[JAWSLite] Re: dictionary manager

Actually, the dictionary itself is just a textfile. I can't remember where 
it's stored, but you can just read it in Notepad.

bruce

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On Sat, 13 Dec 2008, tribble wrote:

> That's a good question -- is the dictionary stored in a persons application
> settings with all the scripts and configurations? If so you might be able to
> access it if jaws gives you a way to do so.  But doing this might be just as
> hard as loading jaws9 and then going back to jaws10.
> I don't even know if the dictionary in jaws10 is in the identical format as
> jaws9 -- didn't they add some capabilities to the jaws dictionary in jaws10?
> It may be you can read the jaws9 dictionary files with jaws 10 but not vice
> versa.
>
> Ok I just went to my personal jaws settings and nothing was there, then to
> my shared settings and found default.jdf, which I believe is the default
> dictionary file. It is shared, not between jaws versions, but rather between
> logins.
> Go into the dictionary manager and you will see the names of the dictionary
> files.  There should be one for each application that has dictionary words
> defined.
> For those who don't know where the settings are, just go to the start menu,
> to jaws 10, to explore "jaws" then to either your personal or shared
> settings.
>
> HTH
> --le
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Stan Holdeman" <sholdeman@xxxxxxx>
> To: "jawslite" <jawslite@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2008 7:34 AM
> Subject: [JAWSLite] dictionary manager
>
>
> Listers. I have both jaws 10 and 9 on my machine.
> My question: Is there a handy way to see the contents of the jaws 9
> dictionary while still in jaws 10? Or does one have to close 10 and open 9
> to see the jaws 9 dictionary?
>
> Stan
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