with a Focus display. The support person at FS
had to enable Braille support in Narrator, change the output to
focus; then turn off support in Narrator.
At 07:14 AM 6/15/2020, you wrote:
I have went into narrator and remove the braille components so there
shouldn't be a conflict with narrator.
I also went back to braille in the jaws program and selected
pacmate. I got a message saying that I had to exit jaws and
re-enter so that the changes could take effect. Did this and no luck.
There should be no conflict since the drivers and well as any
braille software has been removed from narrator.
moderated Re: PROBLEM WITH JAWS 2020 AND BRAILLE

David Tanner
 

Well I hate to tell you this but sadly you will have to replace the rail drivers in jaws for any displays that you used with narrator because the narrator will have erased those drivers and put in their drivers

rom my iPhone 8

On Jun 14, 2020, at 10:46 PM, Justin Williams <justin.williams2@...> wrote:



Try a system restore on the pc to before you did all that with narrator, maybe?

 

Justin

 

 

From: main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io] On Behalf Of Gery Gaubert
Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2020 10:58 PM
To: JFW@GROUPS.IO
Subject: PROBLEM WITH JAWS 2020 AND BRAILLE

 

Well I decided to play with narrator a bit.  I got my braille display to function properly and explored a bit.  I decided that narrator just wasn’t for me.  I attempted to get jaws 2020 to work with my pacmate as well as a very old handy tech braille star 40.  Both functioned properly before the narrator exploration.  Now I have uninstalled the narrator braille support as suggested in the narrator user manual.  Problem is that now I have no braille on either display in jaws 2020.  Any thoughts/ideas, suggestions.  Thanks!!
moderated Re: braille problem

Ann Byrne
 

I had a similar issue with a Focus display. The support person at FS had to enable Braille support in Narrator, change the output to focus; then turn off support in Narrator.

At 07:14 AM 6/15/2020, you wrote:
I have went into narrator and remove the braille components so there shouldn't be a conflict with narrator.
I also went back to braille in the jaws program and selected pacmate. I got a message saying that I had to exit jaws and re-enter so that the changes could take effect. Did this and no luck.
There should be no conflict since the drivers and well as any braille software has been removed from narrator.
moderated Re: word count in MS Word

Al Sorrentino
 

Hi Mike,

 

Thank you very much for those GREAT key strokes.  For years I’ve been using the insert and the down arrow keys and I like this new system.    

 

I just tried it on an existing Word document and it worked with lots of info, but when I tried to exit my document, JAWS asked me if I wanted to save changes.  Other than opening the existing document and using Control, Shift and the letter G, I did not change my original document.  Are the Control, Shift and the letter G adding something to my document?  I experimented with the same document and used Insert and the down arrow keys and JAWS did not tell me if I wanted to save the document.  It just exited my document.  Am I doing something wrong when I open up my document and using your commands?  Any help will be greatly appreciated.  Oh, by the way, I am using JAWS 15, Windows 7 and Word 2010.

 

Al

 

 

From: main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io] On Behalf of Mike B
Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2020 3:49 PM
To: main@jfw.groups.io
Subject: Re: word count in MS Word

 

Another keystroke that will give a little more than the word count is Control, Shift + G.


Take care.  Mike.  Sent from my iBarstool.
 *My body has absorbed so much soap and disinfectant lately that when I pee it cleans the toilet.

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

From: Alan Lemly

Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2020 12:44 PM

Subject: Re: word count in MS Word

 

Adrian,

Thanks for that clarification. Mike is certainly the master at providing
detailed instructions at bending Microsoft Office to our wills with JAWS.

Alan

-----Original Message-----
From: main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io] On Behalf Of Adrian
Spratt
Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2020 1:55 PM
To: main@jfw.groups.io
Subject: Re: word count in MS Word

Alan,

FYI, yes JAWS key+pagedown/3 still usually works with Word 2016. However,
sometimes it fails, in which case Mike B's instructions explain how to
return the status line to showing these items, or not, as you choose.

-----Original Message-----
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Alan Lemly
Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2020 12:01 PM
To: main@jfw.groups.io
Subject: Re: word count in MS Word

Alison,

I'm running Word 2010 on a Windows 7 computer and I use JAWS key plus
PageDown key which reads the status line which reports Page number, line
number, and word count. I don't know if this works in newer versions of
Office but it works well on my system.

Alan Lemly

-----Original Message-----
From: main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io] On Behalf Of CJ &AA MAY
Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2020 1:49 AM
To: main@jfw.groups.io
Subject: Re: word count in MS Word

Until recently, pressing Jaws key 3 has told me the number of words in my MS
Word document. It now tells me the number of characters and which line I am
on but I am having to press function key 6 in order to get a word count. Is
there a way I can amend this?
Alison
 

-----Original Message-----
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of John Covici
Sent: 14 June 2020 02:34
To: main@jfw.groups.io
Subject: Re: how to read highlighted text on web page

I found a keystroke jaws+alt+s where I can change the scheme to read the
colors -- I don't know why it did not work when I tried to do it from the
settings center, but it seems to work fairly well, only problem is that Jaws
goes silent sometimes for 15-20 seconds after I hit jaws-to-pc hot key --
using Chrome.

Thanks for everyones suggestion, I hope this works.

On Sat, 13 Jun 2020 18:22:54 -0400,
Dean Martineau wrote:
>
> [1  <text/plain; us-ascii (7bit)>]
> I'll be surprised if the ReadSelectedText hotkey, JAWSKey+Shift+down
> arrow identifies text that has been highlighted by a web developer or
> document author.  The only keystroke that might work is JAWSKey+5 (on
> the number row) to identify color, and I'm not too optimistic about
> that
either.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Mike B
> Sent: Saturday, June 13, 2020 5:09 PM
> To: main@jfw.groups.io
> Subject: Re: how to read highlighted text on web page
>
>
>
> Try this keystroke:
>
> Shift+JAWSKey+DownArrow
>
> Says selected or highlighted text that appears on the screen.
>
> Take care.  Mike.  Sent from my iBarstool.
>  *My body has absorbed so much soap and disinfectant lately that when
> I pee it cleans the toilet.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
> From: Richard Chen <mailto:richlchen@...>
>
> To: main@jfw.groups.io <mailto:main@jfw.groups.io>
>
> Sent: Saturday, June 13, 2020 11:10 AM
>
> Subject: Re: how to read highlighted text on web page
>
>
>
> It would be great to figure out where in a document is any highlighted
text.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: main@jfw.groups.io <mailto:main@jfw.groups.io>
> <main@jfw.groups.io <mailto:main@jfw.groups.io> > On Behalf Of Glenn /
> Lenny
> Sent: Saturday, June 13, 2020 2:09 PM
> To: main@jfw.groups.io <mailto:main@jfw.groups.io>
> Subject: Re: how to read highlighted text on web page
>
> If one just wants to read what is highlighted, the Jaws hotkey insert
> + Shift + numpad 2 will read the highlighted text.
> Glenn
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Covici" <covici@...
> <mailto:covici@...> >
> To: <main@... <mailto:main@jfw.groups.io> >
> Sent: Saturday, June 13, 2020 1:02 PM
> Subject: Re: how to read highlighted text on web page
>
>
> hmmm, jaws +f2 just says custom hilight and you can set the foreground
> and background, but seems no way to read them.
>
> On Sat, 13 Jun 2020 13:28:59 -0400,
> Adrian Spratt wrote:
> >
> > One thought is to place focus on each of the options and, in each
> > case, press JAWS key+f to compare fonts, etc. This may be all you need.
> > Otherwise, it may tell you how the highlighted text differs from the
> > non-highlighted.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: main@jfw.groups.io <mailto:main@jfw.groups.io>
> > <main@jfw.groups.io
> <mailto:main@jfw.groups.io> > On Behalf Of John Covici
> > Sent: Saturday, June 13, 2020 12:11 PM
> > To: jfw@groups.io <mailto:jfw@groups.io>
> > Subject: how to read hilighted text on web page
> >
> > Hi.  OI am using Jaws 2020 latest update and I can't seem to read
> > hilighted text on web page.  What I am trying to read are options
> > with y/n
>
> > choices and one of them is hilighted.  I tried to  use a different
> > sound scheme such as attributes and colors, but no joy.
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
> >
> > --
> > Your life is like a penny.  You're going to lose it.  The question is:
> > How do
> > you spend it?
> >
> >          John Covici wb2una
> >          covici@... <mailto:covici@...>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
> --
> Your life is like a penny.  You're going to lose it.  The question is:
> How do
> you spend it?
>
>          John Covici wb2una
>          covici@... <mailto:covici@...>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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Your life is like a penny.  You're going to lose it.  The question is:
How do
you spend it?

         John Covici wb2una
         covici@...
moderated Re: Accessibility of Open Broadcaster Software with JAWS

Steve Matzura
 

While the accessibility is a little quirky, it's all there, and you might want to reclass some controls, but it's all very usable as is.


On 6/13/2020 11:21 PM, Debbie April Yuille wrote:

Hi All

 

I’ve recently heard of Open Broadcaster Software. Does anyone know how accessible it is with JAWS?

 

Thanks

Debbie
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