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Make the Most of Braille with JAWS with the Braillists Foundation, Tuesdays 26 January and 9 February at 7:30 PM
Hello everyone, Would you like to make the most of your refreshable braille display with JAWS on Windows? Are you looking to learn more about how braille can be used to make effective presentations? I
Hello everyone, Would you like to make the most of your refreshable braille display with JAWS on Windows? Are you looking to learn more about how braille can be used to make effective presentations? I
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Matthew Horspool
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JAWS Scripts - Are they interpreted or compiled?
Hi Isaac, I'm afraid I'm not convinced that this is necessary or even appropriate. Freedom Scientific scripts could change at any time, even from minor JAWS version to minor JAWS version. If you resto
Hi Isaac, I'm afraid I'm not convinced that this is necessary or even appropriate. Freedom Scientific scripts could change at any time, even from minor JAWS version to minor JAWS version. If you resto
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Matthew Horspool
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Jaws 18 and jaws 2018 Facebook
Hi Addison, You should be able to extract my email address from any correspondence I send to the list. I don't go out of my way to hide it. However, as I say, please understand that I have relatively
Hi Addison, You should be able to extract my email address from any correspondence I send to the list. I don't go out of my way to hide it. However, as I say, please understand that I have relatively
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Matthew Horspool
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Jaws 18 and jaws 2018 Facebook
Hi Addison, M Facebook is generally less cluttered, which is why I suspect FS tech support encourage its use. Regular Facebook is still perfectly accessible, though. As I say, I'm hardly a Facebook ex
Hi Addison, M Facebook is generally less cluttered, which is why I suspect FS tech support encourage its use. Regular Facebook is still perfectly accessible, though. As I say, I'm hardly a Facebook ex
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Matthew Horspool
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JAWS Scripts - Are they interpreted or compiled?
Hi Brian, Yes. Usually it is a match on the program executable. In some cases they used to match on DLLs, e.g. Internet Explorer settings were under browseui rather than iexplore. I'm not sure why thi
Hi Brian, Yes. Usually it is a match on the program executable. In some cases they used to match on DLLs, e.g. Internet Explorer settings were under browseui rather than iexplore. I'm not sure why thi
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Matthew Horspool
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Braille displays and italicized words
Hi Ann, Ah yes, this is a bit of a bug bear of mine. For some inexplicable reason, I have not found a screen reader that can do italics according to the rules of literary braille. JAWS can certainly s
Hi Ann, Ah yes, this is a bit of a bug bear of mine. For some inexplicable reason, I have not found a screen reader that can do italics according to the rules of literary braille. JAWS can certainly s
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Matthew Horspool
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JAWS Scripts - Are they interpreted or compiled?
Hi Mario, Ah, yes, I see. It's been quite a while since I've done any significant tinkering under the hood. I do know that some restructuring of settings went on not so long ago but I don't know the d
Hi Mario, Ah, yes, I see. It's been quite a while since I've done any significant tinkering under the hood. I do know that some restructuring of settings went on not so long ago but I don't know the d
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Matthew Horspool
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Jaws 18 and jaws 2018 Facebook
Hello Addison, I am not a Facebook expert so I did not jump into this thread straight away, thinking that perhaps someone else might have a more thorough answer. But yes, the regular facebook.com webs
Hello Addison, I am not a Facebook expert so I did not jump into this thread straight away, thinking that perhaps someone else might have a more thorough answer. But yes, the regular facebook.com webs
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Matthew Horspool
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JAWS Scripts - Are they interpreted or compiled?
Hi, Roger is basically correct. However, there is a precedent for needing to recompile scripts between JAWS versions on a very occasional basis. This memorably happened when upgrading from JAWS 4.5 to
Hi, Roger is basically correct. However, there is a precedent for needing to recompile scripts between JAWS versions on a very occasional basis. This memorably happened when upgrading from JAWS 4.5 to
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Matthew Horspool
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JAWS Scripts - Are they interpreted or compiled?
Hi, A few points to answer here: To compile a script: as others have said, CTRL+S is the magic keystroke. However, you need to be in the script manager to do this! To get to the Script Manager, press
Hi, A few points to answer here: To compile a script: as others have said, CTRL+S is the magic keystroke. However, you need to be in the script manager to do this! To get to the Script Manager, press
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Matthew Horspool
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DECtalk ACCESS32 and JAWS, was RE: Please remind me where to din and how to download voices
Hi David, Thanks for the tip. However, DECtalk ACCESS32 is not available on that downloads page. It is in fact one of the oldest software speech synthesizers around and is even harder to get hold of t
Hi David, Thanks for the tip. However, DECtalk ACCESS32 is not available on that downloads page. It is in fact one of the oldest software speech synthesizers around and is even harder to get hold of t
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Matthew Horspool
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[Leasey] Potential Training Course: Microsoft PowerPoint with JAWS for Windows.
Hi David, I believe Brian works from home and is naturally awake very early in the morning (presumably due to non-24), so I guess he figured he'd use his time productively and take care of some work e
Hi David, I believe Brian works from home and is naturally awake very early in the morning (presumably due to non-24), so I guess he figured he'd use his time productively and take care of some work e
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Matthew Horspool
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jaws repair
Hi Val, It's not as easy as it used to be. Probably the best way to do it now would be to download a copy of JAWS from the Freedom Scientific website, making sure it's the same version and build as th
Hi Val, It's not as easy as it used to be. Probably the best way to do it now would be to download a copy of JAWS from the Freedom Scientific website, making sure it's the same version and build as th
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Matthew Horspool
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DECtalk ACCESS32 and JAWS, was RE: Please remind me where to din and how to download voices
Hi Robin, Interestingly, JAWS has (or had) a driver for DECtalk ACCESS32, but I now can't find a version of DEC ACCESS that works with that driver. I'm with you, though – I used DEC ACCESS with JAWS f
Hi Robin, Interestingly, JAWS has (or had) a driver for DECtalk ACCESS32, but I now can't find a version of DEC ACCESS that works with that driver. I'm with you, though – I used DEC ACCESS with JAWS f
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Matthew Horspool
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Taking out Hard and soft page breaks in Notepad after copying and pasting text
Hi bill, That works in Microsoft Word but not in Notepad, at least not on my Windows 7 computer at work! Perhaps it does under Windows 10. In Notepad it is a real pain because there doesn't seem to be
Hi bill, That works in Microsoft Word but not in Notepad, at least not on my Windows 7 computer at work! Perhaps it does under Windows 10. In Notepad it is a real pain because there doesn't seem to be
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Matthew Horspool
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JAWS Tablet Compatibility
Hi Colby, I don't have any experience using tablets with JAWS. However, as far as I'm aware, JAWS will only work on X86/X64-based systems and not, for example, on ARM processors. Specs for these sorts
Hi Colby, I don't have any experience using tablets with JAWS. However, as far as I'm aware, JAWS will only work on X86/X64-based systems and not, for example, on ARM processors. Specs for these sorts
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Matthew Horspool
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a big cursor problem
Hi Jed, It's possibly a screen resolution issue, and I can't remember exactly where the setting is but it will be under "Display", and try lowering the resolution quite substantially. Failing that tho
Hi Jed, It's possibly a screen resolution issue, and I can't remember exactly where the setting is but it will be under "Display", and try lowering the resolution quite substantially. Failing that tho
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Matthew Horspool
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surveying about Flexible Web use
Hi Dean, I find the name "Flexible Web" rather ironic as the reason why I don't use it is because it is not "Flexible" enough! I did use it very extensively when it was launched, but got fed up with r
Hi Dean, I find the name "Flexible Web" rather ironic as the reason why I don't use it is because it is not "Flexible" enough! I did use it very extensively when it was launched, but got fed up with r
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Matthew Horspool
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Need Reminder About How to Merge Settings from J17 to J18
Hi Mike and Dani, The "Migrate Settings" option allows you to skip the export/import process. I don't know where JAWS 17 stands, but try the following in your JAWS 2018: 1. From the JAWS window, press
Hi Mike and Dani, The "Migrate Settings" option allows you to skip the export/import process. I don't know where JAWS 17 stands, but try the following in your JAWS 2018: 1. From the JAWS window, press
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Matthew Horspool
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entries in jaws dictionary
Hi Mike, With a rule such as you describe, the number 1 is part of the actual word but not part of the replacement word and so JAWS won't speak it. To take an easier example: actual word dog; replacem
Hi Mike, With a rule such as you describe, the number 1 is part of the actual word but not part of the replacement word and so JAWS won't speak it. To take an easier example: actual word dog; replacem
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Matthew Horspool
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