This is what I've done to all my Windows 10 & 11 computers to get the Toast messages to be read by Jaws. The article below is referencing Windows 10, but the same steps work in Windows 11. If you need

I’m running latest Windows 11 and Jaws. I’ve noticed that since upgrading to Windows 11 Jaws no longer speaks that it is safe to remove a thumb drive. It makes a sound for the SD cards but doesn’t say

Hiya folks, Is anyone else having focus issues with Jaws 2023 and facebook messenger on Browsers? One moment I’m on the edit box to type a message then Jaws starts scrolling and reading me messages fr

Hi again, everyone. Sorry for yet another question, but I’m in learning mode here with regard to using One Drive storage. Yesterday, when I deleted a bunch of files from my one drive personal account,

Hello, everyone. A trip to our local Best Buy and a visit with the Geek Squad solved my issue of wanting to boot up my new Lenovo laptop via the power button, rather than opening the lid. They had to

Hello, everyone. I just discovered an interesting problem with my new Lenovo Yoga Windows 11 laptop. I can shut the computer down normally, but it automatically re-boots when I lift up the lid. I don’

Hi Tom, Rather than doing an update, did you try to download the full version from Freedom’s site and install it right on top of yours? That’s what you should do anyway because, too often the update d

Hi. How do you get the auto-complete sounds to stop playing? They are a tad bit loud for my ears, and there’s no way that I know of to change these sounds so I want to turn them off altogether without

HI. MAYBE YOU COULD GET THEM TO REMOTE INTO YOUR MACHINE USING QUICK ASSIST. THEN THEY COULD LOOK AT YOUR MACHINE. HAVE YOU TRIED RUNNING WINDOWS NARRATOR OR NVDA. AND THEN TRY RUNNING THE INSTALLER.

Hello, Is there a way to change the flash message timeout using notepad ‘stead of going through the settings center in Jaws? I’m trying to find that sweet spot for my braille flash messages, but the o

Hi all, Using JAWS 2023 and Chrome. One thing that is driving me crazy is that I only manage to find the reply to group or post button about half the time when attempting to respond to Groups.IO messa

Hi Tom, After attending the meeting yesterday, I think calling support and referencing the case number when you do so they can see what has been discussed already would be a good idea. Karen

Typical response! They're trying to make you feel like you're the only one experiencing the problem. Andy

Hello, everyone. Below is the response I got from FS Technical Support regarding my issue of Jaws not talking me through the new Jaws update installation process. I don’t find the response to be very

Just to clarify, I meant that in my experience, alt-tab is the answer. It may not solve it right away. There seems to be a short delay between selecting install and the appearance of the installation

Hello, everyone. As some of you may remember, I recently purchased a new small laptop computer to use when attending conferences and when on travel. The new computer is a Lenovo Yoga laptop, and I did

Hi, has anyone use LibreOffice? I took a quick look and the spreadsheet and the menus did not read. The spreadsheets would read the cordinence but not the contents. I did not have a lot of time to che

I’m having memory failure. If I open the dictionary manager with Insert d, how do I designate that I want the new pronunciation to apply to all contexts. I thought I was supposed to press Control Shif

Hi Everyone: New to the group: Does anyone know how to edit a pdf file with JAWS? I am using the latest version of JAWS for my laptop and Adobe pro. I tried the control + 6, the described command to a

Hiya Folks, The recent Jaws 2023 and now the updated version as I’ve just installed it has some quirky issues for me with Facebook messenger, where I have my cursor ready to type in the edit field, ty