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Re: New Features in the June Update Not Listed
Richard Turner
List of enhancements follows the download link:
Enhancements in JAWS 2019.1906.10 (June 2019)
The following is a list of improvements made in JAWS 2019 between the April 2019 update and the June 2019 update.
To download the latest release, visit the Downloads web page. You must be logged on as an administrator to install this software.
Enhance Support for Accessing Comments and Revisions in Braille
For users who primarily use braille when navigating Word documents, the following changes greatly improve the experience when attempting to access various document features like comments, revisions, footnotes, and endnotes from the braille display.
When the cursor is on a comment, the letter C is now displayed in the last status cell. In addition, as with previous versions, R is still displayed to indicate revised text, and if Track Changes in Word is configured to display all markup, the letters i and r will be displayed to indicate inserted text and the letters d and r will be displayed to show deleted text.
As you read a document, text to which a comment has been applied, text revisions, and footnote and endnote references are underlined using dots 7 and 8 in the main document pane. Pressing a cursor router twice quickly on the underlined text displays a flash message containing details about the comment, revision, footnote or endnote. For example, if you press a cursor router on a revision that includes deleted text, JAWS and Fusion displays a message telling you that the following text has been deleted, and shows the deleted text. Pressing INSERT+TAB while the cursor is on commented text, text revision, footnote or endnote reference will speak this information as well.
If you press a cursor router twice quickly on any text in the document not underlined in braille, then only font and attribute information such as bold, italic, and underline is displayed. This is similar info to what is spoken when pressing INSERT+F.
Support for Reading Math Content in Kindle Books
You can now use JAWS and Fusion to study math equations included in Kindle books opened in the Amazon Kindle for PC app using both speech and braille. For braille users, math expressions are shown using the Nemeth braille code, which is a system exclusive to English.
Reading math in the Kindle app works very similar to accessing math on web pages. When you encounter Math content in a Kindle book, JAWS describes the expression, followed by the message "math content." If you are using a braille display and JAWS is configured for one of the English Contracted Braille modes, the message "Math" is displayed followed by the expression.
Pressing ENTER while focused on the math content opens the Math Viewer where you can explore the expression in greater detail in both speech and braille by doing the following:
• To move between parts of the expression, use the LEFT and RIGHT ARROW keys. • To focus in on a partial expression, press DOWN ARROW. • To return to the whole expression, press UP ARROW. • To read all the partial expressions at the current nesting level, press INSERT+UP ARROW. • To read the current partial expression, press NUM PAD 5 or INSERT+NUM PAD 5. • From within the Math Viewer, press ESC or ALT+F4 to exit.
Notepad++ Support
This popular free open-source editor offers productivity features for people editing everything from HTML to JavaScript and Python. Some key improvements include:
• If line numbers are being shown, JAWS speaks them and shows them in braille. • JAWS speaks and brailles autocomplete suggestions. • Contracted braille input works properly.
Support for the PuTTY and SecureCRT Emulators
PuTTY is free and widely used at colleges for connecting to Linux machines. SecureCRT is not free but offers additional features when connecting to remote hosts. Both are well supported with the latest JAWS update.
Changed How JAWS works with the Access Bridge for Java Applications
Now that Oracle has changed the licensing terms for the Standard Edition of the Java Platform, many customers are looking for alternatives. One of these alternatives is the AdoptOpenJDK.
Previously, JAWS would only load the WindowsAccessBridge DLL from the Windows System32 directory. This worked with the Oracle Java Runtime Environment because it always installed the WindowsAccessBridge DLL in that location. The alternative Java Runtime Environments do not install the WindowsAccessBridge DLL in that location.
JAWS has been modified so that it uses three different strategies for locating the WindowsAccessBridge DLL.
1. The path to the WindowsAccessBridge DLL can be specified by the Windows Registry. It looks for a registry entry named WindowsAccessBridgeDllPath in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Freedom Scientific\JAWS\Common and HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Freedom Scientific\JAWS\Common. If the registry entry exists and the file indicated by the registry entry exists, JAWS will load the WindowsAccessBridge DLL from that location. 2. If strategy 1 did not succeed, JAWS will search for the WindowsAccessBridge DLL in the Windows System32 directory. 3. If strategy 2 did not succeed, JAWS will search for the WindowsAccessBridge DLL in the directories listed in the PATH environment variable.
Other Changes • In Adobe Acrobat Reader, resolved a reported issue where the virtual buffer was empty after opening a PDF document and the Adobe options to "Enable Protected Mode at startup" and "Run in AppContainer" were selected. • Resolved issues where Fusion and ZoomText (Utilities Shortcuts) would remain in Start Menu searches, even after uninstalling the software. • Addressed known issues where it was sometimes necessary to configure JAWS to use the classic settings for some retail versions of Office 2016 and 2019 in order for certain features like spellcheck and autocomplete to work as expected. • When the cursor is on a revision in a document such as inserted or deleted text as well as a comment, pressing INSERT+TAB now speaks additional details about the revised text. • Similar to Word, if you move the cursor to AutoCorrected text in an editable message in Outlook, JAWS now speaks the message about pressing the Office command, ALT+SHIFT+F10, to open the menu of AutoCorrect options. • In the Outlook Calendar, addressed issues using JAWS with the Schedule View. • In the most recent updates to Outlook 365, resolved issues where the ALT+1 through 4 commands were not reading message headers and braille was not working as expected in the To, CC, and BCC fields. • In applications such as Microsoft Office or the Windows Mail app, when pressing INSERT+5 on the numbers row to check the foreground and background colors, JAWS now says "default" if no explicit text or background colors are set. • Resolved a reported issue where the setting to allow web application reserved keystrokes was not working in Chrome. When this option is enabled in Settings Center or Quick Settings, JAWS keystrokes that are also defined as keyboard shortcuts on certain websites like Facebook are passed directly to the web application instead of performing the JAWS command. • When composing a message in GMail using Chrome, addressed an issue where a Say All (INSERT+DOWN ARROW) was not working. • Removed extraneous "clickable" announcements when reading various web pages in Chrome. • Updated the Keyboard Help and Commands Search descriptions for the INSERT+A keystroke to correctly state that when pressed twice quickly in Chrome or Firefox, the address of the current web page is displayed in the Virtual Viewer. Note that you can press ALT+D in all browsers to move focus to the address bar to enter a website address. • If you encounter an element on a web page with a defined ARIA controls relationship, JAWS will no longer say "use JAWSKEY+ALT+M to move to controlled element" by default. In most cases, the target of the controls relationship is adjacent to the element or does not provide any useful information. • When domain-specific scripts such as Google Docs are loaded and INSERT+Q is pressed twice quickly to display information in the Virtual Viewer, resolved a reported issue where the wrong configuration information was displayed. • If focus is in a web dialog box in Chrome and you perform an action that opens a second dialog box, resolved an issue where focus was not automatically placed into the new dialog box. • Resolved an issue introduced with a change in the April Update, where group names in the Windows Start menu and Windows Explorer were not being shown correctly in braille. • The Liblouis braille translator used by JAWS and Fusion has been updated to version 3.9.0. • Addressed a reported issue in Thunderbird 60 where JAWS was skipping text in some messages. • Added a new Dictionary entry for "S M E) without the spaces so that JAWS and Fusion will correctly pronounce "Subject Matter Expert."
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On Jun 12, 2019, at 8:30 AM, Brian Vogel <britechguy@...> wrote:
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Re: New Features in the June Update Not Listed
The June Update Enhancements are listed on: https://support.freedomscientific.com/downloads/JAWS/JAWSWhatsNew
Search for: Enhancements in JAWS 2019.1906.10 (June 2019)--Brian - Windows 10 Pro, 64-Bit, Version 1809, Build 17763 Here is a test to find out whether your mission in life is complete. If you’re alive, it isn’t. ~ Lauren Bacall
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New Features in the June Update Not Listed
Munawar Bijani <munawarb@...>
I saw that JAWS June release is out. However, the page with the features list just lists April and prior. Has FS forgotten to post the new features list?
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Re: Excel rows and columns
On Wed, Jun 12, 2019 at 01:02 AM, Sieghard Weitzel wrote:
Except that one never sticks for longThat's why I don't go that route unless I know that this is a "one time review," which I have very seldom found to be the case in real life. It's far better to use Excel's own features to embed information about a set of column titles (using the RowTitle feature - because it is a row of titles for columns) or row titles (using the ColumnTitle feature - because it is a column of titles for each respective row). Doing it using Excel's features also ensures that if you are setting up, say, a monthly worksheet that you then want to duplicate 12 times in the same workbook, that you only need to do the setup once and those formatting options will carry over to each month's copy, provided you set the scope of the titles to the worksheet, not the workbook as a whole. It's somewhat more tedious at the outset, but so much less time consuming over the long run. -- Brian - Windows 10 Pro, 64-Bit, Version 1809, Build 17763 Here is a test to find out whether your mission in life is complete. If you’re alive, it isn’t. ~ Lauren Bacall
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Re: Excel cannot be used with jaws2019, latest update
She said she was trying to create a spreadsheet and protected view really is only an issue with spreadsheets you open and which you received from somebody else via email or download.
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From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Michael Mote Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2019 6:14 AM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: Excel cannot be used with jaws2019, latest update Hi Jessica. It sounds like the protected view may be turned on. You may want to see if that is the issue by going into your Excel options menu by pressing Alt plus the letter F followed by the letter T. Then move to the category that says trust center. Once you have located this category, use the tab key until you find an option that says Trust Center Settings. Press the space bar to activate the button. You will land in another list of categories. Use the arrow keys to locate the protected view option. Then tab over and uncheck the three boxes there if they are checked. Once you have done this, tab to OK, and press Ok to get out of the options menu. I would then restart Excel and see if your spreadsheet works correctly. Hope this helps. On 6/12/19, Sieghard Weitzel <sieghard@live.ca> wrote: I live in Excel so to speak and there are no issues on any of my 4
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Re: Excel cannot be used with jaws2019, latest update
David Kingsbury
Hi Jessica,
You need to be using the desktop version of Office 365 and not the web version. I am pretty sure this is the problem because I recently had students with this problem of arrowing around in Excel and hearing nothing. And when I called Freedom Scientific, this is what they said the problem was and when we downloaded the desktop version, it fixed the problem. Regards, David
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Re: Excel cannot be used with jaws2019, latest update
Michael Mote
Hi Jessica. It sounds like the protected view may be turned on. You
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may want to see if that is the issue by going into your Excel options menu by pressing Alt plus the letter F followed by the letter T. Then move to the category that says trust center. Once you have located this category, use the tab key until you find an option that says Trust Center Settings. Press the space bar to activate the button. You will land in another list of categories. Use the arrow keys to locate the protected view option. Then tab over and uncheck the three boxes there if they are checked. Once you have done this, tab to OK, and press Ok to get out of the options menu. I would then restart Excel and see if your spreadsheet works correctly. Hope this helps.
On 6/12/19, Sieghard Weitzel <sieghard@live.ca> wrote:
I live in Excel so to speak and there are no issues on any of my 4 work PC's
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Re: How to get to a YouTube Skip Ads popup?
Shankar C
if you feel that the add playing more than expected time, you may
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refresh the page by pressing f5 key. I use this method some time if I am unable to find the skip add button!
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Re: Lost command to bring up the Emoji panel?
Yes, but which version of Windows 10, there is no issue if you are still on 1809, it is after installing 1903 where Jaws doesn’t announce the opening of the emoji panel. I have confirmed this with several people on the Jaws Beta list and filed a bug report about it today. It’s not that big of a deal and I’m sure it can be fixed without too much trouble.
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of
Stan Bobbitt
Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2019 8:16 PM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: Lost command to bring up the Emoji panel?
Using latest Jaws 2019 and windows 10. When I hit windows key period jaws announces “emoji panel is open. Then left and right, up and down arrows and the different emojis are spoken. 😊
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On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel
Hi Peter,
You didn’t say which screenreader you use, but if you use Jaws then for me also Jaws says nothing about the emoji panel opening, but it opens nonetheless and if I press right arrow or down arrow Jaws will announce whichever emoji you might be on. I am on the Jaws Beta list and I will file a bug report, I also feel Jaws should say “Emoji Panel” or something like this to indicate it is open. Brian, there seems to be very little delay for me, I will have to ask a sighted person to watch, but if I press Windows + Period and immediately press enter as fast as I can the 😊emoji is already inserted. Interestingly enough just now Jaws is telling me “Emoji panel is closed” when I press Windows + Period, but when I arrow around I hear emojis and I can insert them by pressing enter. There is obviously something strange going on how Jaws gets information there, but like I said, I’ll file a bug report.
Regards, Sieghard
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io>
On Behalf Of Brian Vogel
It can be slow to appear after the keyboard shortcut is issued. And that's even when there's not a screen reader involved. I have no idea why this is. Brian - Windows 10 Pro, 64-Bit, Version 1809, Build 17763 Here is a test to find out whether your mission in life is complete. If you’re alive, it isn’t. ~ Lauren Bacall
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Re: Excel cannot be used with jaws2019, latest update
I live in Excel so to speak and there are no issues on any of my 4 work PC's or my laptop at home.
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I also use Office 365 on Windows 10 PC's and with Jaws 2019, it's been quite some time when there were really serious issues with Excel for me. As Chris suggested, I would call FS Tech Support and see if they can figure out what's different on your machine.
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From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Chris Hill Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2019 8:11 PM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: Excel cannot be used with jaws2019, latest update It is working fine here just a little slow I would suggest contacting freedom scientific On Jun 11, 2019, at 21:17, Jessica D <jldail13@gmail.com> wrote:
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Re: Excel rows and columns
Except that one never sticks for long whereas the other one, if done correctly, gets saved with your workbook and even if I were to email the file to somebody else who used Jaws they column and row headers would read for them.
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From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Palmer Loux Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2019 7:07 PM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: Excel rows and columns Hello Get to the first cell of your first column Press insert the 0 on numpad with numlock off, and control with your right hand, with the left hand press alt and R you should hear “setting row headers”. Then press insert control with right hand and with left hand press alt and the letter C. You should head “setting Column headers” it is a 4 key press for each . On Jun 6, 2019, at 8:29 AM, Brian Switzer <brian.switzer12@gmail.com> wrote: -- Palmer from CBVI
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Re: Lost command to bring up the Emoji panel?
Using latest Jaws 2019 and windows 10. When I hit windows key period jaws announces “emoji panel is open. Then left and right, up and down arrows and the different emojis are spoken. 😊
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of
Sieghard Weitzel
Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2019 8:38 AM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: Lost command to bring up the Emoji panel?
Hi Peter,
You didn’t say which screenreader you use, but if you use Jaws then for me also Jaws says nothing about the emoji panel opening, but it opens nonetheless and if I press right arrow or down arrow Jaws will announce whichever emoji you might be on. I am on the Jaws Beta list and I will file a bug report, I also feel Jaws should say “Emoji Panel” or something like this to indicate it is open. Brian, there seems to be very little delay for me, I will have to ask a sighted person to watch, but if I press Windows + Period and immediately press enter as fast as I can the 😊emoji is already inserted. Interestingly enough just now Jaws is telling me “Emoji panel is closed” when I press Windows + Period, but when I arrow around I hear emojis and I can insert them by pressing enter. There is obviously something strange going on how Jaws gets information there, but like I said, I’ll file a bug report.
Regards, Sieghard
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io>
On Behalf Of Brian Vogel
It can be slow to appear after the keyboard shortcut is issued. And that's even when there's not a screen reader involved. I have no idea why this is. Brian - Windows 10 Pro, 64-Bit, Version 1809, Build 17763 Here is a test to find out whether your mission in life is complete. If you’re alive, it isn’t. ~ Lauren Bacall
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Re: Excel cannot be used with jaws2019, latest update
Chris Hill
It is working fine here just a little slow I would suggest contacting freedom scientific
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On Jun 11, 2019, at 21:17, Jessica D <jldail13@gmail.com> wrote:
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Excel cannot be used with jaws2019, latest update
Jessica D <jldail13@...>
Hi
I was trying to create a spreadsheet in Microsoft excel today, and noticed that Jaws did not read anything as I was navigating. I’m using the latest update. Does anyone know what’s going on? I’m using office 2016, through office 365. Thanks for any and all assistance with this issue, Jessica
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Re: Excel rows and columns
Palmer Loux
Hello
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Get to the first cell of your first column Press insert the 0 on numpad with numlock off, and control with your right hand, with the left hand press alt and R you should hear “setting row headers”. Then press insert control with right hand and with left hand press alt and the letter C. You should head “setting Column headers” it is a 4 key press for each .
On Jun 6, 2019, at 8:29 AM, Brian Switzer <brian.switzer12@gmail.com> wrote: --
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Re: Wat is applications mode?
Mike B
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Hi Tim,
Here's another
explanation:
From: Page, Aaron
Application Mode is a mode that JAWS will enter when it begins to interact with a web application. Application Mode is designed to treat the web application as if it were a typical Windows-based program, and not as a web page. The advantage to this is that application-specific keyboard shortcuts will work without the need to use the JAWS pass-through, the disadvantage is that typical JAWS keyboard shortcuts (i.e. "H" for headings, "B" for buttons) will not work as these keystrokes are now being passed through JAWS to the application. When using web applications that
trigger JAWS' Application Mode, it is usually very helpful to learn keyboard
shortcuts that are specific to the application in order to effectively navigate
and use the application. You should also have some success (if the application
is accessible) navigating the web application using tab and the arrow
keys.
You can usually tell that you are
entering an application as JAWS will announce "Application", and upon pressing
Enter you should hear JAWS beep as if it just entered a form. The most
frustrating thing about application mode (in my opinion) is the difficulty in
getting back out of the application. I usually will press Insert+Z to set the
Virtual PC Cursor to off, and then press Insert+Z again to turn the Virtual PC
Cursor back on. After turning off and back on the Virtual PC Cursor you should
again be able to use normal JAWS keyboard shortcuts. If anyone on-list knows a
better way to exit applications mode, I would love to hear
it.
You can practice using applications
mode on this page: https://www.tinymce.com/. If you press "R"
to move through the regions you will encounter the application region, at which
point you can press Enter to enter applications mode and begin interacting with
the application. This example is an HTML text editor called TinyMCE, which is a
commonly used editor that uses an application region and is relatively
accessible.
Hope this
helps!
Regards, Aaron M. Page, B.S. EIT Accessibility Specialist Accessible Technology Services, University of Montana Take care. Mike. Sent from my iBarstool. Go dodgers! No one has more to say than the woman who says she doesn't want to talk about it.
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Subject: Re: Wat is applications mode? Tim Ford -----Original Message----- From: main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io] On Behalf Of Vaughn Brown Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2019 10:40 AM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: Wat is applications mode? Hi Tim, Application mode is when you are in a edit field or another type of application. If you double tap the PC cursor twice rapidly it will pop you out of it and back into your regular functions. If you need to go back into the application mode hit enter on the field. HTH, Vaughn On 6/11/19, Tim Ford <ttford@...> wrote: > Hello All, > > > > On a couple of web sites, when I press the PC cursor key, JAWS says > "applications mode". In that state, I cannot perform the usual navigations > or do much of anything. I have filed to find this as a JAWS help topic. > Can someone solve this mystery for me? > > > > Sincerely, > > Tim Ford > > > > > > > -- Kindly, Vaughn Brown Vaughn's Percussionship Heal through Feel Equine Massage 360-904-8432 http://www.vaughnbrown.net Serving Clark County
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Re: Wat is applications mode?
Tim Ford
Thank you! When would I want applications mode? I am probably not missing it, and bring it up only because JAWS put me there and I did not know how to escape!
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From: main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io] On Behalf Of Vaughn Brown Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2019 10:40 AM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: Wat is applications mode? Hi Tim, Application mode is when you are in a edit field or another type of application. If you double tap the PC cursor twice rapidly it will pop you out of it and back into your regular functions. If you need to go back into the application mode hit enter on the field. HTH, Vaughn On 6/11/19, Tim Ford <ttford@gmail.com> wrote: Hello All, -- Kindly, Vaughn Brown Vaughn's Percussionship Heal through Feel Equine Massage 360-904-8432 http://www.vaughnbrown.net Serving Clark County
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Re: Wat is applications mode?
Vaughn Brown
Hi Tim,
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Application mode is when you are in a edit field or another type of application. If you double tap the PC cursor twice rapidly it will pop you out of it and back into your regular functions. If you need to go back into the application mode hit enter on the field. HTH, Vaughn
On 6/11/19, Tim Ford <ttford@gmail.com> wrote:
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Kindly, Vaughn Brown Vaughn's Percussionship Heal through Feel Equine Massage 360-904-8432 http://www.vaughnbrown.net Serving Clark County
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Wat is applications mode?
Tim Ford
Hello All,
On a couple of web sites, when I press the PC cursor key, JAWS says “applications mode”. In that state, I cannot perform the usual navigations or do much of anything. I have filed to find this as a JAWS help topic. Can someone solve this mystery for me?
Sincerely, Tim Ford
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Re: Looking for JAWS 7 training materials
David Kingsbury
Hello,
You may know this already, but there is very little you will be able to do with JAWS 7 in association with any reasonably current software, like Microsoft Office or any of the popular web browsers.Regards, David
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