Jonathan, you raise a valid concern regarding using color coding to convey status. This not only presents challenges to screen reader users but it's totally unhelpful for someone who may not require a

Hi. The name of the folder which contains the sounds is C:\ProgramData\Freedom Scientific\JAWS\2020\Settings\enu\SOUNDS Assuming that the folder structure is the same with older versions, which may no

Hi. I've never tried using JAWS to behave in a specific way when dealing with colors in Excel but the feature works in other programs and so I don't see any reason why it would not work in Excel when

Robin, Please bear in mind that I have no personal experience in dealing with color-coded spreadsheets but I believe I can get you started on finding some possible solutions. First, Excel's Find comma

Hi. The autocomplete sounds that you hear when entering an address in Outlook are generated from JAWS and not from Outlook. I don't believe there is a way to disable them from Quick Settings but they

Sieghard, This is a great idea. Window-Eyes allowed you to change the sounds that it used from the Sounds app via Control Panel. You're right: JAWS should have the same capability. I'll need to update

Hi, Sieghard. I think what the original questioner wanted to know was how to disable the sound that you hear when the autocomplete list is generated but not how to disable Outlook's autocomplete featu

David Goldfield, Blindness Assistive Technology Specialist JAWS Certified, 2019 WWW.DavidGoldfield.org Accessing Favourites in Microsoft Edge. Submitted by brianhartgen on Mon, 01/27/2020 - 08:05 We'v

I do notice a delay from the time I press enter to open a message until the time when JAWS begins reading the message. I first thought that this was an Outlook issue but I don't notice this delay as m

I know that a JAWS script can be written to do this because Brian Hartgen's Leasey program has this option. When Leasey is set to deliver its prompts in sounds mode a pleasant chime sound is heard as

I'm familiar with Jackie. She definitely knows her business but I had no idea she could write JAWS scripts. I'm not surprised, though. David Goldfield, Blindness Assistive Technology Specialist JAWS C

I'm actually working my way through Brian Hartgen's JAWS script writing course. I'm finding it very easy but I am in no way an expert and am not ready to write customized scripts for others, as of now

For customized JAWS script writing I highly recommend Brian Hartgen, who is just amazing. You can also contact Level Access as well as the Paciello Group. David Goldfield, Blindness Assistive Technolo

Richard, When in Microsoft Word press insert+V for the JAWS Quick Settings dialog. Down arrow to Tables and you should find three options. You can disable any of these, including table detection. Davi

Hello. I am learning how to write scripts from a training course conducted by Brian Hartgen, which he released several years ago. I am finding the material to be fairly straightforward but I do have m

Hi, Vaughan. Thanks for your feedback. While I know Braille very well I'm not a Braille display user or at least I haven't used one in many years and so I don't feel qualified to personally suggest fe

Norma, Thanks so much for such a kind response. Your comments about hearing the screen reader version number on startup and on shutdown reminded me of yet another feature which was available in Window

Thanks for your comments, Adrian. Regarding progress tones I think that it should be a four-way toggle with options for speech, sounds, speech and sounds along with no feedback. JAWS could default to

Regarding this post I was horrified to find an error that I'm amazed was missed during proofreading. I have since fixed it on my blog and added one more feature request where a press of the shift key

Many thanks. I meant the post to be constructive and positive as I am not only a JAWS user but a bit of a JAWS enthusiast as well. Both JAWS as well as Brian Hartgen's Leasey program have increased my