I did as you instructed. Now JAWS reads it as: vulgar fraction one third Is there a significance to hearing "vulgar fraction" before the symbol? Peter T

That list does not contain the one third or two thirds symbols. I have always used Word, to generate the single symbol, for the other fractions: one-half, one-quarter and three-quarters. In Word, just

Hello, Until recently, I was using the original Windows 10 and the latest JAWS 17. I had no third party antivirus program. The text of Notification messages were never announced, though I frequently h

Hello, I have a couple of suggestions not yet mentioned. I assume that you have the virtual cursor turned on. Try: hit the space bar first before using alt plus down arrow. or route the JAWS cursor to

Hi, I just upgraded my FireFox using the HELP menu. When I selected "about, I was told that I had version 46. The option was to upgrade to version 47. This I did successfully. The original subject is

For the few times I had to use this feature, it did work. PeterT

Hello Michael, If all you want to do is silence JAWS, you can do this without killing JAWS. You will have to use the layered command. Use the numpad insert key, this is the JAWS modifier key. JAWS plu

Thanks Brian, When I used the Add Remove list, the Application key did nothing with the Mcafee item. However, when I used the Program Features list, the Application key gave me the menu, I pressed "u"

Hello, Since getting Windows 10, a year ago, I chose to use the Windows 10 Firewall and Defender. So far so good. A few weeks ago, I somehow got Mcafee Security Scan plus. It occasionally pops up to i

The earlier explanation for handling balloons, is correct. The "toasts" are notifications. In Settings, search for "toast". You will get: Choose how long notifications are shown My default is 5 second

Hello, Regarding this anniversary Window 10 update, it seems to be a major update. Why would I want to do it? I have been getting the frequent updates for a year now. I upgraded to Windows 10, from Wi

Hi, Noone has said what exactly a clickable is. JAWS does not announce it as a "link". I too have had problems with clickables and the suggestions seem to be helpfull to some. Unfortunately, I still c

Hello, When moving around the web page, with the virtual cursor on, JAWS announces: clickable What does this mean? Is there something that can be opened? For example, as I arrow down into a table with

Thanks for all of your suggestions. I still have not fixed the problem that JAWS will not announce the Start Menu items. I know that the menu is opened and I know how to navigate through it. All I can

The repair does not fix the problem. The WINDOWS key does not open the Start Menu. I ran the latest JAWS version in the run box: c:\j17.0.2211enu-x64.exe /type repair After the clicks, JAWS wanted to

Hello Joseph, I want to try a repair but I don't know if there is a specific executable to use. I tried to run the following but WINDOWS says that it cannot be found: c:\program files\freedom scientif

Hello, Has anyone else experienced this? I noticed it a few days ago after updating to the latest JAWS 17. When I press the Windows key, all I hear is: "cortana". JAWS no longer announces the items as

sYes, I did add the short-cut keystroke to the desktop icon. That is the only way I have ever created the short-cut keystroke. Peter T.

I also had this problem. Just now, I killed JAWS 17, and I tried the alt+ctrl+j and JAWS 17 came up. I did this three times. Perhaps there is an improvement with the latest JAWS 17. I use the shift+ct

On 2016-03-17 5:02 PM, Joseph Lee wrote: Hi, This is new in JAWS 17.0.1539. There were mixed reactions to this (at least over on Twitter land), and you can turn this off from Settings Center. Cheers,