Re: Seeking accessible offline dictionaries
- From: "Yardbird" <yardbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2005 06:57:09 -0800
I don't know about this. I downloaded a trial copy of the Houghton Mifflin
American Heritage version 4 (the current one) last night to try it out, and
it seems that the person who described using all sorts of Jaws cursor and
frame customization workarounds was right; "out of the box," I can't figure
out anything except to type a word in the search edit box where I'm
automatically placed at launch. Once I've done that, no amount of pressing
the tab key or anything else you'd ordinarily do in a program to navigate
avails me at all. I mean I can't do anything. Nada. Zip. I also looked
at the Jaws help comments about the Random House Webster's Unabridged, and
the version it's describing as having a few Jaws scripts for it isn't, if I
remember correctly, what's for sale now. It was late. Maybe what I'm
remembering is that it *was* the same version, but that version, no matter
where I see it advertised, is described as being for Win 98, 200 and NT, but
with no mention of XP. That seems strange. You'd think, even if they
weren't ready to release a new edition of a major dictionary, they could at
least have their software people write a new version for the CD that would
support XP.
More coffee. Need more coffee. This is not very encouraging, so far.
up auti
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Speck" <dspeck@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 5:08 AM
Subject: Re: Seeking accessible offline dictionaries
Hello Yardbird,
I have used JAWS with American Heritage Dictionary and Websters. While I
found both to be very accessible, it seemed that AHD was the friendlier of
the two. These two dictionaries are similar in their functionality.
Regards,
Dave
----- Original Message -----
From: "Yardbird" <yardbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, November 07, 2005 4:07 PM
Subject: Re: Seeking accessible offline dictionaries
> Dave,
>
> Many thanks for your very specific (not to mention heartening) comments.
> What you say here inclines me all the more to try the Am. Her. rather
than
> another. However, I'm still curious to know if you have any idea how well
> its Jaws-friendliness compares to the Webster's that was under discussion
> earlier? Any idea?
>
> Thanks.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dave Speck" <dspeck@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, November 07, 2005 11:42 AM
> Subject: Re: Seeking accessible offline dictionaries
>
>
> Hello Yardbird,
>
> The American Heritage Dictionary is, and has been very accessible to a
JAWS
> user. There are no scripts necessary. I am not sure why the other reader
> has had so much trouble with it's use, but all of that frame creation and
> cursor restriction is not required.
>
> When you open the program, the cursor is placed in the field for typing
the
> word you wish to look up. Just type the word and press the Enter key.
JAWS
> will automatically read the results, or, you can press Tab one time and
use
> the arrow keys as you would in most documents to read the resulting
> information. Press Tab again to see a list of closely matched words, or
> Shift+Tab to return to the edit field for typing a new word. Press Ctrl+D
> for the dictionary, and Ctrl+T for the thesaurus.
>
> I and many others have used this dictionary for many years with no
problems
> or JAWS alterations.
>
> Regards,
>
> Dave
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Yardbird" <yardbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, November 07, 2005 12:37 PM
> Subject: Re: Seeking accessible offline dictionaries
>
>
> > Pranav,
> >
> > thank you very much for your thoughtful responses and your generous
help,
> > but I'm afraid I'd much prefer investing in an application that either
is
> > Jaws friendly at the PC cursor level right out of the box, or for which
> > someone has written scripts. I'm not comfortable customizing and
> navigating
> > in the way you describe. But I do thank you very much for your
> > explanations.
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Pranav Lal" <pranav.lal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Monday, November 07, 2005 7:44 AM
> > Subject: Re: Seeking accessible offline dictionaries
> >
> >
> > Hi Yardbird,
> >
> > I will give the steps which I used to optimise the American Heritage
> > dictionary. I am using the Jaws six .two. However, I don't think that
> > the Jaws version makes any difference to the steps.
> >
> > 1. Type a
> > word that you what defined.
> >
> > 2. Press enter to bring up the definition of the word.
> >
> > 3. Move using the Jaws cursor to the top of the definition window.
> > Restrict the Jaws cursor to that window.
> >
> > 4. Now define a frame around the current window using the
> > ctrl+shift+[+[ key combination. Set the frame to read when you hit a
> > hot key.
> >
> > 5. Now, when ever you type the word to be defined, you'll be able to
> > read the definition of the word using the hot key. You may also want
> > to set up a prompt for the edit box where you type the word to be
> > defined.
> > Note:
> > the Tab key is not useful in this dictionary . Every menu option such
> > as the dictionary and thesaurus are contained in their own window.
> > You may want to define hot keys that click on these options. I do not
> > know how to do this.
> >
> > I hope this helps
> > Pranav
>
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