[accesscomp] Fw: How to make math and other special symbols talk in JAWS

From: "Bob Acosta" <boacosta@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2013 07:56:54 -0700
        
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From: dan Thompson 
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Subject: How to make math and other special symbols talk in JAWS


How to make math and other special symbols talk in JAWS 

Posted by Humberto Avila - March 02, 2013 - Updated July 27, 2013

Have you always wanted JAWS to read symbols such as the Greek Alpha, Gamma, or 
Pi correctly? Are you a student who wants to do geometry homework using 
Microsoft word, print out, and hand it to your teacher? Or are you just 
frustrated with JAWS not speaking certain symbols within your field of study or 
science? then you have come to the right place to learn a good solution! 
JAWS uses configuration files, called Dictionary files, that allow it to speak 
certain patterns of characters or words in a different way. You could use this 
to correct misspellings, or other pronunciations that JAWS does not talk 
correctly. And well, you can use it to make JAWS say symbols correctly!
Here are some tips on how to make JAWS speak your inaccessible and 
visual-looking symbol. These tips apply if you are using Microsoft word 2010 or 
later, but they could be applied to similar contexts of applications where 
editing unicode is allowed.
1. Insert the new symbol into the document. In word 2010, the keyboard commands 
for doing this is ALT+N, then u, and Shift+tab for "more symbols."
2. If JAWS does not talk the symbol, put the cursor on the symbol, and then 
select it by hitting Shift+Right Arrow.
3. Now, hid the shortcut key Insert+D. 
4. A dictionary manager window appears. This is where you can configure JAWS to 
say the symbol or words like you want them to say it.
5. Hit the tab key until you hear "Add." button-just hit the space bar on the 
button.
6. Follow the steps in the boxes that appear. It will ask you for the actual 
word, which in this case, is the symbol. Simply paste here. Next, it asks for 
the replacement word, where you will type the actual written meaning of the 
symbol, for example, Triangle, arrow, or any math sign that is specific to 
geometry.
7. Next, press enter, and then press Control+S to save the file and close the 
window. From then on, bingo! you will have JAWS say all your symbols correctly.

For example, you can insert the Greek letter Omega into the document (which 
JAWS simply calls O), select it, copy it to the clipboard, go into the 
Dictionary manager, go to add a new definition, paste the Omega symbol into the 
"Actual word" edit box, and type in the word "omega" into the "replacement 
word" box. After hitting enter and saving your changes, you will be good to go.
Please not that while inserting your symbols, you will sometimes need sighted 
assistance to find out what they are. this request for sighted help should be a 
one-time process, since you will be saving your symbols into the JAWS 
dictionary-at this point JAWS should be able to talk those symbols. 
Alternatively, you can look up every single symbol you insert which JAWS does 
not talk online by using google or Wikipedia, however, it is much more 
time-consuming than using sighted assistance. Remember that the assistance 
should be a one-time request, so you shouldn't have to worry about asking your 
teacher, for instance, all times you want to insert a mathematical symbol.

 

 

 

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Ephesians 6:11
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