[jawsscripts] Re: Jaws Silence Keyboard Script
- From: "Alex H." <linuxx64.bashsh@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2011 15:14:09 -0400
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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