Re: Using Jaws to orient a new user to the rest of the keyboard!

  • From: Bruce Toews <water_drinker@xxxxxxxx>
  • To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 17:32:59 -0600 (CST)

Insert plus 1 on the number row is a toggle and it should give you exactly 
what you're looking for.

Bruce

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On Mon, 21 Mar 2005, Sean McMahon wrote:

> I was going to ask a related question. Does jaws have a built-in keyboard help
> system.  something you could toggle on and it would say the key like semi 
> colon
> or where you could pres insert+semi colon on a laptop, and jaws would say
> insert+semi colon, route jaws to pc cursor for example?
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim Talley" <nrg.jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, March 21, 2005 4:07 PM
> Subject: Using Jaws to orient a new user to the rest of the keyboard!
>
>
> "To begin reading with JAWS, put your middle three fingers on the numeric
> keypad, with your middle finger on the number 5, the one with the raised bump.
> Your pointer finger should be resting on the left arrow (NUM PAD 4) and your
> ring finger on the right arrow (NUM PAD 6). This is what I call the Home Row
>
> for your fingers on the Number Pad."
>
>
>
> Do any of you know of a tutorial or any other form of instruction like this to
> orient a new user to the rest of the keyboard, the function keys, the alphabet
> or typing keys, ETC ETC ? Standardization seems to be the problem such as the
> difference between a windows 102 and a windows 107 keyboard. As ever I am 
> using
> Jaws 6.0 with Win XP home. Your information will be immensely appreciated.
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