[access-uk] Re: jaws braille settings?

  • From: "Kevin Lloyd" <kevin.lloyd3@xxxxxxx>
  • To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2011 18:55:06 +0100

There's quite a bit of information in JAWS help which I've pasted here. You may need to try changing some of the obvious settings to see if you can get the display to work exactly how you want it to but be careful to note the original settings and don't change more than one setting at a time in case you actually make it worse than it currently is... 

Braille Options Dialog
Use this dialog box to configure how JAWS works with installed braille displays. To open the Braille Options dialog box, open Configuration Manager (INSERT+6) and select Braille Options from the Set Options menu. 

Advanced Braille Display Options
Use this button to open a dialog in which you can adjust settings for a Focus or PAC Mate Braille Display. For more information, refer to Advanced Braille Display Options. 

Translation
This group box contains several check boxes relating to contracted (Grade 2) braille. 

Enable Translator
If this check box is selected, contracted braille is displayed on your braille display. This check box is cleared by default. If you select this check box, it is recommended that you do not choose Fixed Increment as the User Pan Mode setting because JAWS may split the braille contractions on either edge of the display. Choose either Automatic or Best Fit as the User Pan Mode setting to keep JAWS from splitting braille contractions. 

Contracted English Braille
JAWS has the ability to do braille contractions and braille translation in either Contracted English Braille or Unified English Braille (UEB). Select this radio button to configure JAWS for Contracted English Braille. Note that any changes may require a restart of JAWS. 

Contracted English Braille is the default selection.

Unified English Braille
JAWS has the ability to do braille contractions and braille translation in either Contracted English Braille or Unified English Braille (UEB). Select this radio button to configure JAWS for UEB. Note that any changes may require a restart of JAWS. 

Contracted English Braille is the default selection.

Expand Current Word
If this check box is checked, the word at the position of the braille cursor is displayed in computer braille. This check box is checked by default. 

Suppress Capital Signs
In contracted (Grade 2) braille, JAWS indicates capital letters by preceding them with the DOT 6 character. If you select this check box, JAWS does not use capital indication in order to preserve space on your braille display. 

Braille Marking Options
Use this button to open a dialog in which you can determine the text attributes that are marked on the braille display with raised dots 7 and 8. For more information, refer to Braille Marking Dialog. 

Attribute Rotation
In attribute mode, all attributes assigned to a block of text are indicated. When multiple attributes are assigned to the same block of text, the braille display cycles through each of them. This setting determines the rate at which this occurs. This setting is in milliseconds. 

Braille Mode
This edit combo box is used to determine the format of the information sent to the braille display. The following options are available:
a.. Line: In this mode, the line of text at the current cursor position is sent to the braille display. b.. Structured: In this mode, information relevant to the current cursor position is sent to the braille display. This is the default option. c.. Speech History: In this mode, the same information is sent to the braille display as is sent to the synthesizer. 
Define Structured Mode
This button opens a dialog from which you can define how information is displayed while in structured mode. For more information, please refer to Defining Structured Mode. 

Flash Messages
Braille Flash Messages are short announcements that appear on your braille display for only a few seconds. These messages can include errors, status information, help balloons and other information. Choose the Flash Messages button to customize how JAWS displays Braille Flash Messages. For more information, please see Flash Messages Dialog. 

User Pan
Panning with your braille display generally moves the display to the left or right by the length of the display. You do this by pressing a panning key on your braille display. Select one of the following to choose how JAWS updates your braille display when panning: 

 a.. Best Fit - Ensures that words are not cut off when panning.
b.. Fixed Increment - Ensures your braille display always pans the exact number of cells specified in the Fixed Panning Increment edit box. c.. Maximize Text - Shows the maximum amount of text that can fit on your braille display. JAWS allows partial text from surrounding words to appear on the display in order to provide more context information. d.. Automatic - Allows JAWS to choose the best method for showing text on your braille display. JAWS uses the Best Fit method and switches to Maximize Text when you read a structured representation for a control in Structured mode. 
Fixed Panning Increment
This edit box indicates the number of cells a braille display moves when panning. The default setting is determined by the number of cells on the active braille display. 

Auto Advance Interval
Select the length of time (in milliseconds) that you want JAWS to wait before panning your braille display while you are reading in Auto Advance mode. JAWS displays the text for the length of time specified and then automatically pans to the next block of text. You can choose any value between 500 to 20,000 milliseconds. 1,000 milliseconds are equivalent to 1 second.
Tip: For information on starting Auto Advance mode, see JAWS and Braille Overview and refer to the Help topic for your specific model of Freedom Scientific braille display. 

Auto Pan Mode
This setting determines how the content of the braille display is updated when the active cursor moves outside the area currently displayed. Select one of the following: 

 a.. Off - Select this option to turn off automatic panning.
b.. Minimal - JAWS pans the braille display just enough to show the next word at the location of the active cursor. c.. Match User Panning - JAWS pans the braille display using the same method specified in the User Pan list. d.. To Middle - JAWS keeps the word at the location of the active cursor in the center of the braille display. e.. Maximize Text after Cursor - JAWS pans the display so that text that appears after the location of the active cursor is shown on the braille display. f.. Maximize Text before Cursor - JAWS pans the display so that text that appears before the location of the active cursor is shown on the braille display. g.. Automatic - Select this option to allow JAWS to choose the best method for showing text on your braille display. In Structured mode, JAWS use Maximize Text after Cursor. In Line mode, JAWS uses the following methods: Maximize Text after Cursor when you move to lists or tree views; To Middle when you move to radio buttons, check boxes, and buttons; and Maximize Text before Cursor in all other situations. When you are typing in documents, JAWS uses Minimal and switches to Match User Pan when you move to a different line. If you are reading with Auto Advance, JAWS uses the Best Fit user panning method. 
Active Follows Braille
If you select this check box, JAWS links the braille cursor and the active cursor. When you move the braille cursor, the active cursor also moves. However, you cannot move the braille cursor where the active cursor cannot move. For example, if the PC cursor is active you cannot read down to the status line of a window. 

Braille Follows Active
If checked, the braille cursor follows as you move the active cursor, but is not limited to where the active cursor can move. For example, when moving through a dialog, the braille cursor moves to each control as you TAB to it.
Note: In Structured mode, the braille cursor always follows the active cursor, even if you do not select this check box. 

Enable Braille Auto Detection
This check box specifies if JAWS attempts to automatically detect braille devices attached to your system. This setting is only available in Default.jcf. This check box is checked by default. 

8 Dot Braille
If this check box is checked, the display uses 8 dot braille. This check box is checked by default. 

Braille Sleep Mode
If this check box is checked, the braille driver is turned off. This can be used to disable braille support in certain applications. This check box is cleared by default. 

Word Wrap
If you select this check box, JAWS does not split a word that is too large to be shown on the braille display. When you pan to the next increment, you can read the word in its entirety. If you clear this check box, JAWS displays as much of the word as possible, but a portion may be cut off. JAWS shows the remainder of the word when you pan to the next increment. This check box is selected by default. 

Braille Dot Patterns
Use this button to open a dialog containing settings to specify the dots to be used to indicate attributes. Attribute specifications only apply when in attribute mode. For more information, please see Braille Dot Patterns Dialog. 

Cursor Settings
Use this button to open a dialog containing settings to specify how cursors are indicated. For more information on any of the controls in the dialog, navigate to the control and press INSERT+F1, or refer to Cursor Settings Dialog. 

OK
When you select this button, any changes you have made are accepted, and you are returned to the Configuration Manager window. You must save the .jcf file for changes to be saved. 

Cancel
When you select this button, any changes you have made are discarded, and you are returned to the Configuration Manager window. 



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Kevin Lloyd
E-mail: kevin.lloyd3@xxxxxxx
----- Original Message ----- From: "william lomas" <will.d.lomas@xxxxxxxxx> 
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2011 5:33 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: jaws braille settings?
when I pan through a document using the thumb keys on a focus eighty, I think they have set it to move the active cursor but scripts scroll offscreen when I do it this way that I need to read so I have to do pc cursor to make it active, up and down arrow to bring it back to focus 

On Aug 21, 2011, at 4:36 PM, Kevin Lloyd wrote:
Braille follows active means that the braille display will focus on where the active cursor is. As you move the active cursor using the arrow keys, the braille display will follow and display where the cursor now is.
So, if PC cursor is the active cursor and you're reading a word document, the braille display will follow the PC cursor as you arrow through the document or read it in say all mode. 

What specific issues are you having and what is your braille display?

Kevin Lloyd
E-mail: kevin.lloyd3@xxxxxxx
----- Original Message ----- From: "william lomas" <will.d.lomas@xxxxxxxxx> 
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2011 3:50 PM
Subject: [access-uk] jaws braille settings?



hi all
can someone explain what the braille follows active,a nd other similar settings are please in jaws? 
want to try iron out some issues having at work

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