Re: What's New in JAWS 10 DAISY and MP3 Files Posted

  • From: "Gerald Levy" <bwaylimited@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2008 07:38:05 -0400


In its infinite wisdom, FS decided to make FS Reader a function within the JAWS Help menu rather than a stand-alone function. This actually makes some sense, because all of the Daisy books offered by FS are tutorials or help-related topics. If you want to read Daisy books outside of the JAWS Help menu, you need a gadget like the Victor Reader Stream onto which you can download Daisy books. Otherwise, you can visit the FS training materials download page and download most of the available Daisy books as MP3 files and save them wwherever you choose on your computer, and play them using your media player of choice.



----- Original Message ----- From: "Yardbird" <yardbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2008 11:28 PM
Subject: Re: What's New in JAWS 10 DAISY and MP3 Files Posted


you mean, this is how people have to use this program every time? They have
to go to a Help menu and a training item, and click on something? How come
there isn't just an icon or an executable file for launching FS Reader?
Isn't it sort of an actual, real program? Is it just sort of a sample or
something? You see what I'm asking? I understand that if I'm trying to learn
it, this is how I launch it. Or I guess so. But is that how it works,
really? Sounds strange. I feel as if I must be missing something.
file
----- Original Message ----- From: "Ray Foret jr" <rforetjr@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2008 6:35 PM
Subject: Re: What's New in JAWS 10 DAISY and MP3 Files Posted


Not even close.

1.  Click on help.

2. Click on traning. This action will open the FS daisy reader for you and
put you directly in to the list of books.

Sincerely,
The Constantly BAREFOOTED Ray
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Yardbird" <yardbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2008 6:56 PM
Subject: Re: What's New in JAWS 10 DAISY and MP3 Files Posted


Hi Ray,

You mean you don't ever actually have to go to where these files are kept,
at all? You just launch the Daisy thing, and then you pull down something
like a files menu, as you might prefer to do in Word, and then you find any
Daisy file on your computer in a long list and click on it? Sort of like
that?

----- Original Message ----- From: "Ray Foret jr" <rforetjr@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2008 4:51 PM
Subject: Re: What's New in JAWS 10 DAISY and MP3 Files Posted


Simple.  The JAWS updater just drops the files in the proper place so you
don't need to know where to put them.  To Launch the FS Daisy reader, just
do as Jerald instructed you.  Here's a reminder.


1.  Click on JAWS help.

2.  From there, click on training.

From there, do as previously instructed.

Sincerely,
The Constantly BAREFOOTED Ray
Phone:
985-360-3375
e-mail:
rforetjratcomcastdotnet
Skype Name:
barefootedray

----- Original Message ----- From: "Yardbird" <yardbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2008 6:35 PM
Subject: Re: What's New in JAWS 10 DAISY and MP3 Files Posted


Hi Gerald,

Thanks a million. I'll do all this as you suggest. But what about my
question concerning what happens when you download this Daisy file about
Jaws 10 features, like where it installs and how you launch the FS Reader to
read it? Thanks.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Gerald Levy" <bwaylimited@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2008 4:32 PM
Subject: Re: What's New in JAWS 10 DAISY and MP3 Files Posted



Joel,

To learn all about FS Reader, simply launch the JAWS Help menu, arrow down
once to Training and hit Enter. The first item should be "FS Reader Getting
Started". Hit enter to bring up the tree view of topics.  Hit Enter on the
first topic and the Daisy book explaining FS Reader will begin playing. To
navigate in an FS Daisy book, press Control-P to play/pause, Control-S to
stop, Control-. to advance  forward 5 seconds and Control-, to go back 5
seconds.  Hope this is enough to get you started.


----- Original Message ----- From: "Yardbird" <yardbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2008 4:26 PM
Subject: Re: What's New in JAWS 10 DAISY and MP3 Files Posted


James,

I haven't yet taught myself how to use FS Reader, and don't in fact have
any
experience with Daisy format in any context. Total Daisy newbie. I thought
this material might make a good learning project for me.

My questions:

1. I understand the instructions for downloading this notice about new
Jaws
features, although I have no idea where it installs to. Into which folder
does the stuff go? What's the file extension?

2. How do you launch FS Reader? Simply by pressing Enter on the filename?
Or
is there something else you have to do, like find the program somewhere in
a
folder and launch it?

3. However you start it up, how do I learn to use FS Reader? Is it pretty
intuitive, once it launches? I mean with menus and such to explore? Or
must
I go somewhere either on the FS site or to a file in some Jaws folder
already on my computer to study how to use FS Reader?

Thanks very much. Hope my questions are clear.

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