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Hello I  am running windows 10 and jaws 17 how do I make google my home page. I don’t know how to use Microsoft edge

I checked out the site but was disappointed after a search for several people returned no results.

 

Also, to get information on anyone it appears to require a “free” trial signup with no mention of the actual cost.

 

Did I miss something?

 

Tony

 

 

From: main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io] On Behalf Of Peter Tesar
Sent: Thursday, June 04, 2020 3:21 PM
To: main@jfw.groups.io
Subject: Re: Using family tree / genealogy software

 

Hello,

 

Why don't you use the web site WikiTree.com?

It has over 23 million profiles and it is edited by over 700 thousand genealogists from around the world.

 

I've been using it for about 5 years a and much of what I need is accessible with Jaws and NVDA.

 

You don't need additional software. It's free to register, it works with Jaws.

 

Whatever you create on WikiTree.com will be there for the world to browse and for a lot longer than your PC based software.

 

Create your family profiles and maybe link them to existing distant relatives.

 

https://www.wikitree.com/ has genealogy help and there are other online sources to help you with your research.

 

Peter T.

 

On 6/4/2020 11:19 AM, kevin meyers wrote:

Hello, I’m using windows10 build 1909 and most recent version of Jaws2020. Is there a family tree / genealogy software that works the best with Jaws? Thanks Kevin

I might be able to shed some light on this issue. Outlook 2016's edit field for signatures was completely inaccessible with screen readers. However, this problem was addressed in the 365 version of Outlook and, presumably, in Outlook 2019.

When I was using Outlook 2016 I worked around this by composing my signature in Microsoft Word. Once I was certain that the signature contained the text that I wanted I would press ctrl-A to select the entire text of the signature and then press ctrl-C to copy the signature to the clipboard. Next, I would open Outlook 2016, go into the signature edit field, press control-A to select all of the text and then press ctrl-V to paste my newly written signature into the edit field.

To verify that the signature was what I really wanted I would begin composing a message and then arrow down through the message body to examine the signature.

Hope that helps.

David Goldfield,

Blindness Assistive Technology Specialist

JAWS Certified, 2019

WWW.DavidGoldfield.org

I just discovered here on my home laptop, I can indeed edit signatures just fine.

So, my hat’s off to Microsoft and you for pointing this out.

Now to try it on my work laptop.

I was tired of my old signature anyway.

 

 

Richard

Chickens: the pet that poops breakfast!

 

 

From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Van Lant, Robin via groups.io
Sent: Wednesday, June 3, 2020 2:04 PM
To: main@jfw.groups.io
Subject: Re: [External] cool trick with signatures in Outlook

 

Richard,

Yes.  No problem.  But I know I’ve had your frustration, I just don’t know what changed for me.  I was just pushed an office update here at work last week to Microsoft Outlook Subscription Version 16.0.11929.20776

 

 

From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Richard Turner
Sent: Wednesday, June 3, 2020 2:41 PM
To: main@jfw.groups.io
Subject: Re: [External] cool trick with signatures in Outlook

 

OK, so you opened that edit box and edited an existing signature in that edit box without any issues?

 

On my Work machine, running Jaws 2020, Windows 10 Pro, and Outlook 2016, that edit box does not read at all with Jaws or Narrator.  NVDA will read the first line and that is it.

 

With sighted help, I can do what you said and write it in Word, then paste it in, but the sighted person has to delete the text of that one is there.

I could I suppose have created an  entirely new signature, but that was not what I neded for work.

 

Very interesting.

 

Richard

"There's a nap for that." - an anonymous cat in a window in Portland, Oregon.

 

 

From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Van Lant, Robin via groups.io
Sent: Wednesday, June 3, 2020 1:21 PM
To: main@jfw.groups.io
Subject: Re: [External] cool trick with signatures in Outlook

 

Richard,

I just tweaked one of my existing signatures without issue.  I find it most straight forward to shift tab past the Cancel and OK buttons to the edit field.  This is what JAWS tells me when I do that:

 

Cancel
OK Button‑
Edit signature

Alt Tl
Signatures and Stationery

 

So, it’s a bit verbose as it lands in that edit field, which is the first shift tab after the OK button.  I typically type and format the signature as I want it in Word or in the email body, then cut and paste it into the edit box. 

 

The list of signatures you have created seems to be the found as a list with one tab from when the dialog opens.  There is a lot of clutter between this list and the edit box, which is why shift tabbing  works best.  H

HTH,

Robin

 

 

From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Richard Turner
Sent: Wednesday, June 3, 2020 1:26 PM
To: main@jfw.groups.io
Subject: Re: [External] cool trick with signatures in Outlook

 

Now if the Outlook engineers would only make the edit box for creating your signature accessible ... it isn't as far as I can tell.

Or, do you have a trick for that other than getting someone with eyes that work?

 

Richard

Linus to Charlie Brown: "Worrying won't stop the bad stuff from happening, it just stops you from enjoying the good."

 

Sent with the iPhone SE 2020

www.turner42.com

 

 

On Jun 3, 2020, at 12:19 PM, Cook, Steve <Steve.Cook@...> wrote:



You can also use Alt M and then choose your signature.

 

Thank You,

Steve Cook, CPM

Assistive Technology Consultant

SC Commission for the Blind

1430 Confederate avenue

Columbia, SC 29201

Office: (803) 898-8788

Cell: (803) 908-3856

1-888-335-5951                        

www.sccb.state.sc.us

 

 

 

From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Van Lant, Robin via groups.io
Sent: Wednesday, June 3, 2020 3:16 PM
To: JFW List (jfw@groups.io) <jfw@groups.io>
Subject: [External] cool trick with signatures in Outlook

 

I accidentally discovered a cool trick in Outlook.  If you have more than one type of  email signature, based on the audience of your email, I thought we  had to go select the one we wanted each time from the Insert Ribbon under signatures.  Here’s the trick, as long as you have a default signature in any new email you create, you can simply arrow down into that signature text and open the context menu.  The list of your signatures are right there for you to select from and the whole thing will quickly update.   Sometimes the Outlook developers surprise me with the shortcuts they code.

 

Using Windows 10, JAWS 2020, Office 365

Robin Van Lant

 

 

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it works on my jfw 2020, and it is latest version.

Curtis Delzer
HS
K 6 V F O
Rialto, CA

curtis@...

On 5/7/2020 8:07 AM, Leo wrote:

Hi Richard, thanks for the info. I had a second look on the release history of the script, and I see that the last release was in April 2019, so even though it identified my jaws version, the script may not be compatible with jaws 2020 after all.


Best,
    Leo

On 5/7/2020 8:30 AM, Richard Turner wrote:

Doug Lee has a twitter account for script support questions.

He doesn’t list his personal Email on his web site, so you might try reaching out to him via twitter:

https://twitter.com/dlee_code/ <https://twitter.com/dlee_code/>

HTH,

Richard

"There's a nap for that." - an anonymous cat in a window in Portland, Oregon.

*From:* main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> *On Behalf Of *Leo
*Sent:* Thursday, May 7, 2020 7:24 AM
*To:* main@jfw.groups.io
*Subject:* Jaws script for reporting progress bar via sounds

Hi everyone,

I tried to install some jaws scripts for reporting progress bar via sounds. The name of the script is jgauge, and I founded in this page:

https://www.dlee.org/ <https://apc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dlee.org%2F&data=02%7C01%7C%7C8d51cee9b667415db6dd08d7f2925ffa%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637244582793349676&sdata=sixvaYKk9ThebZEFq9c5cgGSnLBstVq5YzOiHKGCrzM%3D&reserved=0>

it’s an executable file, but right in the end of the installation process, a message was displayed telling me that there had been an error. I believe that the script is compatible with my version of jaws 2020 since the installer properly identified this jaws version.

What could it have gone wrong?

Can someone provide this same script to be installed manually?

Thanks.

--
Best,
    Leo

I just discovered here on my home laptop, I can indeed edit signatures just fine.

So, my hat’s off to Microsoft and you for pointing this out.

Now to try it on my work laptop.

I was tired of my old signature anyway.

 

 

Richard

Chickens: the pet that poops breakfast!

 

 

From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Van Lant, Robin via groups.io
Sent: Wednesday, June 3, 2020 2:04 PM
To: main@jfw.groups.io
Subject: Re: [External] cool trick with signatures in Outlook

 

Richard,

Yes.  No problem.  But I know I’ve had your frustration, I just don’t know what changed for me.  I was just pushed an office update here at work last week to Microsoft Outlook Subscription Version 16.0.11929.20776

 

 

From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Richard Turner
Sent: Wednesday, June 3, 2020 2:41 PM
To: main@jfw.groups.io
Subject: Re: [External] cool trick with signatures in Outlook

 

OK, so you opened that edit box and edited an existing signature in that edit box without any issues?

 

On my Work machine, running Jaws 2020, Windows 10 Pro, and Outlook 2016, that edit box does not read at all with Jaws or Narrator.  NVDA will read the first line and that is it.

 

With sighted help, I can do what you said and write it in Word, then paste it in, but the sighted person has to delete the text of that one is there.

I could I suppose have created an  entirely new signature, but that was not what I neded for work.

 

Very interesting.

 

Richard

"There's a nap for that." - an anonymous cat in a window in Portland, Oregon.

 

 

From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Van Lant, Robin via groups.io
Sent: Wednesday, June 3, 2020 1:21 PM
To: main@jfw.groups.io
Subject: Re: [External] cool trick with signatures in Outlook

 

Richard,

I just tweaked one of my existing signatures without issue.  I find it most straight forward to shift tab past the Cancel and OK buttons to the edit field.  This is what JAWS tells me when I do that:

 

Cancel
OK Button‑
Edit signature

Alt Tl
Signatures and Stationery

 

So, it’s a bit verbose as it lands in that edit field, which is the first shift tab after the OK button.  I typically type and format the signature as I want it in Word or in the email body, then cut and paste it into the edit box. 

 

The list of signatures you have created seems to be the found as a list with one tab from when the dialog opens.  There is a lot of clutter between this list and the edit box, which is why shift tabbing  works best.  H

HTH,

Robin

 

 

From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Richard Turner
Sent: Wednesday, June 3, 2020 1:26 PM
To: main@jfw.groups.io
Subject: Re: [External] cool trick with signatures in Outlook

 

Now if the Outlook engineers would only make the edit box for creating your signature accessible ... it isn't as far as I can tell.

Or, do you have a trick for that other than getting someone with eyes that work?

 

Richard

Linus to Charlie Brown: "Worrying won't stop the bad stuff from happening, it just stops you from enjoying the good."

 

Sent with the iPhone SE 2020

www.turner42.com

 

 

On Jun 3, 2020, at 12:19 PM, Cook, Steve <Steve.Cook@...> wrote:



You can also use Alt M and then choose your signature.

 

Thank You,

Steve Cook, CPM

Assistive Technology Consultant

SC Commission for the Blind

1430 Confederate avenue

Columbia, SC 29201

Office: (803) 898-8788

Cell: (803) 908-3856

1-888-335-5951                        

www.sccb.state.sc.us

 

 

 

From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Van Lant, Robin via groups.io
Sent: Wednesday, June 3, 2020 3:16 PM
To: JFW List (jfw@groups.io) <jfw@groups.io>
Subject: [External] cool trick with signatures in Outlook

 

I accidentally discovered a cool trick in Outlook.  If you have more than one type of  email signature, based on the audience of your email, I thought we  had to go select the one we wanted each time from the Insert Ribbon under signatures.  Here’s the trick, as long as you have a default signature in any new email you create, you can simply arrow down into that signature text and open the context menu.  The list of your signatures are right there for you to select from and the whole thing will quickly update.   Sometimes the Outlook developers surprise me with the shortcuts they code.

 

Using Windows 10, JAWS 2020, Office 365

Robin Van Lant

 

 

This communication may contain privileged and/or confidential information. It is intended solely for the use of the addressee. If you are not the intended recipient, you are strictly prohibited from disclosing, copying, distributing or using any of this information. If you received this communication in error, please contact the sender immediately and destroy the material in its entirety, whether electronic or hard copy. This communication may contain nonpublic personal information about consumers subject to the restrictions of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act. You may not directly or indirectly reuse or redisclose such information for any purpose other than to provide the services for which you are receiving the information.

127 Public Square, Cleveland, OH 44114

If you prefer not to receive future e-mail offers for products or services from Key, send an email to mailto:DNERequests@... with 'No Promotional E-mails' in the SUBJECT line.

Hi all,

Like others on the list, I have to use the Webex Meetings app.

Is there a hotkey to toggle my video on and off? In our meetings we are asked to turn off our videos when not speaking.

Cheers,

Ed

Hello,

Why don't you use the web site WikiTree.com?

It has over 23 million profiles and it is edited by over 700 thousand genealogists from around the world.

I've been using it for about 5 years a and much of what I need is accessible with Jaws and NVDA.

You don't need additional software. It's free to register, it works with Jaws.

Whatever you create on WikiTree.com will be there for the world to browse and for a lot longer than your PC based software.

Create your family profiles and maybe link them to existing distant relatives.

https://www.wikitree.com/ has genealogy help and there are other online sources to help you with your research.

Peter T.

Hello, I’m using windows10 build 1909 and most recent version of Jaws2020. Is there a family tree / genealogy software that works the best with Jaws? Thanks Kevin

Hello, I’m using windows10 build 1909 and most recent version of Jaws2020. Is there a family tree / genealogy software that works the best with Jaws? Thanks Kevin

Hi Richard, thanks for the info. I had a second look on the release history of the script, and I see that the last release was in April 2019, so even though it identified my jaws version, the script may not be compatible with jaws 2020 after all.
Best,
Leo
On 5/7/2020 8:30 AM, Richard Turner wrote:

Doug Lee has a twitter account for script support questions.

He doesn’t list his personal Email on his web site, so you might try reaching out to him via twitter:

https://twitter.com/dlee_code/ <https://twitter.com/dlee_code/>

HTH,

Richard

"There's a nap for that." - an anonymous cat in a window in Portland, Oregon.

*From:* main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> *On Behalf Of *Leo
*Sent:* Thursday, May 7, 2020 7:24 AM
*To:* main@jfw.groups.io
*Subject:* Jaws script for reporting progress bar via sounds

Hi everyone,

I tried to install some jaws scripts for reporting progress bar via sounds. The name of the script is jgauge, and I founded in this page:

https://www.dlee.org/ <https://apc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dlee.org%2F&;data=02%7C01%7C%7C8d51cee9b667415db6dd08d7f2925ffa%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637244582793349676&sdata=sixvaYKk9ThebZEFq9c5cgGSnLBstVq5YzOiHKGCrzM%3D&reserved=0>

it’s an executable file, but right in the end of the installation process, a message was displayed telling me that there had been an error. I believe that the script is compatible with my version of jaws 2020 since the installer properly identified this jaws version.

What could it have gone wrong?

Can someone provide this same script to be installed manually?

Thanks.

--
Best,
   Leo

Hi everyone,
I tried to install some jaws scripts for reporting progress bar via sounds. The name of the script is jgauge, and I founded in this page:
https://www.dlee.org/ <https://www.dlee.org/>
it’s an executable file, but right in the end of the installation process, a message was displayed telling me that there had been an error. I believe that the script is compatible with my version of jaws 2020 since the installer properly identified this jaws version.
What could it have gone wrong?
Can someone provide this same script to be installed manually?
Thanks.
--
Best,
Leo

dear all,
hope things are well at you.

I was trying to lock the d drive with the password using the
bitlocker tool on the windows 10 and I couldn't able to provide the
password.
so, can some1 provide me the detailed instructions for the above task?

Hello!

How can  I put JAWS into Sleep mode?

Thanks and greetings

Gesendet von Mail für Windows 10

thanks for those tips. I'll surely try those.

On 6/4/20, Orlando Enrique Fiol via groups.io
<ofiol=verizon.net@groups.io> wrote:

Dear Sardar-ji,

I used TWBlue for months before finding some solutions to the very
problems you list below.

>playing videos from a tweet,

I have never gotten this to work from within TWBlue. But I can always
just press enter on a tweet's URL, which will launch my default web
browser and play the video just fine.

>viewing threads

This is very counterintuitive, but feasible. TWBlue calls threads
"conversations". To view a conversation, press alt+windows+C. Here's
the most counterintuitive part; you will not find the conversation in
the same window as the original tweet; you'll find it under searches.
TWBlue will report: "Conversation with so-and-so". Tab over to the
list view and, if there are replies to the original tweet, they will
be there in chronological order. If there are no replies, only the
original tweet will be in that conversation. Once you've read it, you
can destroy the buffer with the hotkey control+shift+I.
I use the conversation hotkey in conjunction with the previous and
next buffer hotkeys: alt+windows+left (or right) arrows. This way, if
I am in the home buffer and press alt+windows+C for the conversation,
I need only navigate to the previous buffer with
alt+windows+left-arrow because search results are displayed to the
left of home. However, if I'm deep in a timeline tree and want to
access conversations, it's easier to press end while in the tree
view, which focuses the "searches" node. Expand that with right-arrow
and I can find all searches and conversations there.

Realistically, I try to structure my Twitter usage so that I'm always
reading either my home buffer or a timeline just to the left of the
search results. This way, the conversations are always one buffer to
the left or right of the buffer I'm reading.
That may all sound hopelessly complicated. But once you get the hang
of those hotkeys, you can navigate between tweet and conversation
buffers quite quickly. As you know, riyaaz (practice) is everything.

>viewing replies to a tweet,

See above. The conversations buffer handles replies. You can even
check if there are replies to replies, and so on. It would be ideal
if TWBlue reported this information, so that we wouldn't have to
invoke and delete what amount to empty conversations.

>not so useful autocomplition for tags and users, no way to view
>notifications etc. please correct me if i'm wrong in any of these!

To receive notifications in TWBlue, you must set each buffer to
autoread new tweets, using the hotkey alt+windows+E. This must be
done for each buffer you want automatically read when new tweets
arrive, even for timelines. Once you set autoreading for the default
buffers, they will remain that way until you change them.
But when you add timelines or lists, you must enable autoreading with
that hotkey for each.
The important thing is to listen carefully to the tweeter's name or
the buffer name during the autoreading, since there's no place in
TWBlue where all notifications are collected.
If you hear, "New direct message from Pandit Pranaath," you must go
to your direct messages buffer to read it.
If you hear, "New tweet in Sonia Gandhi's timeline," you must find
her timeline, either using the tree view or previous&next buffer
hotkeys, in order to read it.


Here is one more detail that I have found very useful. Whenever you
view your friends, followers or tweeter's timelines, TWBlue shows you
the first 200 in reverse chronological order--thatis--going back 200
from the most recent. Do not confuse this with reverse buffer
display, which puts the most recent tweets at the top of the buffer
list. Here, new tweets are still at the bottom, but the buffer list
only goes back 200 tweets. To go back further, you must use the
hotkey alt+windows+page-up. You will hear TWBlue say, (200 items
retrieved". In the case of search results, the same principle
applies, except that when you search for users, you are only shown 20
results at a time. So, when you load previous items into your buffer,
you will hear, "20 items retrieved". If you want everything, you must
keep retrieving items further back until there are no more and TWBlue
reports 0 items retrieved. Only then can you be sure that you are
reading your complete buffer.
I point this out because, when I first got on Twitter, I began
following all sorts of people about whom I was curious. Needless to
say, I quickly reached 5000 followers and began receiving errors that
I could not follow anymore users. So, I fst tried using TWBlue to go
through my following list, but only found 200 entries. On Twitter's
web interface, the list would not refresh properly and would give me
duplicate entries. I even tried out two Android apps dedicating to
unfollowing twitter accounts. They worked okay, but I still wish I
could accomplish this seemingly simple task within TWBlue.
Once this blind guy on Teamtalk told me about the hotkey to load
previous items into the buffer, I was all set; I could see all my
following and friends lists without using other apps. The thing is, I
had gone past that hotkey dozens of times in TWBlue's hotkey editor.
I thought it meant that it would move you up and down in the buffer
by a large amount. I never thought it actually retrieves and loads
previous tweets.

I hope these tips will enrich your TWBlue experience as much as they
have enriched mine.

Orlando Enrique Fiol
Ph.D. in Music Theory
University of Pennsylvania: November, 2018
Professional Pianist/Keyboardist, Percussionist, Arranger, Performer
and Pedagogue
Charlotte, North Carolina