[jawsscripts] Re: Jaws Silence Keyboard Script
- From: "Andre Williams" <andre.williams.1965@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2011 12:16:17 -0700
My goal was not to silence everything, just specific keys, but at least I
now have a third possible solution. Thanks.
A-W
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alex H." <linuxx64.bashsh@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, September 19, 2011 12:14 PM
Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: Jaws Silence Keyboard Script
Hi,
An even easier way to stifle all key echo is just to change key echo
to None in the startup wizard or settings center.
alex
On 9/19/11, Andre Williams <andre.williams.1965@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Ok all, Jeff has just changed my computing forever--when it comes to using
> Jaws that is.
>
> I followed Jeff's instructions using Jaws12, so I of course made my way
> over
> to...
> 1. JawsKey + F2 then enter on settings center
> 2. Press control shift letter D to get into default settings--this is a
> must.
> 3. Search for: Manage Key Labels and press enter on this option when
> found.
> 4. the settings center will place you on this Manage key labels item, so
> press enter again to actually open it.
> 5. down arrow to any key you want to silence. I chose LWin and RWin which
> represents the windows keys. Normally you can simply pick a key and pres
> the
> spacebar to toggle speak on and off, but with keys such as windows,
> control,
> and shift jaws won't let you do this in this dialogue, so you have to take
> a
> different approach.
> 6. You will have to rename keys such as windows, control, and shift, so
> simply focus on these types of keys then tab to and press enter on Change
> Label Button.
> 7. On the next dialogue, right on the edit field where you will land,
> simply
> press the spacebar to enter a silent character.
> 8. This is the voodoo part I'm a bit confused on, so you will have to do
> some experimenting.
> After pressing the spacebar character simply press tab about 3 times to
> tab
> away from the edit field. Press the escape key about 2 or 3 times or until
> you land on manage key items once again. Each time you press the escape
> key
> you go back a dialogue.
> 9. Once you land on the dialogue showing the 80+ key labels you can
> change,
> you can now tab to Apply and press enter. Do this until you close all open
> dialogues.
> 10. To confirm that you have indeed made a change, if you use your jaws
> cursor to read the associated information relating to each key, you should
> have 3 columns:
> 1. The Key Labels list shows the Key Name, which is the name of the key on
> the keyboard,
> 2. the Key Label, which is the label that is echoed when you press the
> key,
> 3. the Mute OR SPEAK Status, which indicates whether or not the key label
> is
> announced.
> If you indeed successfully silence your windows key you will not have
> anything showing in column #2 representing the key label's name.
> 11. test your newly silenced key label by pressing windows key plus letter
> E
> to launch Computer or windows key + letter T to go to task manager.
>
> I silenced all the keys on my NumPad too. You won't believe how much you
> will enjoy a quiet computer when using Jaws.
>
> Thank you Jeff for this great solution. Thank you Doug and Travis for your
> great tips.
>
> Andre
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Geoff Chapman" <gch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, September 19, 2011 10:37 AM
> Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: Jaws Silence Keyboard Script
>
>
> Also, Andre, just in case not,
> Were you aware of the individual Key Labels muting dialog? before settings
> centre land, in jaws11 and prior, you'd get to it by entering config
> manager,
> jaws+f2 then c, then enter.
> then going alt+S, then K for the keyboard dialog, then control+Tab in
> there
> to arrive at it?
>
> In Settings centre land, typing "key labels" without quotes, should bring
> it
> up in the list of results.
> Except this appears broken in the current build of beta 13.
>
> In here, you can simply mute specific keys? there's 84 options in there.
> It's a multi-lettter navigable listview as well, so you can use those to
> jump around the list once you know how they define their keys.
>
>
> One of them is tab, enter is known in there as Return, Space is in there,
> all the function keys, up to f24, PageUp is known as Prior pageUp, and
> pageDown as "next PageDown," Numpad Home, End, PageUp and Pagedown noted
> separately,
> And, control Alt Windows etc, seem to be
> grouped under a rather obscure entry called,
> "ModifiedPrintable."
> Which if muted, seems to silence those. it's one of the first things I
> always
> do to the default configuration file when installing a new version of
> jaws.
>
> You can also change key Labels in here as well if desired.
>
> I know this won't be quite as configurable as attaching Doug's QuietKey
> Script to various keys in the jkm, but, just in case you may never have
> located this pup before?
>
> hth.
> Geoff.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Travis Roth" <travis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2011 2:08 AM
> Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: Jaws Silence Keyboard Script
>
>
>> Connect your QuietKey() script to the keystrokes you want by editing
>> default.jkm...
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: jawsscripts-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:jawsscripts-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Andre Williams
>> Sent: Monday, September 19, 2011 8:52 AM
>> To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: Jaws Silence Keyboard Script
>>
>> Wow, that's right--I totally forgot.
>>
>> I just fired up Jaws script manager and default.jss. I looked in the
>> Script
>> menu but could not find a way of inserting this quick key script we are
>> talking about.
>>
>> I also followed your suggestion and cracked open default.jkm using
>> notepad
>> and can see all of the key assignments, but I can't figure out how to
>> silence the speaking of these keys. For example, I don't want jaws to say
>> outloud "Alt tab."
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> A-W
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Travis Roth" <travis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Monday, September 19, 2011 6:21 AM
>> Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: Jaws Silence Keyboard Script
>>
>>
>> If you just pasted the code into default.jss and compiled but didn't use
>> the
>> Insert New Script command, this means the documentation files did not get
>> updated. The script is there and available, but Keyboard Manager doesn't
>> know about it.
>>
>> The easiest at this point is probably to open default.jkm with a text
>> editor
>> and following the pattern in it, add the script to whatever keystrokes
>> you
>> want by writing the lines in manually.
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: jawsscripts-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:jawsscripts-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Andre Williams
>> Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2011 10:32 PM
>> To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [jawsscripts] Jaws Silence Keyboard Script
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Earlier this month I asked for help in silencing the jaws speaking of
>> keyboard combinations, for example Alt + tab.
>>
>> I followed Doug's advice to paste the following in my default.jss, but I
>> don't know what to do next. I thought there would be an entry for
>> QuietKey
>> in keyboard manager, but I now have no idea what to do.
>>
>> script QuietKey()
>> typeCurrentScriptKey()
>> endScript
>>
>> I know I should probably enter code in between the skeleton script above,
>> but I can't seem to figure out what should go in there.
>>
>> If you can fill in the huge gaps in my scripting knowledge please help a
>> brotha out!
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> A-W
>>
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