[bksvol-discuss] Re: jaws forms mode

  • From: Jackie McBride <abletec@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 11:37:50 -0700

What version of jaws r u using, Lissi?

On 3/10/09, Alyssa <LyssasSong@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Lissi. Are you using JAWS 10? If so, you are having this problem because
> by default, JAWS now automatically places you into forms mode when it
> reaches a field that can be edited.
>
>
> -Alyssa
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> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Estelnalissi
> Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 2:24 PM
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> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] jaws forms mode
>
>
> Dear Booksharian Friends,
>
> Does anyone know a command for telling JAWS to enter forms mode besides
> pressing enter which is the way I learned to do it?
>
> The last two times I checked in books, when I was on page three of the form
> in the title field to delete save for lissi, I pressed enter which usually
> causes JAWS to say, "form field on." Instead, I hear percentages as the form
> is entered and is being processed for Bookshare. The next thing I'm back at
> my checked out books. I haven't had a chance to delete the save for, enter
> my brief or long synopses or edit the meta data on that page in any way.
> Carrie bailed me out the first time this happened, but I would like to check
> in books without needing extra help.
>
> I've heard there's another way to enter forms mode and I hope if I use it,
> I'll be able to complete page three and check in books correctly.
>
> Thanks in advance for your help.
>
> By the way, I'll be adding some books in honor of Saint Patrick's Day and my
> Irish heritage. Today's book is Folktales of Yeats Country, only 96 pages.
> It includes 17 tales, very brief but meticulously authentic and told for
> adults. The longest story, told in 7 parts, features a character, prominent
> for many centuries in Irish folklore, named Conn, which was my mother's
> maiden name.
>
> The next book, which Evan scanned, is for kids, Jeremy Bean's St. Patrick's
> Day. After that, Tales of St. Patrick, 124 pages long, St. Patrick's Day
> Shamrocks, and The Leprechaun's Story are coming. Then, there will be Hungry
> for home, the sad story of the Irish Island of Blaskett, and Kaddish in
> Dublin, a mystery.
>
> After BSO ing a Tolkien Biography for young readers, Evan will be scanning a
> stack of Easter books I sent him. And I even found a book for April Fool's
> Day.
>
> I really wish the library didn't sell off its books, but if it must be so,
> then I appreciate the chance to buy them up for Bookshare.
>
> Always with love,
>
> Lissi
>
>


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