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

  • From: "Judith Bron" <jbron@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 20:50:00 -0500

Perhaps Freedom Scientific would have the answer?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sean McMahon" <smcmahon@xxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, March 21, 2005 6:23 PM
Subject: Re: Using Jaws to orient a new user to the rest of the keyboard!


> 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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