moderated moving cursor to start of current sentence
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Mark
No worries Jeff. Thanks for sharing. It's been an interesting thread.
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Jeff Christiansen
Mark
I am using Version 2021.2107.12 However, Richard points out an item that I did not quite understand. Alt+NumPad5, is read current sentence & does not move to start of said sentence. Unlike, Alt+UpArrow or Alt+DownArrow, which indeed move to the start of sentence. Apologies for adding to the confusion.
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Ben Moxey
Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2021 3:57 PM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: moving cursor to start of current sentence
Hey everyone
The way the keystrokes currently work is by design. The read current sentence keystroke works exactly the same as the read current word keystroke. They let you quickly reference the current sentence or word you’re working on without moving the cursor.
The other sentence navigation keystrokes are titled “read prior sentence” and “read next sentence”. It may well be worth suggesting that the read prior sentence keystroke move you to the beginning of the current sentence the first time it is pressed as a user configurable option. This would align with the behaviour of the prior and next word keystrokes.
This is what’s stated in the official JAWS help documentation:
“Additional Notes on JAWS Keystrokes for Reading TextGeneral Notes Most of the keystrokes for reading text move the active cursor to the beginning of the text being read. Keystrokes for reading the current character, line, word, or sentence do not move the active cursor. Most of these keystrokes work in all cursor modes. The JAWS and Invisible cursors only read text already on the screen; they cannot scroll a document in the manner the PC cursor or Virtual PC cursor can.”
Cheers
Ben
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Richard Turner
As has been cleared up, the home key just moves to the beginning of the current line.
If the Jaws keys alt+up arrow, numpad5, and down-arrow say that they “move to the beginning of their respective sentence, they don’t move the cursor. This should be reported to FS. I’m sorry I cannot remember who pointed out, if you do alt+up-arrow, followed by alt+down-arrow, you have the cursor at the beginning of the current sentence. So clearly, Jaws is moving the cursor on those commands, but apparently not with alt+numpad5.
This is also true in the beta and I will report this. I think this may have been a long standing bug.
Richard “Reality is the leading cause of stress for those who are in touch with it.” – Jane Wagner
My Web site: https://www.turner42.com
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Andrew Summers via groups.io
Hi, If you press home key you will get to the start.
Andrew
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of NFB Lab 4
There is no single keystroke. The quickest way is to do an alt up arrow followed by an alt down arrow, or all down arrow followed by an alt up arrow. That should put you at the beginning of the sentence
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Ben Moxey
Hey everyone
The way the keystrokes currently work is by design. The read current sentence keystroke works exactly the same as the read current word keystroke. They let you quickly reference the current sentence or word you’re working on without moving the cursor.
The other sentence navigation keystrokes are titled “read prior sentence” and “read next sentence”. It may well be worth suggesting that the read prior sentence keystroke move you to the beginning of the current sentence the first time it is pressed as a user configurable option. This would align with the behaviour of the prior and next word keystrokes.
This is what’s stated in the official JAWS help documentation:
“Additional Notes on JAWS Keystrokes for Reading TextGeneral Notes Most of the keystrokes for reading text move the active cursor to the beginning of the text being read. Keystrokes for reading the current character, line, word, or sentence do not move the active cursor. Most of these keystrokes work in all cursor modes. The JAWS and Invisible cursors only read text already on the screen; they cannot scroll a document in the manner the PC cursor or Virtual PC cursor can.”
Cheers
Ben
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Richard Turner
Sent: Wednesday, 15 September 2021 12:46 AM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: moving cursor to start of current sentence
As has been cleared up, the home key just moves to the beginning of the current line.
If the Jaws keys alt+up arrow, numpad5, and down-arrow say that they “move to the beginning of their respective sentence, they don’t move the cursor. This should be reported to FS. I’m sorry I cannot remember who pointed out, if you do alt+up-arrow, followed by alt+down-arrow, you have the cursor at the beginning of the current sentence. So clearly, Jaws is moving the cursor on those commands, but apparently not with alt+numpad5.
This is also true in the beta and I will report this. I think this may have been a long standing bug.
Richard “Reality is the leading cause of stress for those who are in touch with it.” – Jane Wagner
My Web site: https://www.turner42.com
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Andrew Summers via groups.io
Hi, If you press home key you will get to the start.
Andrew
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of NFB Lab 4
There is no single keystroke. The quickest way is to do an alt up arrow followed by an alt down arrow, or all down arrow followed by an alt up arrow. That should put you at the beginning of the sentence
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Richard Turner <richardturner42@...>
As has been cleared up, the home key just moves to the beginning of the current line.
If the Jaws keys alt+up arrow, numpad5, and down-arrow say that they “move to the beginning of their respective sentence, they don’t move the cursor. This should be reported to FS. I’m sorry I cannot remember who pointed out, if you do alt+up-arrow, followed by alt+down-arrow, you have the cursor at the beginning of the current sentence. So clearly, Jaws is moving the cursor on those commands, but apparently not with alt+numpad5.
This is also true in the beta and I will report this. I think this may have been a long standing bug.
Richard “Reality is the leading cause of stress for those who are in touch with it.” – Jane Wagner
My Web site: https://www.turner42.com
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of
Andrew Summers via groups.io
Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2021 6:08 AM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: moving cursor to start of current sentence
Hi, If you press home key you will get to the start.
Andrew
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io>
On Behalf Of NFB Lab 4
There is no single keystroke. The quickest way is to do an alt up arrow followed by an alt down arrow, or all down arrow followed by an alt up arrow. That should put you at the beginning of the sentence
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David Griffith
No – pressing the Home key takes you to the beginning of a line and not the beginning of a sentence.
Like others the only way of doing this I know of is with the alt and up and down arrows. The sentence Nav addon in NVDA adds this ability as well for those who use that screenreader as well as Jaws.
David Griffith
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From: Andrew Summers via groups.io
Sent: 14 September 2021 14:08 To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: moving cursor to start of current sentence
Hi, If you press home key you will get to the start.
Andrew
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of NFB Lab 4
There is no single keystroke. The quickest way is to do an alt up arrow followed by an alt down arrow, or all down arrow followed by an alt up arrow. That should put you at the beginning of the sentence
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Andrew Summers
Hi, If you press home key you will get to the start.
Andrew
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of NFB Lab 4
Sent: 14 September 2021 12:32 To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: moving cursor to start of current sentence
There is no single keystroke. The quickest way is to do an alt up arrow followed by an alt down arrow, or all down arrow followed by an alt up arrow. That should put you at the beginning of the sentence
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NFB Lab 4
There is no single keystroke. The quickest way is to do an alt up arrow followed by an alt down arrow, or all down arrow followed by an alt up arrow. That should put you at the beginning of the sentence
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On Sep 14, 2021, at 7:27 AM, Mark <mweiler@...> wrote:
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Mark
I tried your suggestions Jeff. What version of JAWS are you using? For me, on JAWS 2021, alt + num pad 5 reads from the start of the current sentence but does not actually move the cursor to the start. i'm about to agree with Ben: no single keystroke exists.
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Jeff Christiansen
Alt+UpArrow or NumPad 8 = Move to prior sentence & speak it Alt+NumPad 5 = Move to start of current sentence & speak it Alt+DownArrow or NumPad 2 = Move to next sentence & speak it
I think they say this does not work? It works here for me. Only combo boxes & calendar, are where the AltKey combinations change. Good Luck
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Bill White
Sent: Monday, September 13, 2021 10:44 PM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: moving cursor to start of current sentence
Hi, Mike. Move to beginning of line is not the same as move to beginning of current sentence.
From: main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io] On Behalf Of Mike B.
Mark,
What application are you working with? These keystrokes are right out of Jaws keystrokes help. Move to Beginning of Line HOME
Unless I'm totally misunderstanding what you're trying to accomplish the Home key should do what you want. Make sure your screen is maximized.
Stay safe & take care. Mike. ----- Original Message ----- From: Mark Sent: Monday, September 13, 2021 4:16 PM Subject: Re: moving cursor to start of current sentence
The puzzle is still open. Alt + number pad 5 is the same as JAWS + h in laptop mode and reads from the start of the current sentence but doesn't actual move the cursor. The home key moves the cursor to the previous line break character but not the start of the current sentence. Alt up and alt down works but is two keystrokes. I guess I should have said I was looking for just one keystroke.
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Bill White
Hi, Mike. Move to beginning of line is not the same as move to beginning of current sentence.
From: main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io] On Behalf Of Mike B.
Sent: Monday, September 13, 2021 5:02 PM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: moving cursor to start of current sentence
Mark,
What application are you working with? These keystrokes are right out of Jaws keystrokes help. Move to Beginning of Line HOME
Unless I'm totally misunderstanding what you're trying to accomplish the Home key should do what you want. Make sure your screen is maximized.
Stay safe & take care. Mike. ----- Original Message ----- From: Mark Sent: Monday, September 13, 2021 4:16 PM Subject: Re: moving cursor to start of current sentence
The puzzle is still open. Alt + number pad 5 is the same as JAWS + h in laptop mode and reads from the start of the current sentence but doesn't actual move the cursor. The home key moves the cursor to the previous line break character but not the start of the current sentence. Alt up and alt down works but is two keystrokes. I guess I should have said I was looking for just one keystroke.
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Mike B.
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I'm no punctuation expert, but I wonder if
punctuation marks like line breaks or section breaks might be interfering with
way Jaws is reading your current line.
Stay safe & take care. Mike. Just once, I want a username and password prompt to say: "Close Enough!"
----- Original Message -----
From: Mark
Sent: Monday, September 13, 2021 6:13 PM
Subject: Re: moving cursor to start of current sentence
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Mark
I just tried with notepad and classic scheme. The home key moved the cursor to the left edge of the window and not the start of the current sentence. I'm using JAWS 2021.
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Mike B.
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Okay, I just experimented with both Notepad
and Word using several sentences that were at least 10 words in
length.
In both instances the Home key took me to the
beginning of the line I was reading / was highlighted, but the difference
is that I don't have any line breaks. Have you tried changing your speech
and sound scheme to get the results you want? I'm using the Word Classic
scheme in Word and the Classic scheme in Notepad.
Stay safe & take care. Mike. Just once, I want a username and password prompt to say: "Close Enough!"
----- Original Message -----
From: Mark
Sent: Monday, September 13, 2021 5:42 PM
Subject: Re: moving cursor to start of current sentence
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Mark
Mike, I'm working with Word, although I think it happens in notepad too. Imagine a paragraph with 3 sentences, each 10 words long. Put the cursor in the second sentence at about 5 words in. The goal is to move the cursor to the start of the second sentence with one keystroke. JAWS + h will read the second sentence but not move the cursor. Alt + Up moves the cursor to the start of the 1st sentence. Home moves the cursor to the most recent line break, which isn't necessarily the start of the 2nd sentence.
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Mike B.
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Mark,
What application are you working with?
These keystrokes are right out of Jaws keystrokes help.
Move to Beginning of Line HOME
Move to End of Line END Unless I'm totally misunderstanding what
you're trying to accomplish the Home key should do what you want. Make
sure your screen is maximized.
Stay safe & take care. Mike. Just once, I want a username and password prompt to say: "Close Enough!"
----- Original Message -----
From: Mark
Sent: Monday, September 13, 2021 4:16 PM
Subject: Re: moving cursor to start of current sentence
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Ben Moxey
Hi Mark
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Unfortunately, there isn’t a single JAWS keystroke. Very happy to be proven wrong! Cheers Ben
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Mark
The puzzle is still open. Alt + number pad 5 is the same as JAWS + h in laptop mode and reads from the start of the current sentence but doesn't actual move the cursor. The home key moves the cursor to the previous line break character but not the start of the current sentence. Alt up and alt down works but is two keystrokes. I guess I should have said I was looking for just one keystroke.
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Ann Byrne
alt+numpad 5 should do what you want.
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At 11:47 AM 9/13/2021, you wrote:
Thanks for all the great suggestions. The specific task I'm trying to do is move the cursor to the start of the current sentence. The closest techniques I've found is jaws + y or the one suggested by Thom, alt + up arrow. (Thank you Thom). However both of these techniques moves the cursor to the start of the previous sentence, not to the start of the current sentence. The puzzle is still open.
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Mike B.
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Try pressing your, Home, key. This
command always takes me to the beginning of the sentence I'm on, then press
either Insert or Control + right and left arrows to navigate by word. use
just the arrow keys to navigate by character.
Stay safe & take care. Mike. Just once, I want a username and password prompt to say: "Close Enough!"
----- Original Message -----
From: Mark
Sent: Monday, September 13, 2021 5:46 AM
Subject: moving cursor to start of current sentence
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NFB Lab 4
Then after you alt up arrow, do an alt down arrow, and you should be where you need to be.
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Mark
Thanks for all the great suggestions. The specific task I'm trying to do is move the cursor to the start of the current sentence. The closest techniques I've found is jaws + y or the one suggested by Thom, alt + up arrow. (Thank you Thom). However both of these techniques moves the cursor to the start of the previous sentence, not to the start of the current sentence. The puzzle is still open.
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