I agree.
Jan
On 7/21/17, David Goldfield <dgoldfield1211@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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characters when I've used Word with NVDA. I could perhaps envision something
like dropped characters if the computer is engaged in a lot of processing
while typing, such as downloading updates and performing virus scans but
even that shouldn't be regularly causing letters to be ommitted.
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On 7/20/2017 8:55 PM, Merv Keck wrote:
Hi,
Alexa is very good for spelling out words we do not know. Smile! I do
occasionally find a doubled letter or a dropped letter when spell
checking. And I have not yet ascertained if it is a screen reader issue or
an issue with Outlook. But I tend to take full advantage of tool tips and
screen reader tutorials even though it probably slows down my
productivity. I tend to be a little obsessive compulsive in all things.
And combined with me being less than self-assured since losing the rest of
my vision, the more verbosity the better of late. Laughs!
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Subject: [blind-philly-comp] Re: Spell Checker in Word 2013 and 2016:
Identifying the Misspelled Word
Hi, Merve;
I do that, too because it’s a grand time-saver. I rarely have a normally
spelled word wrong, unless this stupid program removes blank spaces put
there to separate words, which it does frequently. It often removes entire
words as well. I ask Alexa to spell words if I’m uncertain how to spell
them correctly. In my youth, I always spelled words right. I’m
seventy-one, now, so perhaps the brain doesn’t always remember such items
as correct spellings. I reported the word, letter punctuation and space
dropping or disappearing to Ms. Someone fixed it but that didn’t last
long. I read all correspondence prior to sending so I can make necessary
corrections before hitting alt s. Take care.
Lillian
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Subject: [blind-philly-comp] Re: Spell Checker in Word 2013 and 2016:
Identifying the Misspelled Word
For Jaws did you try Alt L for change All. And I usually have no problem
tabbing to the list if there is more than one word in the word list.
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Subject: [blind-philly-comp] Re: Spell Checker in Word 2013 and 2016:
Identifying the Misspelled Word
Hi,
but then after you get it to do that how do you get it to allow you to
move through the list of suggested words and where is the change or change
all buttons that used to be there to let you decide whether to apply it
just once or globally throughout the whole of your document? I’m having
difficulty with all of that or at least did when last I was in Word 2016 a
few days back.
Robin
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Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2017 3:03 PM
To: blind-philly-comp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [blind-philly-comp] Re: Spell Checker in Word 2013 and 2016:
Identifying the Misspelled Word
Hi,
I haven’t tried spell checking with NVDA. But with Jaws 18 it spells the
word initially. And if I want to hear it again I tab and then shift tab
and it spells it again.
Merv
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Subject: [blind-philly-comp] Spell Checker in Word 2013 and 2016:
Identifying the Misspelled Word
During our last phone meeting, a question came up regarding how to cause
NVDA to speak the misspelled word when using the spell checker in Word
2013 and Word 2016. These newer versions of Word don't use the older spell
check dialog we were used to and getting the screen reader to speak the
misspelled word seemed much harder than it should have been.
With NVDA, the way to do this is fairly unintuitive and I wish we could
see some work, either by Microsoft or with NV Access, to make this
solution more intuitive. The keystroke, at least to get NVDA to speak the
word the first time, is insert+numpad 4. This moves the review cursor to
what is called the previous navigator object and the word will be spoken.
However, this works when you are focused on the "ignore once" button,
which is the first button which usually comes into focus when you press
f7. Once you press insert+numpad 4, you must then press insert+numpad 5 to
hear the word repeated. What would be nice is if Microsoft could include a
read-only edit field containing the misspelled word but later versions of
Word do not include this feature.
With JAWS, pressing insert+f7 speaks the incorrect word, along with the
suggestions.
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